FISHING-REPORT-08-17-12

A number of offshore boats are engaged in a white marlin tournament. The billfish season is going strong and may not have peaked yet. Lots of sailfish, white marlin and some blue marlin are being caught and released every day.Offshore boats not in the tournament caught both yellowfin tuna and blackfin tuna, dolphin and scattered wahoo. Citations were applied for for 5 white marlin,2 sailfish by the same person, a 14 pound tilefish, a 43 pound cobia, and a 5 pound 8 ounce black sea bass. Inshore boats caught tailor bluefish and spanish mackerel. A wreck fishng trip had a good catch of tilefish and black sea bass. Open boats caught cobia, flounders and triggerfish. Miss Oregon Inlet had good fishing on a variety of fish. Notably croakers, flounders, puffers and sea bass.