Wrightsville Beach Fishing Charters
Date: January 17, 2021
This year we fished Captain Rogers Wahoo tournament, a two month long aggregate wahoo tournament that supports the family of Captain Roger Gales who died of cancer a couple years ago. I worked with Roger at the Ocean Isle Fishing Center where I got my start in the offshore fishing world. I love to fish … Continue reading “Captain Rogers Wahoo Tournament Champions!”
Date: January 17, 2021
The offshore fishing out of Wrightsville Beach can be phenomenal at all times of the year. You can have a shot at big Wahoo and Blackfin tuna during the winter and fall (some Wahoo close to 100 pounds) in the gulf stream then Mahi, Blackfin Tuna, Yellowfin Tuna, Wahoo, Sailfish and marlin during the spring … Continue reading “Wilmington Deep Sea Fishing”
Date: November 4, 2020
Had the pleasure of taking a long time customer and family friend fishing today, ended up with 7 wahoo with 1 of them going 92 pounds!
Date: May 18, 2020
The month of may has been awesome so far, with Yellowfin Tuna and Mahi providing consistent fishing when the warm water pushes in close to the break. I took Erik and his crew on Thursday 5/14 and had steady action throughout the day. All crew members got their biggest fish of their lives, great job … Continue reading “Another Successful Stream Trip”
Date: May 12, 2020
The Yellowfin Tuna have made a surprise appearance off our coast for the first time in almost ten years!! we had 7 of these nice size tunas on Sunday and expect for them to stick around for a couple more weeks. Mahi were also very plentiful
Date: April 30, 2020
We ventured out to the gulf stream yesterday on 4/29/20 and were met with calm seas and hungry fish. The mahi are beginning to show and should become more and more prevalent within the next week. Total tally was 6 wahoo, 3 mahi, 1 blackfin tuna and a sailfish. Fishing is heating up, lose that … Continue reading “Mahi starting to show”
Date: March 30, 2020
Yesterday I had a crew of five venture out to the gulf stream on a 12 hour trip. We ended the day with 4 wahoo and had plenty of action throughout the day, the fish are starting to show up along with warming water temperatures. If this trend keeps up the Mahi should be on … Continue reading “March Wahoo”
Date: March 23, 2020
The Atlantic Bonito (Albacore Tuna) have shown up in good numbers early. We ventured out about 3 miles yesterday and were able to catch 25 in a matter of a couple hours. These fish are extremely good eating and not to be confused with the Bonita that is not good eating. If your looking for … Continue reading “Nearshore Atlantic Bonito”
Date: March 9, 2020
Today I took a group of two to the Gulfstream on a 12 hour trip. We were met with constant action from Wahoo and Blackfin Tuna, with only two charter customers we could only keep our limit of 4 wahoo which was reached within an hour. We continued to catch and release wahoo for the … Continue reading “Wahoo Smackdown”
Date: December 6, 2019
The Blackfin Tuna were hungry and plentiful today. My clients stocked the cooler with plenty of fresh sashimi!
Date: February 18, 2019
Its that time of year! For the past couple years I’ve been going up to Nags Head in the outer banks of North Carolina for the Bluefin Tuna Season. This year the fishing was incredible and we were lucky enough to get one almost every time that we went out. The total tally at the … Continue reading “Wicked Tuna”
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