Author Archives: dave lusk

Out of control

The drum bite is just getting silly.  Big schools in the sound.  Big ones at night.  Bait, artificial, whatever.  I love fall – an excellent time to check the red drum off the list, and potentially a drum of a lifetime! I’ll be fishing right on through October and into November so give me a call lets do some Fall Fishin!

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YES!

Really great company on the boat today, catching fish was going to be a bonus right from the start.  We enjoyed some excellent spanish mackeral fishing – casting and catching about 25 – keeping 10.  Went looking for the drum and stumbled upon the motherload.  Some of the biggest schools I’ve seen all year.  Epic morning!

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9/17 Report

Had a blast with Tom and his son Colin today.  We started out catching jumbo croakers this morning.  Threw them in the livewell in hopes of exchanging them for something much larger.  We later hooked into a jumbo cobia that decided to pull the hook a few minutes in to the fight, OUCH!   Got a little taste of some pullage – so we needed more.  Headed to amberjack land to get our fix.  Good times!

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Sportfishing Magazine Capt of the Year Finalist!

Wow!  Can’t thank you  guys enough for the nominations and votes.   There are so many worthy captains of this award right here on the Outer Banks.  The inshore and offshore fleet are some of the best fisherman in the world.  We face very challenging conditions and an ever changing fishery year to year.    It feels great to receive recognition for something I am so passionate about and have dedicated so much time and effort into.   Thank you guys for fishing with me, referring me, following my website, etc.  Without you guys I would still be fixing broken computers and dreading every work day.  Thank you!!!

http://www.sportfishingmag.com/2015-charter-captains-year?src=SOC&dom=fb