LiveLine Charters Fishing Report

Took the day off with a couple of friends and when grouper fishing. We finally got a weather day and took advantage of it. Caught live bait before heading out 25 miles. Starting fishing ledges in around 85 feet. Set the anchor and before we were tight on the anchor we had 2 nice gags on while still trying to get set up. Both were very nice fish. I did manage to take a couple of pictures of the largest fish. We had steady action all morning. We moved around a little after the action slowed. Tried moving off shore looking for Reds but everything shutdown except for the sharks. We had a few kings in the light line but all were small fish. The final count was a limit if gags 6 keepers, we released 6 to 8 shorts and a could of scamps. We broke off at least 10 fish but that is Gag fishing. It is hard to believe that with 80 to 100 lb braid you still can’t stop them but it is fun trying. If you want to get a good day of grouper fishing in before the season closes Jan 1st give me a call you won’t be disappointed with the grouper fishing this time of year.

Captain Mike Jackson
LiveLine Charters
910-686-7271

We fished the last tournament for the 2008 season on Sat out of Ocean Isle Captain Brants Fall Brawl. It was a captain’s choice Sat or Sun and based on the weather forecast we fished Sat. The predicted light 10 mph and 2 ft seas turned into the normal 15 to 20 4 ft seas. We headed out 30 miles but only had a couple of smaller fish and decide to move to the ledges around Frying Pan tower. We had plenty of action between small kings, large sharks and the school of AJs that would wipe out most of the rigs. Finally around 2:30 the larger fish decided it was time to eat. We had great action for about a hour with several fish in the 20 lb class. The largest was 27.35 lbs which out us in 5th place out of 180 boats. We had a great time but I am glad tournament season is over because it seemed like the weather was not cooperative during tournament days. Sorry once again no pictures.

Captain Mike Jackson
LiveLine Charters
910-686-7271