looking forward to the fall. . .

We have had some beautiful days on the ocean this week. The fishing has been a little bit on the slowish side but we have managed to work real hard and come up with some exitement and some good table fare this week. There is loads and loads of bait fish out on our fishing grounds and several of the fish we have caught have been full of big squid, cigar minnows and other small morsels. Its a fish eat fish world and right now they are out there fattening up sensing that the change of seasons is not far off.
We caught some white marlin and wahoo earlier this week and some nice size school dolphin each day. We caught a whopper wahoo and about thirty school dolphins on Friday. On Saturday we caught 42 nice dolphins and enjoyed a beautiful day in the ocean.
The marlin fishing had been pretty good earlier this week but slowed the last couple of days. They are in the area but just aren't biting too good. Their bellies might be full of all the bait that is available to them. Most of the captains in the area agree that it should heat up again as the moon continues to wax towards full in the next two weeks.
Here's a nice catch of dolphins. Check back tomorrow for marlin pictures and and shot of our big wahoo. Also keep looking here for the latest fishing reports. September is filling up. We have some days left, book a day and let's go fishing.

White Marlin and wahoo. That was the talk on the dock this afternoon at Oregon Inlet. We released three whites and caught two nice wahoo. We also had baits clipped off just beind the hook by these toothy speedsters. The weather has been absolutely beautiful and they are calling for more of the same all week. Exiting fishing and classic late summer weather. Beautiful.

Have you booked your fall tuna trip yet?

Marlin and Mahi-mahi

Late summer is in full swing. And the table is set for great fishing. There is loads of bait on the ledge. We have caught our limit of dolphins almost every day this week. We also caught a nice blue marlin on Thursday. The marlin bite has been heating up. There have been a few tunas mixed in the bag this week as well as the suprise bite now and then --we got jumped by a Mako Shark earlier this week. You just never know. . .

Get Whitey! ! !

That has been the war cry in Ocean City, MD this week. We are here fishing the White Marlin Open. The richest marlin tournament on the east coast. Right now the Hog Wild from the Oregon Inlet charter fleet is leading with a 71lb White Marlin. We hope it will be good enough for a second place finish. We are hoping to catch the winner tomorrow! Boats fish three out of five days in this tournament. We fished Monday offshore of the Norfolk Canyon. We raised one white that we failed to connect with but we did catch a nice Blue Marlin about 250lbs.

He put on a good show for us and our angler Cameron was lucky enough to get "creeked" by the crew as it was his first blue marlin.

Here's Cameron Swain, (Cap't Daves son, our second mate this week), Bert(Mate), Cameron and Cap't Dave just before he got creeked. And he is in midflight, just before the plunge. We fish really hard this week as the stakes are very high. But we also have a good time. There are over 400 boats in the tournament so you can imagine afterhours we enjoy having a cocktail and telling a few lies with old friends that we don't see as often as we like.

We are looking forward to getting back home becuse the White Marlin bite is heating up there. We have days open next week as well as a couple the following week. We are also available for the Alice Kelly Ladies Tournament on Sunday. Get a crew together and let's go catch some billfish.

fishing update for 7-31 06 and 8-1-06

Big eyes !!! Big eyes!!! Big eyes. . .
The last day of July and the first day of August ended on a red hot fishing note for the lucky anglers on the High Return. We were loaded up with big eye tuna both days. The weather and the action were absolutely incredible. On Monday we mixed a Blue Marlin release in but on tuesday it was straight tuna. And I mean big ones, check this out. . .

That's our very own Capt.Dave lending a hand, hoisting in one of eight big eye tunas we caught Tuesday, Aug 1st. All the fish were between 90 and 135 lbs@!

Shawn and his crew from Collingswood, NJ we all smiles when we got back to the dock.

We really never know when the big eyes will show up or how long they will bite for but this is two days in a row. Check back with us see what tomorrow brings. We'll be looking back at the baits looking for another big hole and a bent pole--won't you come join us?

Call the Oregon Inlet Fishing Center at 252-441-6301 or just stop by to say hello when you are on the Outer Banks for vacation. Book a day now and get high returns on your investment in a great Offshore adventure.