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Most of the BIG boats headed offshore today, in hopes of filling their parties coolers before the "Big" Blow and the fish didn't disappoint. Just about everybody returned with limits or near limits of Dolphin. Wahoo and Blackfin Tuna were kinda scattered. Hatteras Fever II released a Sailfish and White Marlin

Inshore boats continue to have good catches Speckled Trout and Red Drum.

One more day closer to Elsa. Hopefully, she'll just Let It Go when she passes. Until then it's game on with the fish. Big boats released a couple of Sailfish and had good Dolphin fishing with a few gaffers and some bailers along with some Grouper and Amberjacks. Inshore boats had a Red Drum kind of day. They also had a "speckletacular" day with Speckled Trout.

Citations:

Jason Worley of Chesterfield, VA released a Sailfish on Release

Albert Roy of Round Hill, VA released a 43" Red Drum on Tightline

Chase Boldt of Jacksonville, FL released a Sailfish on Sea Creature

The beautiful weather has extended for another day. Hopefully, everyone will be able to continue the chase for another couple of days. All eyes are on the tropics. The big boats had another day of good luck with releasing the big Blue Marlins and one White Marlin along with some Dolphin both gaffers and bailers and Spanish Mackerel. Inshore boats had good luck with Red Drum and Speckled Trout.

Citations:

Jeff Coron of Fredericksburg, VA released a Blue Marlin on Good Times

Connor Steele of Glen Allen, VA released a Blue Marlin on Good Times

Kyra Appleby of Hamilton, NJ released a 46" Red Drum on Black Pearl

John Fiocca of Silver Lake Village, OH released a Blue Marlin on Sea Creature

Dave Akirboom of Bel Air, MD released a White Marlin on Release

Greggory Markham of Argyle, TX released a Blue Marlin on Calypso

A brilliant sunrise turned into a gorgeous day today. Most of the big boats took advantage of the beautiful weather.  The Dolphin were plentiful with bailers and a few gaffers. There were a few billfish released also. Beeliners, Amberjacks and Snowy Grouper round out the bottom fish. Inshore boats had good catches of Speckled Trout and nearshore had some Spanish Mackerel. Everyone enjoy your July 4th celebrations and many tight lines in the future. Happy 4th of July!

Citations:

Stratton Brock of Wilmington, NC released a Blue Marlin on Native Son

Kevin Miller of Fort Lauderdale, FL released a Blue Marlin on Chaser

James Freeman of Chappells, SC released 2 White Marlins on Bite Me

The big boats headed out into a sunrise behind the remnants of a nighttime rain squall. The squalls must have had the fish stirred up because they were biting. Release and Sea Creature each released a Blue Marlin and Hatteras Fever II released a Blue Marlin and a White Marlin. Lots of good Dolphin were caught with bailers and gaffers and a couple of Wahoo. Inshore boats had a very good day with several citation Red Drum released along with keeper Drum, Speckled Trout, a few Spanish Mackerel and some Bluefish being caught. 

Citations:

Terry Linkous of Sneads Ferry, NC released a Blue Marlin on Sea Creature

Joshua Shrout of Hedgesville, WV Released a Blue Marlin on Release

Aaron Anderson of Winter Park, CO released a 49" Red Drum on Relentless

Lauran Anderson of Winter Park, CO released a 46" Red Drum on Relentless

Peyton Vance of N. Chesterfield, VA released a 50" Red Drum on Black Pearl

Mason Fortin of Chesterfield, VA released a 46" Red Drum on Black Pearl

Shayna Allen of Chesterfield, VA released a 51" Red Drum on Black Pearl

Emma Smith of Smithsburg, MD released a 46" Red Drum on Hook Up

Today was a windy rainy day. No big boats left the dock. A few inshore boats made it out to find some keeper, Red Drum. Tomorrow is looking better so fingers crossed the boats can go fishing. 

Only one boat headed to the Gulf Stream this morning and they were tournament fishing. The inshore boats kept their parties busy today catching Red Drum and Speckled Trout.

The trolling bite offshore wasn't very good today, most of the boats went bottom fishing after awhile. There were some good catches of Triggerfish, Snappers, Tilefish and Grouper. There were also a few Dolphin and Wahoo caught. Tuna Duck released a Sailfish.

Inshore anglers are still having good days of Speckled Trout and Drum fishing.

It was a beautiful day today but the fishing was a little slow for a few of the big boats. They had a few Dolphins with bailers and gaffers and some Blackfin Tuna and bottom fish. Sea Creature released a White Marlin. Inshore boats had catches of Amberjacks, Red Drum and Speckled Trout. If you're on the island and want to see what they're catching come on down to the dock around 4 pm and see the fish as they hit the docks.

Today was a spectacular day for sun and fun but not so much for calm seas. It was rough out there. Big boats hit the docks in the early afternoon but not without the fish. They had good Dolphin fishing with bailers and some gaffers and an occasional Wahoo. Native Son released a Sailfish. Inshore boats had a good day with Speckled Trout, Red Drum and some Bluefish. The calm seas don't look to be in the cards for this week. Some tropic activity off of our coast is creating the good surfing conditions but not so good for offshore fishing.

Citations:

Elijah Settle of Castleton, VA released a 48" Red Drum on Tightline

Liz Mileski of Grampian, PA caught a 6lb. Speckled Trout on Adventure

Chris Leyfert of Walwuport, PA released a Sailfish on Native Son

Today was a fishy day. Big boats had several Blue Marlin releases and a couple of Sailfish along with a gaggle of Dolphin with both bailers and gaffers. Some bottom fish were in the mix also. Brother's Pride released 2 Blue Marlin and a Sailfish. Inshore boats had good catches of Speckled Trout and Red Drum. The next few days look great for weather until the end of the week. We'll keep our eye on the tropics and any wind development in the near future. 

Citations:

Caden Smith of Zionville, NC released a Blue Marlin on Hatteras Fever II

Richard McFarland of Mocksville, NC released a Sailfish on Tuna Duck

Sean McFarland of Mocksville, NC caught a 36lb. Dolphin on Tuna Duck

Ryan Domack of Hampstead, NC released a White Marlin on Release

Ronald Harrison of Garysburg, NC released a Blue Marlin on Sea Creature

It was a spectacular summer day from start to finish today. All boats parted the waters this morning. Offshore boats had some scrappy fishing while inshore boats had tight lines with Speckled Trout and some Spanish Mackerel and a few keeper Red Drum. The big boats had plenty of Dolphin, both gaffers and bailers along with some bottom fish like Tile and Grouper. They'll be back at it tomorrow.

Today all of the boats went fishing, finally and the fish were waiting for them. The big boats released a few Blue Marlin and one White Marlin. The inshore boats had lots of Speckled Trout, keeper Red Drum, Spanish Mackerel and Sheepshead. Lots of days to make up for after a week off.

Citations:

Michael Sights of Alpharetta, GA released a Blue Marlin on Release

William Rudd of Woodford, VA released a Blue Marlin on Native Son

John Bedford of Selma, NC released a White Marlin on Calypso

Only one boat headed offshore today, they returned with a good catch of Dolphin and released a Blue Marlin.

Inshore boats had another banner day catching Red Drum with limits, Speckled Trout and Bluefish.

Unfortunately, mother nature isn't being very nice with all the winds that are keeping most of the boats at the dock. A few of the inshore boats were able to sneak out and do some fishing. The ones that battled the winds had a great day. The Red Drum bite was Phenomenal!! All sizes, keepers and citation sizes. There were also a few Speckled Trout caught

Citations

Caden Smith of Zionville, NC released a 43" Red Drum and caught a 5lb 8oz Speckled Trout on Black Pearl

Mike Smith of Zionville, NC released a 40" and 42" Red Drum on Black Pearl

It's been another day of very windy conditions. The big boats are still tied up while the inshore boats are getting on the fish. Wind makes the Red Drum bite. They bit well today. It was another excellent day of Red Drum fishing. Looking toward the end of this week for the big boats to be finally untied.

The day started out windy and ended up with a Tropical Storm Watch. Needless to say, the big boats stayed tied to the dock. Of course, the inshore boats had an incredible Red Drum kind of day. They caught keepers and released some big ones. They also had some nice Speckled Trout.

The weather is looking to get a little worse as the next few days come but there will be good days ahead. 

It was a beautiful day through and through today. Big boats were in a Dolphin daze catching both gaffers and bailers, along with a few bottom fish and a couple of White Marlin and a Blue Marlin were released as well. The inshore boats had excellent Red Drum fishing along with some Spanish Mackerel and Speckled Trout, Amberjacks, and a Cobia. The next few days look like we may have some weather coming. We'll keep our eye on the forecast and look for fishable days ahead.

Citations:

Donald Lawe of Troutman, NC released a White Marlin on Native Son

Blake Harty of Culpeper, VA released a White Marlin on Bite Me

Bryce Harty of Culpeper, VA caught a 51lb. Dolphin on Bite Me

Mother, mother ocean was showing her beauty today. Along the beach the water was cyrstal clear. offshore anglers had excellent catches of nice size bailer Dolphin and a few Blackfin Tuna. There were no billfish released out of our fleet today.

Trolling along the beach produced good catches of Spanish Mackerel.  In the inlet area there were some nice big Red Drum released along with a few keepers.

Back in the sound area there were some good catches of Speckled Trout.

Citations

William Crawford of Fredericksburg, VA released a 40" Red Drum on Island Time

Offshore anglers enjoyed another great day of Dolphin fishing, with some of the boats catching near limits. There were also a few Blackfin tuna caught. Gambler released a Blue Marlin, Calypso released a Sailfish.

Inshore anglers that were fishing in the sound area had good catches of Speckled Trout, and keeper Drum, there were also a few Flounder released (out of season). Inshore boats that fished along the beach had good catches of Spanish Mackerel, Blue fish and Cobia

Citations

Joseph Sabia of Lakenville, PA released a Sailfish on Calypso

Joe Kamensky of Hubbard, OH released a Blue Marlin on Gambler