Offshore Fishing Archives - Page 68 of 98

It’s a ride of several hours from Murrells Inlet to the bluewater, but rewards like this big wahoo make the trip worthwhile.

The ocean calls

Offshore in February? Sounds crazy to some, but others know very well that February fishing is great off the coast, starting just a few miles out all the way to the Gulf Stream. […]

Border Bottom Bombshells

Jeff Burleson

In February, weather conditions hit rock bottom in the Carolinas prized waters. […]

Tuna Helpers

Jerry Dilsaver

Mention tuna to anglers, and it might bring mental images of a small section of boiling ocean as yellowfins feed relentlessly. […]

Tim Gallimore caught this 46-pound gag grouper on May 1,
2011, but didn’t know he could submit it for a state record until six months
ago. His record catch was certified on Jan. 12.

Ocean Isle man caught 46-pound fish on May 1, 2011 – didn’t know it was state record

Jerry Dilsaver

More than 18 months after he caught it, Tim Gallimore’s 46-pound gag grouper has been recognized as a North Carolina state record. […]

Ocean Isle man caught 46-pound fish on May 1, 2011 – didn’t know it

Jerry Dilsaver

More than 18 months after he caught it, Tim Gallimore’s 46-pound gag grouper has been recognized as a North Carolina state record. […]

Toby Grantham’s 27.6-pound scamp grouper was certified as North Carolina’s first state record for that species.

Knightdale man’s catch certified as North Carolina’s first state-record scamp grouper.

Brian Cope

When Toby Grantham of Knightdale held up a scamp grouper he’d just caught last Sept. 25, Dave Tilley, the captain of the Continental Shelf, exclaimed, “That’s a potential state record!” […]

Target: Frozen Fish

Jeff Burleson

Cold water isn’t always bad. The cooler ocean temperatures of February lure bottomfish much closer to the shoreline to spawn around shipwrecks, livebottom areas, and artificial reefs. […]

Plenty of blackfin tuna between 20 and 40 pounds, plus a lot of smaller ones, have been caught offshore out of Hatteras over the past two weeks.

Hatteras fleet catching plenty of blackfin tuna

Jerry Dilsaver

The fish have been getting a break at Hatteras in the time since Hurricane Sandy took out a section of NC 12 between Oregon Inlet and Rodanthe. […]

With less than two weeks left before the season closes, fishermen out of Grand Strand ports, especially Georgetown, are mopping up on big grouper.

Last-chance grouper bite is great out of Georgetown

Jeff Burleson

The last opportunity to take home some tasty grouper is facing South Carolina fishermen, as the annual season closure begins on New Year’s Day. […]

This 445-pound yellowfin tuna is the biggest of the species ever landed, but it has been disqualified from world-record discussion because IGFA rules were broken.

Giant California yellowfin tuna battle for world record

Jerry Dilsaver

Two huge yellowfin tuna – the two biggest ever – have been caught in the past couple of months, but only one is being considered for a new world record. John Petruescu caught a 445-pound yellowfin just before sunrise on Dec. 9 while fishing on the Excel, a long-range charterboat out of San Diego, Calif., Although his fish surpassed the existing world record by a full 40 pounds, it was will not be considered as a possible world record because the boat’s captain grabbed the fishing rod twice during the fight, disqualifying it under the rules of the International Game Fish Association (IGFA). […]