New boat!!! Snook & Tripletail too

I drove to FL again on Monday night / Tuesday  to go check out a boat.  It was love at first sight!  After an hour and a half with her, I decided it was time to tie the knot.   I am so stoked to bring to you guys the Action Craft Coastal Bay 2310TE. This boat is hands down the PERFECT boat for inshore / nearshore fishing on the Outer Banks. It has tons of room at 24′ long with higher then average gunnels for a bay boat.  It has front and rear casting decks, plenty of comfortable cushioned seating, a bathroom for my family trips, super shallow draft, power pole, trolling motor, the list goes on and on, but the bottom line is you just have to book with me and experience this thing for yourself!

While I was down in SW Florida I decided to bring my kayak.  After the boat thing I launched and caught my very first (and second) snook! WOW! I wish we had these fish here.  They run, jump, flip, twist, and everything you want in a game fish.  Good times!

Next, I met up with my buddy Alex at Local Lines Charters in Merritt Island FL and we did some triple tail fishing.  Another first for me and I got to check it off the list!  I had a blast with Alex, and I highly recommend him if  you are down that way.

PS: Look for some much better photos of the boat as well as a video feature.  First things first, shes getting wrapped! We may not catch the most fish, but we will look the best doing it, HA!!!!

Bound for the Lagoon

My brother Matt and I did a week long road trip down to the Mosquito Lagoon in sunny Florida.  We left the house and it was 19 degrees out, and we arrived in mid 70s sunshine.  We had a blast fishing from sun up to sun down every day, with some great surfing thrown in the mix.  Very enjoyable trip.  Not to mention, the fishing was awesome! Here are a couple teaser photos, we have tons of video footage, and I’ll put it link up when it’s done. Thanks for checking!

Update: here is the video link, ENJOY!

“Off-season”

Alot of times people ask me what this place looks like in the off season.  Most of the people that fish with me only see this place as a mad house during the summer.  Well I grabbed my drone and flew over the sound to capture some shots of the sound that is FROZEN OVER!  Here you go. . . . Outer Banks in the winter.

2015 Bookings

Just wanted to let everyone know that I have started to book days for 2015 already.  Don’t worry – the calender is basically still WIDE OPEN, but bookings are slowing filling in so if you have a specific date you want – don’t wait! Give me a shout and lets get you on the calender.

Freezing Evening

28 Air temp, 46 water temp. Patrick and I were ice skating on the boat. Got a few studs. Haven’t been fishing the Ditch nearly as much as the past few years, but each trip produces one over 27″ along with plenty of mid 20s fish.  This is the first winter that the power plant will not be pumping hot water.  Nobody really knows what to expect as the water temp continues to drop.   We haven’t had a problem getting them to bite yet!