It was a beautiful day out there today...... The Pilot Whales, Two-tone Dolphins, White-spotted Dolphins, Birds etc were constant and as far as you see in every direction.

The group that we had today have three days this week, Harry and all his friends had a wonderful first day with some good Yellow-fin Tuna fishing and not to mention a awesome day out on the ocean watching all the Marine Life. After today's excitement, they are really excited about the upcoming week.

It was a great day out there today with lots of Dolphin and Yellow-fin Tuna.

We had a surprise Sailfish on the boat, one of the Gaffer Dolphin's had eaten this baby Sailfish. It is hard to imagine that something that big starts out so small!!

I will do a re-cap of the week since there has no had much too talk about. Tuesday & Wednesday were Blow days with the low systems off the coast making it not possible to get out.

Thursday, Friday and Saturday have all been about the same with great catches of Dolphin & Yellow-fin Tuna. The Marlins have appeared in full force with several catch and released daily. Holly has not been out with working late and getting over a cold, so there are not many pictures to speak of. Memorial Day weekend brings the beginning of summer for us and is really the first weekend that you can really notice all the visitors to the Outer Banks.

The fishing has been wonderful, the weather has been sunny and warm and the beaches have been packed with fun, sun and swimsuits. In the evenings we have seen all the visitors coming of the beaches and seeing what catches have been brought to the dock, with several booking trips to go the next day.

We had a group that has been fishing with Capt. BC until his retirement, so Capt Dave had some large shoes to fill from his mentor who he learned so very much.

Well, Mark and friends were kept busy from the moment the lines got in the water with Big-eye Tuna bites then soon after Yellow-fin Tuna bites. They had a great time catching Dolphin after Capt. Dave picked up the baits and moved about 10 miles South. We got our first billfish of the season to the boat with a Blue Marlin release in the end that came up on a long rigger. Capt Dave had to throw the High Return into gear to keep the Blue Marlin from throwing the bait. The 250lb class Blue gave everyone a show with several jumps really close to the boat.

Just look at the catch, all that Mahi-Mahi, and the 50lb class of Yellow-fin Tuna look really small compared to the 125lb class Big-eye Tuna.

The weather and seas were wonderful out in the Atlantic today. Look what showed up for the whole fleet - nice gaffer Dolphin. Some boats have been travelling 60 - 70 miles for dolphin, but the fleet found them in their backyard. Awesome, awesome fishing.

We had a group on Friday that was celebrating his 21st birthday. It was a hard day for the entire fleet but the guys had tons of fun celebrating the big 21st. The marine life is really in full force with all the whales and porpoises everywhere.

Today, Justin and his friends were slow to get going until the lines went with Big-eye Tuna on them. All the whales & porpoises where around us all day long. The fleet was scattered out over several miles, some went Tuna fishing, some went Dolphin fishing. The boats that went Dolphin fishing were somewhat to the South and ended up with good catches of gaffer Dolphin which shows us what we are in store for as things move North in the upcoming days. We had a really good catch of Big-eye Tuna in the 80-120lbs class and a nice gaffer Dolphin towards the end of the day.

I am sorry that I have not put a post up until now, I know that a lot of you look at this everyday during the season. As most of you know I (Holly) run a veterinary hospital, it is definately Spring - emergencies and sick fit in's have been keeping me from getting home until very late.

We went fishing on Monday, May 17th with a church group of guys; the weather was great although it was a bit choppy but it all came together with a nice catch of Yellow-fin Tuna.

On Tuesday we had a party of guys who go with us every year for a couple of days. Marlyn and the fellows were put to the test on the 18th. The weather forcast called for very little wind, and low seas BUT they were wrong, mother nature has a way of showing us we get it wrong. There was not a breath of wind at the vet hospital but OH BOY it was hang on in the Altantic..........most of the boats left the fishing grounds early because of the weather. The day just did not come together for the Dave and Heath.

Wednesday, we laided low to let the seas settle down, a few boats got out and had a good day of fishing with Blue-fin Tuna, Yellow-fin Tuna, Big-eye Tuna, scattterd Dolphin and wahoo.

May 20th, Thursday, Marlyn and the guys had much better weather, with very calm seas and sunshine. The all had a great time catching plenty of Yellow-fin Tuna and a scattered Dolphin. It is really great to see the Dolphin and Wahoo coming in - that means summer is just around the corner.

We still have a few days open in July, so if you want to get a day out on the ocean, start that grill up with some fresh Tuna or Dolphin and tell stories about your deep sea fishing trip, call Capt Dave today to book your trip.

As a fleet, on the whole, it was good fishing but some boats had it really good and other had a fishing day. "One moment you can be a hero and then the next you can be a zero........."it is so true!!

It was a day with Capt. Dave and his mate, Heath. Skip who has been fishing with Capt Dave for 30 years and his friends who have been fishing with Skip knew that Capt Dave and Heath did not let them down with a nice catch of Yellow-fin Tuna and lots of bites that we did not get.

It was a beautiful day out there today a bit choppy but it fell out early in the morning. We saw all sorts of wildlife; Whales, porpoises, birds all around us most of the day.

The group of guys that we had come from Maryland and North Carolina. We had bites early on with some good Yellow-fin Tuna, then it was very few good bites after that. The fleet as a whole is doing well, but the Tuna are being very picky about wanting to eat and "take the bait".

Mario, his dad, Joe, his cousin, Vince and best friend Scott had a great experience with us today. Lots of Porpoise and Pilot whales to see with a lot of action with a smaller class of fish that we returned to the sea to get bigger and bigger!! It was not quiet the day it was yesterday as far as big fish on the High Return, but it was a great day had by all.

We have the next couple of days off getting some maintenance jobs done on the boat but we will keep you updated to what the fleet is doing.

You should check out our facebook page for the High Return.

We all know the saying "what a day makes" this is so true, we had a cold front come through on Saturday night & Sunday and oh boy Yellow-fin Tuna started biting at the stern. The warmer water that was farther out has pushed in and cleared up considerably.

Our charter for today brought their small boat down from Maryland to go Yellow-fin Tuna fishing and Cobia fishing. The weather was a little much for their off-shore adventure on their boat so they opted to go off-shore on the High Return and had an awesome day. We wish them well on the Cobia fishing tomorrow.

We had a great day with Mike and party before the cold front comes in. They were a really great group of guys.

The entire fleet had a fairly slow day instead of the usual bag on the lines when they go in the water, but we caught a handfull of Yellow-fin Tuna & a Gaffer Dolphin. We went south today instead of chasing the Blue-fin's that are migrating ever so slowly North.

We are laying low for the next couple of days while this front comes through.

Yesterday the fog had us socked in at the dock, we tried a couple of times but could not see the top of the riggers - so back to the dock we went.

Today we were chasing Blue-fin Tunas, although they were a little euthusive staying deep which we saw them on the fish finder as they are moving North. The Blue-fin's have been around for months which is great and at the moment the Blue-fin's and Yellow-fin's are in the same waters as the Blue-fin's move North the Yellow-fin's are moving into our waters.

It is looking for a great summer season coming up..........now we have to deal with yet another cold front coming through this weekend. The fish are there and are hungry for the next time we get out.

There has been an occasional Marlin seen or caught out of the fleet this spring; well it was our turn today!!! No pictures today even after I was reminded to take the camera on the boat.

It would have been great to have the camera to catch the Blue Marlin jumping clear out of the water 10 feet from the stern. What a great site to see and it's only May - can't wait for the summer months to see what that brings. We had a great day of fishing regardless of the fog that we were in and came home with a number of Yellow-fin's and a 150lb Blue-fin Tuna.

There was so much to see out there today with the birds, Pilot Whales and hundreds of two-tone Dolphin's. The water was beautiful, the weather was great and it was really great to see people that go off-shore fishing regularly, it's great to catch up & have a wonderful day out on the ocean. Scott McGee and buddies had a run for their money with two Big-eye Tunas, one of which was 135lb and the other at 60lb and a Blue-fin Tuna weighing 170lb. They all did great getting those big fish to the boat.