Another great day in July - come see us!!! We did see a nice Blue Marlin chasing Benita's 100feet from the boat that did not take a bait once we circled him. Most of the action was first in the morning and midday, but the afternoon was not much. I don't know about the weather for tomorrow - the wind really picked up this afternoon - check back with us tomorrow!!!

Sorry that this is a day late but Holly did not get home until late yesterday. The weather kept us jumping all day and so did the fish..... We did get several Yellow-fin Tuna, a few others were on the lines, but did not make it into the boat, we had some really nice Dolphin fish that gave everyone a good time angling. It was Curtis's birthday; when he got on the boat that morning he stated that a big eye tuna would be a great birthday present - well he did not get the Big Eye Tuna, but we managed to get him a 300lb Blue Marlin!!! What a Birthday he had......it was awesome.

We had a day off today, but check in tomorrow to see the catch........

Her first time off-shore fishing & she brings in a beautiful big "Big-Eye" Tuna. She did such a wonderful job as they all did!!!



Wow - what a great morning the High Return had trolling baits for 15 minutes. We hooked four out of six Big Eye Tuna bites, after the 2 hour fight, the inexperienced anglers turned into experienced anglers with a job well done, catching all four of the Big Eye's that we hooked. We had an other wonderful July day in the Atlantic with the family group that was visiting from Georgia. The Big Eye Tuna were a great way to start the morning - the biggest one weighed in at 144lbs.... The weather was fabulous for July, not hot and sticky, a very comfortable day. The Marlin are here, while we were trolling along, we had two White Marlins in the baits which made things very exciting for a short minute!! We caught two Yellow Fin Tuna's after that which was the end of an awesome day.

WANT SOME OF THIS ACTION!!!! COME AND GET SOME!!!!! Call Capt. Dave and he'll make it happen........

Look at those Groupers!!! That was a side line catch that we had today...... We were a little too far to pick up and run 30 miles to wear the really good Marlin Fishing was - the fleet had a great day getting the Marlin - it was 5 - 12 caught per boat..... What more can you ask for - it is shaping up to be a FABULOUS Marlin Season!!!

We have a front coming through for the next couple of days so it was good that we got out today instead of tomorrow. Fishing was a little slower than we have been experiencing so far this summer but the fish that we caught were nice ones - the picture does not do them justice.

We had a group that has been fishing with me for years - so long in fact that I was handed a picture that was taken when James's son was a young boy standing next to a 199lb Big Eye Tuna that he caught eleven years ago........and here he is today standing on the right side of his dad.

We did hook a really big Tuna which I think had to have been a Big Eye Tuna when we were only 500yrds from another boat that hooked two Big Eyes at the same time. During the middle of the day we had a Blue Marlin come check out our spread and left as quickly as she came without even popping a pin - if we weren't watching the baits we would not have even known she came looking.....

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Capt. Dave left the camera at the house yesterday, but he did want to give you a report - so sorry that there are not any pictures to see for the good fishing that we had.

Four of the five, Syracuse NY guys have never been off-shore fishing before. Bert & myself were impressed with their angling abilities on the big Tuna, big Dolphin & Deep Dropping that they did. It is so easy to get hooked on off-shore fishing & these guys will be back to fight another day. We all had a wonderful day out there.

Back in action again to today, my youngest son had a operation yesterday so we took the day off, everything went very well. We were back in the Gulf Stream today and got everybody started right with fish in the box right out the gate. The rest of the day was watching bait & tuna on the fish finder, they were not biting very well but saw lots of fish. As the moon goes down the fish are going to start biting better. That is Captain Dave's report for the day. A fishing trip on the High Return makes a great birthday present for anyone at anytime, young & old - it's a great time had by all...... Get some while it is hot.

They can run but they can't hide - we found the Dolphin that day!!!! Doug had his son and his son's friend from Elizabeth City with us that had great fun catching those Dolphin..... All but two had not been off-shore fishing - but they will be back, they said......... The weather was a bit snatchy with the wind breezing up during the day, but everyone held on really well, they had tried to go on Monday but the weather was making sure that didn't happen as it was one of the worst group of thunderstorms we have seen - starting in the wee hours of the morning & lasting until midday.

This summer has been absolutely awesome fishing!!! It was a mixed bag of good Yellow-fin Tuna, Gaffer Dolphin and a wahoo for us today - the fleet overall had the same with several other boats getting Bailer Dophin and Yellow-fin. There were several Billfish caught amungst the fleet - this is also making out to be a great Billfish season.

Fish On ~~~~~ get some of the action that is to be had..... how long do you have to "wait and see" until you book your trip???

There was a lot of Marine Life out there today and the Tuna were in amongst them, and cutting at the top of the water to feed. Steve Posner and friends had a wonderful day out, it was great weather and the Yellow-fin Tuna were a great class of fish.

This was the day before July 4th - they wanted to have something to cook on the grill for the 4th. Well, they got it..... Christina had several friends including herself had not been off-shore fishing before. All the Yellow-Fin Tuna were in the 40-50lb class, and we had a few Dolphin that got in on the action.

We had a cancellation for today but head out in the morning - the baits are prepared and ready!!! Check back tomorrow evening for the update. We have some days open in July - get the Tuna while they are biting big.....

We went to where we left the Tuna yesterday and had to go looking for them today, they had moved from where they were yesterday, about 4 miles to the South. Once we saw Marine life and an occasional Bonita jumping - the game was on!!!

We had a Don Black's nephews & son-in-law's on the boat who fish with us every year at this time. Don was unable to make the trip today - we really hope that he is back fishing next year. The boys said that we had catch some fish for their annual Fish Fry on July 4th weekend at the Corrolla beach house - and boy did they ever!!!!