Category Archives: Blog – Fishing

Drum Invasion

Drum everywhere!  Puppy drum are everywhere in the sound and the surf.  The big drum are just outside the second bar up and down the whole beach.   Our news feeds are flooded with photos of monster drum! What an awesome way to kick off to the fall season.  If you haven’t caught one of these things, now is the time.   Which was the case for my good buddy Graham.  He wanted to get his first drum and I gave him the call to come down and give it a shot.  He drove down Saturday morning from Raleigh.  He arrived mid day so we took out the boat and caught some specks to kick off the day. As night fell we headed north to go for the drum.    We missed a few runs, caught a few biters, pulled the hook a couple times,  just having a rough start.  Finally Graham locks in and lands a big ol fatty, his first big drum.   Mission Accomplished!

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Visit from Pops

My Pops came down to visit my brother and I to spend some quality time.  Of course, that meant fishing.  We headed out around 0700 and fished for a couple hours in our backyards.  The wind is still howling but we found some sheltered spots and some fish.  We caught keeper trout, pups, a striper, and the biggest spot I’ve ever seen.  Finished up fishing around 0930 and stuffed our faces with Jolly Rogers breakfast. Great times! Check out the triple header 3 species

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Big drum from the beach . . . . kinda

Some people say that my method of catching these fish is up for debate.  However, it works. . . really good. . . Since I can only throw a heaver about 40 yards, I decided the better option was to simply leave my rod on the beach, put it in free spool, set the bait in my kayak, paddle it out a couple hundred yards and drop it off the side.   The extra distance can make a huge difference.  Ken and I headed up to give it a go last night with the super calm conditions.  We had consistant action with runs about every 20 minutes.  We missed alot of fish but we also caught a handful.  It may not be the traditional way to catch these things, but it sure does work.

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Mid morning poppin’

Matt, Kent, and myself got out around 0930 for some mid morning poppin’ cork action.  We had some slightly overcast skies so I was hopeful for at least a decent bite.  Thats exactly what we had, a decent bite.  We caught small trout, small pups, small stripers, with a handful of decent fish in the mix. This was Kents second outing on my boat, and the first one was a skunk.  It was nice to get some redemption from that trip.  Next trip should be all time. Thanks for checking!

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Kens Birthday Grand Slam

Good friend Ken and myself spent his birthday morning searching for some fish to pull on.  The grey overcast gloomy day started off pretty slow with a couple trout a small striper and alot of missed bites.  I decided to make a move and it was game on!  First a nice trout, then drum after drum for a couple hours, a few flounder mixed in, and smiles all around.  It was just one of those magic mornings.   We headed in after a few high fives to go check the surf.  We were greeted with some sun waist to chest high waves with nobody out.  I felt like it was my birthday too.  Enjoyed the morning Ken, Happy Birthday dude!

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