Hatteras Island Fishing Reports

The blackfin tuna showed back up today in force. We started fishing on a couple different weedlines in the morning, caught 1 mahi and missed a couple billfish. One was a pretty little blue marlin on the teaser that switched over to another bait, but unfortunately didn’t stay tight for us. Heard the blackfin tuna were biting so we jogged a few miles to get there and it was game on once we put baits out. Longer Days Sportfishing Charters.

Fishing has been very productive. Here are some of our catches over the past week. Gecko and Drumrunner Sportfishing Charters (Ocracoke).

Fishing has been very productive. Here are some of our catches over the past week. Sea Dream Sportfishing, Hatteras

We spent the first half of the day looking for the tunas. Fortunately, they were very cooperative for us! We decided we wanted to look for dolphin around lunch time so we came back in shallow and worked grass lines and patches after patches. We never did see the first dolphin today despite the efforts. Still a good day with some great weather! We have a few days still open in August, get up with us before they are all booked! Sea Dream Sportfishing, Hatteras

We had beautiful weather most of the day, and the fish were fairly cooperative! 1 for 2 on wahoos and a good catch of mahi. We never could find a school, but we picked them on a grass line all day long. Still just a few days left available in August so get up with us to book! Sea Dream Sportfishing, Hatteras

Despite the winds and sloppy seas, our walk on group had a good day today. We started on the tuna grounds and they were biting! We picked at them pretty steadily until we got tired of getting beat up by the waves, so we came back in shallow to a color/temperature change. We had a slow pick at a mixed class of dolphin in some calmer waters and ended the day on that! Plenty of fish to go around for everybody. The squid was spit out by a tuna when it came into the boat. We still have room for our Friday walk on so get up with us to go! Sea Dream Sportfishing, Hatteras

Spanish mackerel biting this morning. Good fishing last night. We have a few evenings open end of the week. The weather looks good for offshore this week also and we have Thursday and Friday available Gecko Sportfishing Charters (Ocracoke).

We finally made it out after days of nothing but wind. The story of the day was lots of rain and the dreaded scattered grass! We worked hard for our mahi today and scrapped out about half of a limit. We spent some time on the tuna grounds, but it was heavily scattered with grass as well, which made it tough to get a bite. We are ready for the rain to move out and to see some sunshine! Sea Dream Sportfishing, Hatteras

We had a blast in the rain today with Rovi and his boys! We caught a limit of mahi before 9am. Then we moved on to the blackfin tuna and caught a mess of them too. And then we went looking for wahoo and went 2 for 2! What a great day offshore! We are still looking to fill some spots for our walk on tomorrow. Give me a shout if you’re interested! 757-870-1680 Sea Angel Sportfishing Charters.

We are looking for a couple people for a walk-on offshore trip Saturday. So far I have two people interested! For 4 people $490, 5 people $390, 6 people $325. Price even includes tip! Call or text me for more details 757-870-1680. Sea Angel Sportfishing Charters.

This week we had good bailer mahi fishing, and blackfin tuna fishing, with a few wahoos and sailfish being caught. Things are starting to shape up for August, with wahoo and sailfish action right around the corner! Don’t miss out and give us a shout! 757-870-1680 Sea Angel Sportfishing Charters.

We had a half day trip today, and we didn’t have to go far. There were fish working right in the inlet, so we made our day picking at good sized bluefish and a lone Spanish mackerel! Fishing was good along the beach as well as offshore today, so get up with us to take advantage! Sea Dream Sportfishing, Hatteras

Today Open Waters hooked up blue marlin which was quite a surprise because they never expected to catch a marlin in just 190 feet of water but there he was. Great fun with this great group.

Capt. Patteson said he started down near "The Point" this morning and then wandered around finding lots of scattered grass and lots of skipjack tuna, but only ay few mahi. Closer to the shelf break and after lunch there were quite a few blackfin tuna and we caught a couple of keeper yellowfin tuna and then lost another to a shark.

This will be the last Stormy Petrel fishing report likely for this season. Capt. Patteson has moved his boat and currently running his charters our of Oregon Inlet Fishing Center.

7/7 We had good fishing yesterday with plenty of mahi and even a blue marlin crashed the party. 7/8 We made a quick trip to the boatyard this morning to replace a cutlass bearing. Thanks to Hatteras Boatyard for getting us in and out like a nascar pit crew. 252-921-0095 Gecko Sportfishing Charters (Ocracoke).

There is always something jumping at Cape Hatteras!