Offshore Fishing Archives - Page 65 of 98

July 4, 2026

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

Bigeye facts

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: […]

Fly fishermen have found that bonito and their close cousins, false albacore (below) are great targets for the long rod.

Bonito are popular fly-rod targets

Craig Holt

Although most anglers use spinning or baitcasting tackle for bonito, fly-rod fishing has become popular in recent years — probably because false albacore will hit the same flies as bonito. […]

Cannonball jellyfish are the No. 1 food for spadefish.

Cannonballs are ammo for spades

Pete Rogers

Cannonball jellyfish are a staple for many nearshore and inshore fish. […]

Bonito are best on the dinner plate

Craig Holt

Atlantic bonito are probably the only member of the Scombridae family caught from Atlantic Ocean waters that anglers will prepare as food. […]

Spadefish are a tremendous battle on light spinning tackle; their shape — almost as wide as long — makes they doubly tough to crank up off the bottom.

Cobia and spadefish – From sea to table

Pete Rogers

One of the best things about catching cobia or spadefish — in addition to their fantastic fighting ability — is their value as table fare. […]

What’s ‘The Point’?

Bob Goldstein

The Point is 34 to 42 miles southeast of the Oregon Inlet sea buoy, at 35.32.57 to 35.33.00 (north) by 74.50.67 to 74.84.00 (west). […]

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

How to identify bigeye tuna

Bob Goldstein

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

Bob Goldstein

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. […]

Cobia numbers are on a slight decline but are not being overfished, according to a stock assessment completed earlier this year.

Cobia stock assessment sheds light on species

Bryan Bowers

The latest stock assessment on cobia in the South Atlantic was released this past January. It took years to compile, and approximately half of the 400 pages of information came from the S.C. Department of Natural Resources. Some of the findings were extremely interesting. […]

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. […]