LiveLine Charters Fishing Report

Fishing Report 5-13-2012

Gillwetter Press — Mon, 14 May 2012 12:51:52 +0000

The weather took a turn for the worse with 15 mph SE winds so making to the drop was out of the question. Decided to try some inshore spots for top water AJs and headed out 20 miles. There was a 3 to 4 ft chop but Jon made the 1st cast with the popper and immediately got skied by a 15 lb King Mackerel which cut off the mono but the plug floated with 6 AJs swimming circles around the popper. We retrieved the popper and it didn’t take long to start hooking AJs on poppers. Joey and Nick doubled up many times on live bait. Tetsu caught fish on top water and jigs. Later in the morning Nick caught a nice 12 lb Gag and released a short gag. We had wide open action for the 1st few hours and then picked at them until lunch. Once the bite shutdown they would not eat anything even through you could see the school following the boat on the drifts. Headed in so the guys could start the long trip back to NY.

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Fishing Report Deep Jigging 5-12-2012 Day #1

Gillwetter Press — Mon, 14 May 2012 12:47:32 +0000

Finally a day of good weather for Jon, Tetsu, Nick and Joey to come down from NY with www.bookfishingtrips.com We headed off shore in flat seas and made it to the deep drop by 7:30. The current was moving slightly to the south and it didn’t take long Jon was the 1st to hook up with a decent Almaco. We had steady action with good AJs and Almacos all morning. Caught a nice Mahi on top water and lost a couple more on plugs. Moved in to 150 feet looking for some grouper action. Nick had the hot hand for the day. About 12:30 he hooked something different on his light 7 foot conventional set up when it came to the top it was a 31 lb Gag Grouper “Black Belly” Then he put on a clinic. He landed a 15 lb Red Snapper (released), hooked what would have been a 20 lb Fireback Grouper, 10 lb Scamp and topped it off with another giant 34 lb Gag on a buck tail. Joey had a nice Gag eaten by the sharks and landed a 10 lb Red. Tetsu had a Strawberry Grouper and Snowy and Jon had a Kitty Mitchell and a Yellow Mouth. In total we gags, reds, scamps, yellow mouth, strawberry, snowy, kitty mitchel, red snapper and a fireback. In addition, Blackfin, Mahi, AJs, Alamcos, Pinkys. A great day of fishing with a lot of species.

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Fishing Report 5-5-2012

Gillwetter Press — Sun, 06 May 2012 22:35:14 +0000

I had Jimmy and his son Kevin down from NY for a day of fishing. The weather did not allow us to go to the stream so we stayed inshore bottom fishing. Started at 20 miles with no action moved out and got into a OK grouper bite. Kevin caught his 1st gag grouper 12 lbs. Then we had a Cobia come by the boat but not interested in a bait. The bite slowed so we moved offshore 10 miles and anchored on a ledge. Kevin had the 1st bait down and immediately hooked up to a nice 15 lb Gag. Jimmy then hooked up a landed/released a 12 lb American Red Snapper. We spent the next few hours catching kings, Pinkys, Grunts,Grouper and many many Sea Bass (for the season to be closed due to the lack of the species there seems to be plenty of Sea Bass around). Jimmy also landed a 7 foot shark on light tackle. Caught a couple scamps on jigs.

Captain Mike Jackson
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Fishing Report 5-4-2012

Gillwetter Press — Sun, 06 May 2012 20:59:07 +0000

Had Paul, Al and Steve come down from West Virginia for a full day of fishing. We started with live bait at 20 miles and had a few AJs 1st thing but they all broke us off in the wrecks. We did caught a nice Gag. Did some slow trolling for kings and had 3 hook ups but all came unhooked. Moved off shore another 10 miles and got into a great grouper bite. We limited out in some fat gag grouper. Then Steve fought something different and when I saw it coming to the top I went for the gaff and landed a 25 lb Cobia. Ended the day slow trolling for kings. Al fought a nice fish all the way to the boat and at the last second a shark took 1/2 the fish. Sorry forgot the camera.

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Fishing Report Deep Jigging and Popping 4-30-2012 Day #3

Gillwetter Press — Wed, 02 May 2012 12:37:58 +0000

Decided to go back north on the last day to avoid the sharks. Started in the deep water with zero current and had a double header of large Almacos on the 1st drop. The morning bite was good with a mix of decent AJs and Almacos. The fish shutdown in the middle of the day we we managed a couple nice grouper released 1 day before the season opened. Also found some Black fin on the jigs. Tried again in the deep and plenty of AJs but too many sharks. Moved inshore to finish with some popping and Gustavo had a nice AJs and then we saw a few large Cobias around the boat. We dropped a jig and caught a nice 50 lb Cobia. The guys had a great time with many species caught jigging and popping.

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Fishing Report Deep Jigging and Popping 4-29-2012

Gillwetter Press — Wed, 02 May 2012 12:35:29 +0000

Decided to go south on day #2 we worked a couple wrecks with jigs but no AJs just lots of large sea bass. We moved out to Frying Pan tower and had a couple decent AJs but they were very picky. We started throwing poppers and I heard Gustavo get excited and saw 6 large Jacks following his popper the largest came from behind and inhaled the popper. He made quick work of the fish and when I looked down in the shallow water I knew he had a fish of a life time. This was the largest Jack Crevalle I have ever seen. She was 47 inches long and weighed 57 lbs on my scale which is right on the money. We took some good pictures and released her to fight another day. The fish was 10 lbs over the present NC state record. Gustavo is a true angler and wanted to let her swim free. We moved offshore for jigging and we had plenty of action but with the lighter tackle we didn’t stand a chance against the sharks. The Black fin turned on later in the afternoon and we caught fish almost every cast for a while. They were mostly small fish but fun on top water. We had a Wahoo on the jig but cut us off at the boat on the motors.

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Fishing Report Deep Jigging and Popping 4-28-2012 Day #1

Gillwetter Press — Wed, 02 May 2012 12:34:37 +0000

I had Roberto and Gustavo make the long trip back to North Carolina from Brazil for 3 days of fishing. The weather was very nice all 3 days. We started day 1 and stopped at a few wrecks for some popping action for AJs. Gustavo didn’t take long and hooked a nice AJ on top water. Moved out to the deep water for jigging but Gustavo caught a nice 14 lb Bull Mahi on top water the cow. Caught a few AJs and Almacos before moving to the deep drop. We had a few nice fish and the sharks ate a couple.Then the Black fins started chasing the flyers around the boat and we caught then on jigs and top water. Sorry didn’t get many pictures of the tuna and mahi.

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Deep Jigging 4-14-2012

Gillwetter Press — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 10:25:24 +0000

I had Mike, Kint, Winnie, Al and John down from NY with bookfishingtrips.com for 1 day of deep jigging. The ride out was great flat calm and ran at 42 mph. Started off in 140 feet but no current and to takers on the jigs. Moved out to 200 feet and had a few small AJs. Finally went to the deep and found some 50 lb classl AJs. The current was very slow and the fish were not aggressive on the jigs. Landed some decent fish and a few sharks. Caught a nice skip jack tuna and a small Blackfin. By the middle of the day decided to run 25 miles south looking for more current and action. Stopped at the numbers and 1st drift we had 4 anglers hook up to big fish. We lost 2 of the 3 fish due to the size of the AJs (broke leaders). Kint landed his fish a fat 53 inch x 32 inch 85 lb female. For what ever reason couldn’t get the big fish to eat again. Found 30 to 40 lbers and then the wolf pack found us. We had 10 150 to 250 lb Dusky sharks that would not give us a break. Landed some nice False Albies and Almacos. The warm winter and 76 degrees water had them out of the normal spring patterns.

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Fishing Report 4-13-2012

Gillwetter Press — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 10:24:24 +0000

Finally got a break in the weather and headed off shore with some local guys for trolling and jigging. Started off trolling and had a lot of short strikes and Wahoo bites bit could keep them hooked. Jigged in the deep water and had a few nice AJs until the sharks found us and would let us land a fish. The afternoon trolling bite was better and finally landed a nice 55 lb Wahoo. Ended the day by bailing some nice gaffer Mahi on spinning tackle.

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Fishing Report 3-18-2012 Deep Jigging Day #2

Gillwetter Press — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 14:56:21 +0000

Day #2 started with a slow ride out through the inlet with thick fog. Once off shore it cleared and with 10 miles to go the ocean went completely flat. Started in 140 feet and 1st jig over was immediately hammered. Everyone got into the action quickly and with no current the fish fought even harder. Caught a nice class of fish all day ranging from 15 to 50 lbs. The water is already at 73 degrees when it would normally be 68 degrees now due to the warm winter I assume. In the middle of the morning Bart hooked something large on a buck tail but turned into a 6 foot Dusky fouled hooked in the peck fin. Everyone worked hard all day but as usual Lourdes showed the guys how it was done. Bart finally broke the ice with the 1st Cobia of the day but a small 12 lber. Had another 15 lber and then at the end of the day Frank hooked a big boy 45 lbs. This was a good start to the season and look for things to continue to improve if the weatherman can give us a break.

Captain Mike Jackson
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