Oregon Inlet & Ocean City Fishing Reports

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    2/8/2012       The sea was a mill pond before this weekend's cold front moved through. Much of the Hatteras fleet, and some outboard boats were mixed in with the Oregon Inlet fleet.  Fishing took place along the warm water change and ran from offshore of the Point to approx 10 miles SE of the point.  Boats encountered a great bite of bluefin tuna in the 80" class at lines in, and a few bites continued through the late morning. After a little afternoon lull, many boats began to fish a little closer to the change in water temps ranging around 74 degrees. The afternoon produced a fair yellowfin tuna bite and some steady bluefin tuna bites. Hammerhead sharks and bait very plentiful along the change and we encountered a couple mako sharks attacking our trolling baits. Our day finished with a release on an 83" bluefin tuna, a couple yellowfin tuna, a few mako bites and two other bluefin tuna hookups.

 We are hauling the Canyon Blues out tomorrow morning at Bayliss Boatworks, after which we will move to a nearby boat shop for the next month. During our time in the shop, we will be receiving a new paint job, upgrades our to running gear, interior, and engine room.  I am looking forward to getting all this work accomplished and back to fishing for our Spring tuna and dolphin run.  

 While we are not sure exactly how long our work will take, we are currently taking reservations beginning mid March.

    1/27/2012       Bluefin Tuna have arrived at Oregon Inlet!  Thanks to Justin, Marty, Jose, Scott, & Matt for two fun days of fishing.  Our first day sported great weather and modest fishing, with a few blackfin tuna and amberjack caught off of Diamond Shoals. Yesterday's weather dictated that we fish a little closer to home. With warm water and plenty of bird life outside of 100 fathoms, we got no bites until 10:30 when the bluefin tuna showed on the surface. Our first pass through the school got us 3 hookups on 50lb class standup gear. One fish broke the line after 30 minutes, but the other two stayed on for a 4 hour fight that carried us 9 miles to the NE. With seas building to over 8 ft, we turned up the heat on the fish and got two releases of bluefin over 300lbs at 2:30 that afternoon.  Great job guys!

    9/17/2011       Sorry this report is a bit late in coming. We have had a busy August. We had a good showing in the White Marlin Open and I would like to thank everyone who fished with us (Walt, Jamie, Jr., Tony, Lee, and Bobby). We could not do it without you guys so thanks again for all your support. The rest of the month we filled in with some great charter fishing for both tuna and white marlin. Not to mention the two days of fun fishing in the Poor Girls Open. Thanks to all who participated. I have moved the boat back to Oregon Inlet NC.  The white marlin fishing is off the hook. If anyone would like to book a trip please give me a call before it starts to cool off. If it stays like it did last year we should have a few weeks left of great fishing for marlin before we turn back to tuna fishing.

    7/25/2011       Canyon Blues is now fishing out of Ocean City, Maryland. So far the tuna action has remained good. We still have bluefin tuna inshore and the yellowfin tuna have been on the edge of the “Canyons.” We had a good first day in the tuna tournament last weekend. but we could not follow it up on Sunday. Thanks to all the guys who hung in there and fished with us again this year. The marlin fishing has also been great this year with a good number of blue marlin and plenty of white marlin around. Please let me know if you looking to book a day offshore. Stay tuned for more reports coming soon. Thx. Capt. Larry

    6/27/2011       The dolphin fishing out of Oregon Inlet is still going strong with the big gaffers showing up daily. We will have the boat in NC for 10 or 12 more days so give a call if you might want to book a trip. I will then be heading to Ocean City, Md. The latest reports out of Ocean City are TUNA TUNA TUNA and we start fishing there on the 9th of July. Let me know when you would like to put a trip together. Also we still have 2 spots for the White Marlin Open. If you have never fished the White Marlin Open here is a great chance to fish in great tournament so just give me a call. Thx. Capt. Larry

    6/7/2011       Murphy's Law caught us off guard. The boat's been out of commission for a blown motor but we're ready to take advantage of the fishing now. The latest report out of Oregon inlet is still plenty of dolphin around and the white marlin have shown up. We will be fishing out of Oregon Inlet through July 2nd in then we head to Ocean City Md. for the summer. There are still good days open so please call if you would like to book a trip. Thx. Capt. Larry 

    5/22/2011      The dolphin fishing is still good with limit catches most days. We have seen some better tuna action but the bite seams to come and go. We do feel it will continue to improve. The charter boats I have talked to in Morehead still have it good down there. It is just a matter of time until they move north. And on a plus note the blue marlin have made a very good showing so far this spring. Keep checking in for updates.

   4/30/2011     Most of last week was weathered out do to the strong winds. But after everything died down the boats got offshore again to find some nice yellowfin tuna the past two days. Most boats caught between 7 and 12. There are also some dolphin in the area. We are just expecting the big gaffers to start showing up soon. Anyone who is thinking about a trip in May should book it now. It’s only going to get better.

   4/25/2011     This past weekend out of Oregon Inlet the weather was good and the boats did get out. The fishing for the most part remains scattered. We were able to find some gaffer dolphin a hand full of blackfin tuna and there are some larger bluefin tuna still hanging around.  Things are really starting to shape up for what looks like a good spring season!