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The spiny dogfish, Squalus acanthias, is one of the best known of the dogfish which are members of the family Squalidae in the order Squaliformes. While these common names may apply to several species, Squalus acanthias is distinguished by having t

There is a catwalk on the southern end of the Bonner Bridge (aka Oregon Inlet Bridge) that many people fish. Flounder, Mullet, Blues, and in the winter striper are common.

The Great Eastern Wreck is also known as the Twin Wrecks. The reef covers over 1,000 acres  and is about 20 miles east of the Ocean City Inlet. 

The fleet reported good catches of Blackfin Tuna today with a couple of them over 20#s. There were also reports of False Albacore. One of the inshore boats caught nice slot sized Red Drum.  A commercial boat brought in 9,900#s of spi

Fishing is starting to pick up off Hatteras. Yesterday, several Blue Marlin were teased up by the fleet, a few were lucky enough to hookup. Godspeed Charters was fortunate to release two Blue Marlin yesterday.While the trolling has been a little sl

We planned on fishing Friday through Tuesday, but we only got one day with suitable weather. On Monday morning we left out of Lynnhaven Inlet heading toward CLT. About 5 miles out we saw the first of many whales that day. We marked some bait around

Chuck Many of Annandale won last weekend’s Hi-Mar Striper Tournament for the fourth time in the last five years on his Tyman from Highlands. Capt. Bryan Pieros of Lebanon and Matt Calabria from Hazlet joined Many as they chunked bunker in the

Went towards the point and saw lots of Boston Mackerel bait balls surrounded by acres of porpoises in 58 degree water. Search for tuna bite in the area, but no takers. About 9 miles north of The Point and in 72.6 degree water, I watched an airbor

Surf fished on the point at Hatteras Inlet this evening on the high tide. Caught a couple of 3' spiny dogfish sharks as we watched the sun set. Waited for the drum bite but it never happened.

Water temps are coming up. There are some bluefish but the large ones seem to be moving north. There are stripers black drum blowfish spiny dogfish and skates in the surf. The ocean has been rough so not much action outside. The tautog has been good

Chasing Facebook Fishing Reports. I knew better. Armed with all the wrong stuff we found Red Drum and watched them swim. Never found our quarry. I finally caught a few fish while the others flailed wildly. I remember why this old. Total Cat h for the

Bluefin tuna trolling in the Monster Ledge area was poor again today even though the weather was a huge improvement over yesterday's northwest blow. Capt. Arthur Stokes was happy to pick a few little tunny on the troll with his Fintastic from C

With school starting and the wind blowing I was only able to run one trip this week. I had Will Whitesell his 9yr old son Thompson and 12yr old son Will Jr on a 4hr Bay Fluke trip and we started working some areas close to the inlet. The kids worked

By Dan Radel This almost slipped under the radar but the nuisance spiny dogfish was just recently given the Marine Stewardship Council’s stamp of approval as a sustainable and well-managed fishery. This applies to the United States East Coast N

We went to Guatemala fishing again in December. The fishing was epic in three days we caught and released 73 pacific sailfish and a blue marlin. On the surf the past couple of days we have had skate dogfish and few bluefish. We will be closing for t

#Watchdog has spent the last week on the stunning Qld reef. Having done over 500 nautical miles we enjoyed spectacular weather sunsets sunrises whales and shark shows and best of all some cracker catches! Thanks to our amazing crew for making it hap

Capt. Bobby Bogan returned from his overnighter at Spencer Canyon with a boat limit of yellowfin tuna on the Gambler from Point Pleasant. Most of those tuna were taken throughout the night and primarily on bait. Some skipjacks and dolphin were also

The Charleston Bump is a deepwater bottom feature 80 to 100 miles southeast of Charleston, South Carolina. The Bump rises from the relatively flat Blake Plateau that lies beyond the edge of the continental shelf off of South Carolina and Georgia. It

I had return client Paul Kaufman his son Conrad and friend Brian Fisola on a 5hr Striped Bass charter. With rather dirty water at the inlet the crew opted to get on the troll in an area where we had them before. We pulled S&S Mojos and spoons an

I had Mike Galindo and his two sons Bennet and Mason on a 5hr Bay & Inlet charter for Striped Bass and Fluke. We started working the inlet area for Striped Bass but could only muster Blackfish and Dogfish. With the Bass bite not happening we res