My uncle and I headed out on Capt Marc Kerns of Rock On Charters boat this afternoon for some cobia fishing. We left the inlet around 12:30 and headed south to the warm water. We hooked a 50+ pounder right when we hit the temp change, but broke the line at the boat. We stayed around the area and popped them off here and there. It was a great time, and big things to Marc for letting us run his boat down there. Cobia on the grill tonight!
This morning I had Jim and Joan with me, and what a great trip it was. I can’t say the fishing was all time, but it was just plain ol’ good company. We ended up releasing about 5 small speckled trout and a throwback flounder – and we managed to find a school of puppy drum and pulled 4 out of it. They took home their limit of reds….. Looking forward having them back next year!
My afternoon trip was a bit of a bummer. A very nice family joined me for what would of been a great afternoon of fishing. Unfortunately for the Dad, he had eaten some bad seafood the night before. I will say he was quiet a trooper for lasting as long as he did. We through back a few small trout and a sea mullet before we had to call it a day. Hopefully I can have them on board next year and we won’t be chumming the water the whole time =) Thanks guys, sorry again!
Had an AM trip with Frank, his Pops, and their friend Fred and….. You guessed it, PUPPY DRUM! Found a few schools of pups and doubled / tripled up a bunch. These fish are so much fun on light tackle. We had them crossing under the boat and all that jazz. Fun time with these guys. We went searching for a trout or flounder for a bit, but with no luck we headed back to tug on some more drum. Thanks a lot guys – great trip!
Wrestled with these giant sea creatures in our kayaks on Sunday afternoon at the shoals of Cape Hatteras. Matt and I headed down with intentions of finding a school of big red drum or even a cobia, but we were surprised with massive black drum in the 60-70+ pound range schooled up on the surface. We casted buck tails to them and they put up an incredible fight! Lots of life out there, can’t wait to go back. We had our gopros rolling so I put together a little video for you guys. Another epic fishing adventure with my brother.
Had an afternoon charter today, and once again we smoked the puppy drum. We had our limit in the first 5 minutes of fishing. He insisted that I fish with him, I didn’t argue =) Call me to get in on this hot bite!
