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Our Nearshore boats came back with good catches of Bluefish. Inshore caught a nice catch of Bluefish, Flounder, Speckeled Trout, Grey Trout and a little Shark!

Offshore boats had an interesting variety of fish.Once again wahoos dominated the scene. In addition to wahoo there were blackfin tunas, olphin which most of the dolphin were gaffer size. Scattered amongst the catches were marlin white and blue all caught and released.One boat had 14 wahoos a 68 pound yellowfin tuna and a mako shark another boat had a blue marlin 4 white marlin and 7 wahoos, a third boat had 15 blackfin tuna and a dolphin. Two boats were booked by Combat Warriors, Inc. The members of each boat's parties were wounded service men. They were Dean Isaacs Kevin Holland and Bill Warren. Kevin Holland's son a highschool student not yet a veterin may wind up one if he follows his father in the army.This group is pictured in the first picture. Open boats had good trout fishing both speckled and grey. One open boat caught flounders,grey trout and sheepsheads. Look for more pictures of today's catch tommorrow there are some great wahoo shots.

Today our Inshore boats made it out to fish and they came back with reports of good Inshore fishing Speckeled Trout and Puppy Drum. The Headboat Miss Oregon Inlet came back with Sea Mullet and Puffer fish!

Seldom is there a day in which so many wahoos are caught. Several were in excess of 60 pounds, one was 71 pounds. Several boats had eight one had 9 another 10. There were some nice blackfin tuna catches one had 26. A few good size yellowfin tunas were caught the yellowfins averaged over 30 pounds a 60 pounder was caught. Scattered saifish and white marlin were caught and released. Wahoos have very sharp teeth. Landing a wahoo involves keeping a very active fish on the gaff where it can be controlled. Occasionally in order to make certain a second gaff is used. A lot of wahoos are lost when they cut through nylon leader. Wire leader solves this problem but often they won't bite a lure when wire is attached to it . A good ratio of bites to fish landed today was 30 bites to 10 landed. The ratio can be evan bigger. One boat went from monfilament to wire and back to monofilament. A really nice trout catch was made on an allday open boat trip. Both speckled trout and grey trout were caught.Trout seem to be migrating from down the sound closer to the inlet. Miss Oregon Inlet caught flounders, sea bass, pigfish and puffers. A very exciting day both offshore and near the inlet.

Today the Inshore boats came back with Speckled Trout, Bluefish and Flounder.

There were seven offshore boats that ventured out today and they all returned with smiling fishermen. They landed limits of dolphin, scattered yellowfin tuna, wahoo and catch and release blue and white marlin in addition to sailfish. Our nearshore boat returned with a catch of eighty bluefish.

Our Offshore fleet came back with buckets of Dolphin both Gaffers and Bailers, some Yellowfin Tuna, and a scattered Wahoo. We had a few Blue Marlin, as well as White Marlin,and Sailfish releases as well today! The Nearshore boats came back with Tilefish, King Mackerel, Spanish Mackerel, and Bluefish. Our Inshore boats came back with Drum, Grey Trout, Trout, and Puppy Drum. Our Headboat the Miss Oregon Inlet caught Sea Mullet, Pinfish and Pig Fish

A real seasonal turn aroung in offshore fishing seems to have taken place over the past two days. Blackfin tunas and marlin have given way to yellowfin tunas, dolphin and scattered wahoo.Enough marlin remain to liven things up from time to time particularly blue marlin. An interesting incident involving a blue marlin occured on the Osprey today. Captin Paul Lester's notice was drawn by his mate of a bonita airborn by at least 10 feet followed shortly by another spectacular bonita jump. Soon a blue marlin was hooked that broke off.One offshore boat caught 10 yellowfin tunas and released a bluemalin. Inshore boats caught tailor bluefish, spanish mackerel, false albacore and hound fish. Open boats caught grey trout, flounders, cobia and tailor bluefish. Miss Oregon Inlet caught sea mullet, grey trout and tailor bluefish.

We had 9 boats travel to the Gulfstream today and they came back with good numbers in the Blackfin Tuna, as well as good Yellowfin Tuna, nice sized Gaffer Dolphin and a Wahoo. We had a few Billfish citiations issued for a couplw White Marlin and a Sailfish. Nearshore they had a Great day with reports of lots of Amberjacks, False Albacore,as well as Bluefish, Spanish Mackerel, and a 20# King Mackerel. Inshore they brought back Speckeled trout, Grey Trout, Bluefish, Flounder, as well as Cobia and a Red Drum.

A quiet day offshore, beautiful weather, good water conditions, not enough boats to locate fish. A sailfish, blackfin tuna and tilefish made up the catch. Inshore excellent wreck fisihng lots of big three, four and five pound triggerfish, black sea bass, tailor bluefish and spanish mackerel. One of the spanish mackerels weighed three pounds. The odd fish in the picture is a ling cod. Open boats had very good speckled trout fishing. Dependent on the tide there were five pound flounders caught good grey trout fishing, triggerfish and sea bass. There were also some tailor bluefish caught in the afternoon with speckled trout and grey trout.

.....MOTHER NATURE PREVAILED...... One Boat took the chance and brought back a GREAT CATCH of Flounder, Sheepshead, Spanish Mackerel, Grey Trout and Puffers.

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Offshore marlin and sailfish were caught and released including a grand slam with one blue marlin, three white marlin and five sailfish. Several good blackfin tuna catches and two yellowfin tunas. One of the grand slam's blackfins weighed 23 pounds. There was not room to include the whole grand slam's catch in one photo so the slam and blackfins are on separate photos. Dave Pusateri from Mt. Morris,Pa. caught one white marlin and two sailfish, Chad Wendell from Pennsylvania caught a bluemarlin and 1 sailfish, James Wendell from Holbrook, Pa. caught 1 white marlin and a sailfish Bill Moats from Wind Ridge caught one white marlin and 1 sailfish. Many of the tuna catches included either white marlin or sailfish.All the billfish were released. Inshore boats caught tailor bluefish and spanish mackerel. An allday inshore trip caught an amberjack in addition to tailor bluefish and spanish mackerel. One open boat on an allday trip caught some beautiful spreckled trout, released puppy drum and caught tailor bluefish.The speckled trout catchers were John Diel from Quakertown, Pa. and Lee Diel from Milton, Pa. Another open boat caught flounders and tailor bluefish. Recently there has been very good flounder fishing when the tide has been right. Miss Oregon Inlet caught sea mullet, pigfish, pinfish and puffers.

Today our offshore fleet landed a mixed bag of fish. There were lots of catch and release white marlin and there was also a 300 lb. blue marlin released. We also had yellowfin and blackfin tuna, one blackfin was 23 pounds. Bonita and wahoo also added to the mix.