Fishing Report Jigging 11-25-2009

November 30th, 2009 by Gillwetter Press

Had Peter, Andrew, Kent and Lourdes (her 1st jigging trip to NC) down from NY for a little Thanksgiving weekend NC jigging trip. The weather was great in the morning with flat calm seas the complete ride out. When we arrived at the break the Blackfin were busting (see the video link on my site shortly). There was almost no current and plenty of fish but they were not to aggressive. Had to drop to very small jigs and slow retrieve. Started getting a few fish and a lot of short strikes. Pretty good action. Then around 11:00 the winds picked up with some rain and the of fish decided to eat. The high light was another great Wahoo on the jig. It was during a double header and once we saw the 2nd fish was a Wahoo and a quick gaff job and a 50 lb fish was on board. We had several other Wahoo bites but couldn’t keep them hooked. In fact we had a jig bitten in half in a U by a Wahoo. Once the fish started to eat the weather got worse quickly and decided to head for shallower water. Worked some inside areas with a few small fish before calling it a day. Lourdes did great and is now hooked on NC fishing with everyone else.

Captain Mike Jackson
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