Rick and company are down here in hopes of getting into the big drum in Hatteras. We’ve had this trip booked for months. We went down today and searched for hours and hours, and came up empty. Cruised back up to Oregon inlet at the bottom of the 9th. Found a pile of nice ~3lb blues, small striper, and a decent little flatty. Tomorrow we are heading back to Hatteras with high hopes!
Catfish dinner! Been running some trips this past week. Loads of small stripers everywhere. Also finding a ton of channel catfish that are actually very tasty in the fryer! The spring fishing hasn’t busted wide open – but it won’t be long. Thanks to those willing to give it a go!
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Rumors of some stripers showing up around some of the local bridges in our area. Doesn’t surprise me with this early arrival of spring! My boat work will be finished up this week and I am going to be out searching. So pumped on the upcoming season – I cannot wait to get you guys on the water! Please give me a shout and lets get your trip in the books so you can get the exact date you want. I am booking days in June and July almost daily so they will fill up quick. Thanks everyone for checking Salt Minded.com!
Boat work season is finally here. The stripers are gone and old man winter has really set in here on the Outer Banks. Hanging up the towell until Spring. Thanks everyone for checking reports and booking your 2016 charter! In the mean time, head on over to the Store page and check out our new Tshirt selection. Thanks!
Just returned home from another epic trip to Florida with my brother. So lucky to share these experiences and the passion of fishing and adventure with him. We made the extremely long drive down and set up camp on Sunday night.
We were faced with some brutal conditions for the first two days. We knew it going down there, but the plan was to atleast get a feel for the area and try to dial in some locations so that we could be ready when conditions got better.
We still caught tons of fish in cold, windy conditions. Trout, Reds, Snook, and Juvenile Tarpon were among some of the target species. We fished hard sun up to sun down every day.
When the wind finally died and the sun came out it was game on. The water was extremely clear and provided some epic sight casting conditions for both fly and spinning tackle. We caught trout, reds, and snook all day long. I would say the highlight of the trip was the trout bite, most likely due to the extreme water temp drop in the sound. The snook were around but not in great numbers. The prefer a little warmer water. We did catch a ton of them, and some nice ones in the mix.
After a week of epic fishing we were both stoked and completely fished out…… for now.
Can’t wait to get back……..
I didn’t film or shoot nearly as much as I normally do, but I did grab a few pics here and there.
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