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Welp I will have to say this is the longest 25 days I have not been in the ocean.  The water temp has dropped like a rock its windy and yes its very very cold.  Hope the Gov keeps the regulations like they are cause when we are Grouper fishing in May you get to keep the Blacksea Bass this year to go with your box full of Grouper.  Anybody have a house in the Caribbean I can go stay at till March 1st gets here?  Take care and remember we are getting closer to the warm weather day by day.

Since Christmas there has not been much going on down here at Oak Island NC.  With the windy conditions and cold temps we have only been able to make 3 commercial King Mackerel trip so far.  The Kings were holding only 26 miles off the beach because there has been a warm pocket of water pushed in and the fish averaged 8-30 lbs.  Each trip was a success with a bonus on the way home when we would stop and catch our limit of Black Seabass to eat with no problem.  Another thing this year the Black Seabass did not close down so when you come down in the spring we get to keep the bass we catch (legal size).  I plan on staying off the water till March (maybe go one or two days) to get the boat ready for new motors for this upcoming season.  Take care and stay warm.

Merry Christmas everybody I hope you enjoy this season with your loved ones.

Take care and safe travels.

 

The ocean was flat and the fish were hungry two days this week.  No charters this week but that does not mean we still don’t fish for a living this time of year can produce some of the best King Mackerel fishing.    900lbs of King Mackerel and back at the dock by 430pm each day but right now it looks like the unstable winter weather pattern is coming back in so maybe we can get a few more trips in before Christmas.

Its hard to believe the end of 2013 is almost here and the best part is all the memories we made with people from all over the world and we can not thank you enough.  This week the weather has been all over the place hot, cold windy and lots of canceled trips but we did get a few trout and drum trips in.  The trout are here and hungry you just need to fish the falling tide.  The Big Red Drum are around also and when you find one you have action for hours with the cold water the Drum are in a tight school.  Looks like a few Wahoo trips will be made mid week so stay tuned.

It the time of year here at Oak Island NC when the wind blows almost everyday.  On the calm days we have been catching King Mackerel in the 30 mile range and the size of fish are 5lbs to 30 lbs so you just never know but there are plenty of them.  Most days lately we have been staying in the backwater catching Speckled Trout.  This fishing pattern should hold till Christmas with a good Gulfstream trip in the mix every now and then.

Fall is in the air at Oak Island NC, the live bait is getting fast and hard to catch but the rewards are great once you get it.  The key to getting the bait fast and easy this time of year is to catch it at first light.  Once the sun gets up the bait starts moving really fast.  BTW King Mackerels and Amberjacks were hungry again.

With a hard NE wind blowing here at Oak Island today the Red Drum and Sharks wanted to bite once we found their location.  Looks like we will get to head offshore tomorrow for some grouper.

The last couple days has produced a lot of Big Red Drum on light tackle off Oak Island NC.  The Shark fishing is still as good as it can get also on some of our half day fishing trips.  Finally today we filled the box with King Mackerel on live bait.  It looks like the fall fishing is getting ready to get even better (if that can happen) once this cold front moves through and lowers the water temp just a little.

It just cant get any better or easier catching these giant Red Drum off Oak Island NC than right now.  If this is your “wish” fish hurry up and get your trip lined up.  Wahoo is the mission on Thursday and I sure hope they got the memo.