Offshore Fishing Archives - Page 65 of 98

Bigeye tuna usually fight on the surface instead of sounding like their yellowfin cousins.

How to identify bigeye tuna

Bigeye tuna school with their own or with other tuna, including skipjacks, true albacore and yellowfins. […]

Bigeye tuna use a system of intertwined blood vessels that allow them to withstand extremely cold, deep, oxygen-poor water while visiting the surface regularly.

One ‘app’ for two functions

Bluefin and bigeyes are the only tuna with a warm-blooded circulatory system that allows them to recycle oxygenated blood one more time before sending it to the gills for re-aeration. […]

Bigeyes caught off The Point are almost all bigger than the 27-inch size minimum.

Bigeye facts

Bob Goldstein

Dr. Craig Brown, chief of the highly migratory species branch of NOAA Fisheries in Miami is an expert on bigeye tuna biology. Here are some of his observations: […]

Recent offshore catches out of Hatteras have been a mixture of tuna, dolphin and wahoo, with an occasional billfish thrown in for good measure as the season's first billfish tournament approaches.

Hatteras offshore action turning on at opportune time

Jerry Dilsaver

The offshore fishing out of Hatteras has been consistently good all spring, and it’s ramping up another notch heading into this week’s Hatteras Village Offshore Open tournament, with a variety of tuna, a growing number of dolphin, good wahoo and some hungry billfish in the baits lately. […]

Cobia are showing up around offshore structure off Atlantic Beach and are expected to head to the beach once the water warms up a few more degrees.

Offshore fishing excellent out of Atlantic Beach.

Jerry Dilsaver

The offshore fishing out of Atlantic Beach appears to be reaching one of those points when it is about as good as it gets, according to Capt. Mike Webb of Pelagic Sportfishing. […]

Bonito like this one caught by Karen Crisco are often mistaken for false albacore, another seasonal visitor to North Carolina’s nearshore waters, but there are differences worth knowing.

Bo(nito) knows – They aren’t around long, but North Carolina anglers shouldn’t miss a shot at an Atlantic bonito.

Craig Holt

A beautiful, spring morning became Wayne Crisco’s best bonito fishing adventure, and the Holly Ridge-based saltwater guide didn’t have a client on his boat. […]

South Carolina’s Cape Romain Reef is great May-June spot for spadefish and cobia.

Cape Romain Reef double play – Sight-fishing is a treat when spadefish, cobia are the targets

Pete Rogers

The wind was up, and the rocking of the boat made it difficult to stand as it pounded its way around Cape Romain Reef in late May while we tried our hand at a “reef double.” […]

Bigeye tuna can dive as deep as 3,000 feet but will also feed at the surface and warm themselves in the sun.

Get The Point – ‘The Point’ off North Carolina’s Outer Banks is a bigeye tuna hotspot in May

Bob Goldstein

Bigeye tuna occupy the offshore waters off North Carolina’s Outer Banks from spring through the summer, but most of the action is from the second week in May through June. […]

This 48-pound dolphin was taken off Charleston last week aboard the charter boat Jabez.

Offshore fishing out of Charleston heating up

Brian Cope

Capt. Ben Polk of Jabez Charters said the offshore fishing out of Charleston is heating up, and his three most-recent trips have been great ones. […]

Wahoo bite outstanding for boats from Murrells Inlet

Jeff Burleson

Spring weather and calmer seas have opened the gates for offshore boats out Murrells Inlet marinas – right in time for the kind of sizzling wahoo bite springtime is known for!

Capt. Ned Campbell of R&R Charters out of Crazy Sister Marina said his catches of gone through the roof the past two weeks.

“This time of year is when the wahoo bite usually picks up a little, but right now our experience is more about catching than fishing,” said Campbell. “The fishing is real steady and about as good as it gets.”
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