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Thursday, December 11th, 2008
Tim Barefoot shows off the desired (and often received) results when a baited Decoy jig is dropped to an offshore ledge.
“There you go, Gary,” Tim Barefoot exclaimed excitedly. “I hear you. That’s a grouper!” How Tim knew this before Gary had made five cranks on the reel handle was beyond me, but I willed him to be right. We’d made a few drops already without connecting with the fish we were looking for, and it was high time someone put a grouper in the boat. Read the rest of this entry »
As he continued cranking, the rhythm of the fight seemed right, with lots of dogged pulls towards the bottom and no horizontal movement in the water column, and I joined the grouper consensus. Hurley’s mid-battle grunts could only be taken as a positive sign as well. In just 65′ of water, it didn’t take too long for the fish to appear deep below the boat, only bolstering Tim’s enthusiasm.
“It’s brown! It’s a grouper, man,” Tim continued, staring intently into the sea. “Taylor, give me the gaff!”
Accepting the gaff from his son just as Gary worked the grouper to the surface, the captain planted the big hook under the fish’s jaw and hauled aboard a fat gag grouper that didn’t require any measurement, as it was well above the 24″ minimum size limit. As the grouper hit the deck, I decided that maybe Tim was onto something.
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Ocean Isle Winter 2009
Thursday, December 11th, 2008Brant, of Ocean Isle Fishing Center, reports that there’s still a decent bite in the blue water, as several wahoo caught last week near the Mac Marlen Ledge attest. Trolling ballyhoo under skirted lures will fool the wahoo, and anglers should be able to find them in the Gulf Stream for much of the winter.
Inshore [...]
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OIFC.com King Mackerel Tournament 2008
Thursday, December 11th, 2008Rube McMullan, Brant McMullan, and Michael Kennedy with the 31.75 lb. king mackerel they caught on the first day of the OIFC.com King Mackerel Tournament out of Hatteras. Paired with the 21.60 lb. king they caught on the last day of competition, their 53.25 lb. aggregate weight earned them first place.
Early each winter, the waters [...]
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Southport Winter 2009
Thursday, December 11th, 2008Butch, of Yeah Right Charters, reports that even though the temperatures are falling there’s still plenty of fishing action to be had over the winter.
Gray trout are schooled up on nearshore structure during the cold months, and they will fall for jigging spoons or cut bait on bottom rigs. Anglers shouldn’t use super light tackle [...]
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Morehead City Winter 2009
Thursday, December 11th, 2008Tim, of Chasin Tails Outdoors, reports that speckled trout are the main story on the Morehead inshore scene right now. Anglers are finding the specks around the Cape Lookout jetty, the Radio Island jetty, and in the surf along Shackleford Banks.
MirrOlures (especially the 808 and 26MR models), Gulps (white and new penny shrimp), and live [...]
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