Twister Charters - Fishing Reports

This morning I awoke to the wind blowing around 25 knots.  I decided to fish the morning charter in the Cape Fear River Channel to hide from the wind.  We ended the morning catching around 30 small sharks, 1 big shark around 30 pounds, two bluefish, and 3 huge whiting. 

The wind started to die down around lunch time and my afternoon party wanted to test the waters around the 15 mile rock area.  We took a pounding getting there, but once we arrived the fishing was not too bad.  We ended the day with two kings and one nice mahi.  Not bad for rough seas.  Stay tuned for more reports.

We have been blessed over the first week of July with some great weather.  Along with the great weather the fish were chewing the bottom of the boat out.  I fished almost everyday and averaged around six King Mackeral each morning along with a few scattered Mahi Mahi.  Our parties fished the 15 mile rock area along with numerous other boats.  Several boats were lucky enough to hook and boat a handful of sailfish. 

On the inshore side the Spanish Mackeral are still biting.  We are averaging around 20 fish for the morning.  The large numbers that we were catching in previous weeks has dropped, but the fish that are biting now are a quite bit larger, most around 2 pounds.  I have a few openings for the week of the 6-12 so if you would like to go fishing post me an email or give a call.  Tight Lines

I had a great half day trip on Wednesday.  We fished the Shark Hole and ended the day with 6 King Mackeral and 1 Mahi Mahi.  I forgot my camera, but my party got some great pics.  I’m trying to get those pics emailed to me.  As soon as I receive them I’ll post them up. 

Later that day I had afternoon 3 hour trip.  We Spanished fished right on Oak Island in about 20 foot of water.  The fish were slow to bite at first, but once we found them, we were able to quickly catch a few nice fish. 

On Thursday I didn’t have a charter so I decided to go try to catch a few AJ’s to sale at the market.  My good friend Donnie came down from Asheville, N.C., so I wanted to allow him and Zack to be able to catch their fair share of the hard fighting jacks. We ended the day with 400 pounds of AJ’s and a few nice Cobia to throw into the bag. The weather was alittle bumpy in the morning, and steadly got worse as the day progressed.  By mid afternoon the seas were around 4-6 foot, with a few rogue waves around 8 foot.  We had a couple of interesting moments, but the seaworty ”Twister” brought us home safe.   

I still have a few days open for the week of the fourth of July, so if you would like to come down and experience some great fishing give me a call.  Tight Lines

Sorry I haven’t written a post this week, but i’ve been fishing everyday.  We started the week out with several 1/2 day Spanish charters.  The spanish have been alittle slow, but we still manage to catch around 25-30 each trip.  Luckly the kings have turned on within 15 miles of shore.  Double digit catches are not uncommon, with many fish being 20+ pounds and a few in the 30’s. 

Today I had a 3/4 day and nailed the AJ’s.  These fish fight so hard that after each of my party caught their fish, it was time to move on to something alittle easier.  We ended the day with six big jacks ranging from 30-45 pounds.  I’m going to be fishing everyday this week, so stay tuned. 

This was morning was alittle chilly compared to the Louisiana scorching heat.  The winds had switched to the North sending down some of the last artic air that we will be seeing this summer.  The 66 degree morning had cooled down the water 4 degrees and had the fish shut off.  It was up in the morning before the water warmed enough to interest the Spanish into eating our 00 Clark Spoons.  We ended the day with 20 Spanish, some pretty good size for this early in the year, and 3 Sharks.   The temperatures are susposed to be higher tomorrow, hopefully making the fish bite harder.  I have another 1/2 day tomorrow so stay tuned.  If you would like to book a charter, send me a hit on my Book a Charter button.  Tight Lines

Fourchon, Louisiana

I left last Tuesday with Team Holden On heading down to Fourchon, Louisiana to fish the 3rd leg of the Yamaha Professional Kingfish Tour.  We drove straight through, all 18 hours, just to be able to prefish Wednesday Morning.  At 8:00AM Wednesday we were jigging our first bluerunners, and heading offshore to prefish some rigs that had been productive in previous years.  Wednesday was a great day, the seas were calm and the fish were biting.  We ended up the day with several medium size king mackeral, being 35-40 pounds, and feeling good that we might be on to something.  Not the 50 pounders we were looking for, but good quality points fish.  Not only did we find the kings, but also got into several decent wahoo.  Shane caught the first wahoo, a nice fat 40 pounder.  This fish hit the downrigger set at 100 feet and preceeded to break in the new Daiwa’s like no other kingfish had done.  Once after the first blistering run, the fight was shortly over.  After gaffing this awesome fish I was putting out another line, when it went into over-drive.  I had a good feeling this was another wahoo, but felt that I definately was a better fish.  Twenty minutes later a fat 52 pounder was lying on the floor of the boat, not to bad for king fish tackle. 

We fished alittle on Thursday, but spent most of the day catching enough bait for two tournament days.  Friday, the first day of the tournament was alittle snotty.  After lots of deliberation, the 38 foot Fountain was set a course for 42 miles dead into a 4 foot headsea.  The boat handled the seas like you would expect and had lines in at 7:45.  We fished hard all day and managed a 35 pounder, not awesome, but better than nothing. 

Day two was alot different than day one.  The seas had laid out over night, which made for some easy running.  We changed gears and headed to a differerent area, one that had been very productive for some of our friends.   Due to the extremely hot temperatures and calm seas the fish didn’t cooperate to well.  Team Holden On could only muster a 29 pounder.  We didn’t get the high pounds that were expected, but came out with several good points fish. 

Even though we didn’t bring home the first prize, the trip was overall successful.  I am going to post several pics from the week.  This coming week I have booked several charters, so stay tuned for more reports

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Today we had a  full day charter and decided to fish in the 100-110 foot depth range.  The grouper bit pretty well early this morning, but once the air temperature rose the grouper bite stopped.  We ended up the day with several grouper, cobia, king mackeral, and lots of triggerfish, b-liners, grunts, Pinky’s, and jacks.  I’ve got the same crew again tomorrow.  Were going after some Kings, Mahi, and maybe a grouper.  I’ll post all the pics tomorrow night, but for now this is the American Red Snapper that Chris Hutchens caught about 50 miles off of Holden Beach. 

Ran 1/2 day Fishing Charters on Tuesday and Wednesday just off of Oak Island.  The Spanish Mackeral have really schooled up in those areas.  On Wednesday we limited out in a three hour period.  Most of the Spanish have been caught on #1 planers and Clark Spoons. 

Once we had our limit of Spanish, Sharks became our next target.  We ended the day with (2) 6′ 250 pound Lemon Sharks.  These rascals are probally one of the toughest fights an angler could have on 20# test gear.  If you would like to tangle with one of these big daddies now is the time.  If you would like to book a great Holden Beach fishing charter give me a call or shoot me an email. 

Stay tuned, I have offshore trips on Thursday and Friday.  We are going to be targeting Mahi Mahi, Wahoo, King Mackeral, Black Sea Bass, Snapper, and Grouper.