Family Fun Fishing

If you read back through our fishing reports from years past, it seems like every August I’m back on here posting about the great fishing we have going on. August-September is a great time to fish off of Ocracoke.

It is the calmest time of the year, and we have such a wide variety of fish species around. The last week we have encountered wahoo, blue marlin, sailfish, mahi, tuna, triggerfish, snapper, tilefish, red drum, and bluefish; in one week!

This is also the last couple weeks when schools are out for the summer, and we have really enjoyed having the families and young fishermen & fisherwomen aboard. Lots of great memories and “first” catches.

For the next 4-6 weeks the offshore fishing should be really dependable, and inshore we have great drum fishing in the evenings. Give us a call and lets go fishing!

Excellent April – Marlin, Mahi, Tuna, Drum

It’s been quite the whirlwind this April. I (Capt. Rob) returned from running the Sails Call in Guatemala on April 5. We spent about 10 days in the boatyard getting everything shipshape for the season, and began fishing on April 18.

The weather has been unseasonably warm and nice, and because of that our late spring fish arrived early this year. We have had excellent mahi, tuna, and blue marlin fishing offshore. Inshore it has been great drum fishing, with the big “chopper” blues mixed in lately.

Looking forward to a great season of fishing charters here in Ocracoke. You can check availability and rates here if you are interested in booking a trip.

Awesome August Fishing

I get the question a lot: When is the best time to go offshore fishing in Ocracoke? That’s a bit of a loaded question, because we have great fishing for some species pretty much every month of the year. But I always mention late August/September because of the variety. Sailfish, tuna, wahoo, mahi, marlin, bottom fish. And statistically, you have the best chance of a calm day.

This year has been no exception. This week I’ve had some awesome friends/groups fishing with us that wanted to take lots of fish home to eat. Enjoy the photos!

We have days available right on through the end of October, so please reach out if you are interested in putting a trip together.

Pretty Weather and Fun Fishing

I haven’t had a lot of time to post reports lately because man, we have had a long stretch of beautiful weather and thankfully have been fishing every day.

Lots of fun has been had the past several weeks. Its always nice to see friends return that fish this same time every year, as well as meeting some new friends.

Offshore it has been blackfin tuna, mahi, a few wahoo, blue marlin, swordfish, grouper, and snapper. Inshore in the evenings we have had some great drum fishing trips.

I have some days available over the next month, so visit our calendar page to get your trip booked! https://fishocracoke.com/fishing-charters/

MAHI! With a side of Wahoo

We finally had some beautiful weather here in Ocracoke this week, and the fishing was excellent. We went offshore several days and had good catches of wahoo & mahi each day. We stopped a couple of times to add some variety to the bag, and the bottom fish cooperated as well.

This is the time of the year I have a lot of groups fish with me so that they can fill their freezer up with fresh vacuum packed fish for the rest of the year. This week didn’t disappoint!

Inshore fishing has had really good red drum action, with a few black drum, cobia, and bluefish mixed in.

Give me a call and lets go fishing!