We were “reel” busy last month, bringing you more tools to help you catch more fish. As we move into the dog days of summer, we wanted to share our new updates. Fishing Map We have updated our Fishing Map to include buoy, oil rig, and ship data. We also updated our Sea Surface Temperatures to include a better overlay of current SST ch...

As we move into the new moon phase this week, our daytime fishing should pick up. If I could only fish 1 time this week, it would beThursday between 5 and 8 AM or 6 till 9 PM. Alternatively, 5 AM till 8 AM onWednesday or 6 till 9 PM Friday. Depending on weather conditions and thechanges in sea surface temperature, Wednesday- Friday should be the...

Picking the right color fishing lure can be the difference between and good and bad day of fishing. We took the time to do the research for how colors appear in different clarity of water, weather conditions, seasons, and time of day. Using our fishing lure selector, you will find out techniques, types of lures, and the colors you should be using....

I’ve been tweaking a little code I originally wrote to find sustained sea surface temperatures for the NC Coast. I now have the application processing each pixel of the AVHRR satellite image of the East Coast and Gulf of Mexico as they come in.  For the report, it is reviewing each pixel for the last 7 days and plotting any areas that...

NC Fishing Calendars

I could not go fishing this weekend, so I decided to do a little research that some of you may find interesting. I took the dates of 545 World Record fish, and fed them to a moon phase calculator, to find the moon phase for each one. Here are the results: Full Moon 85 New Moon 84 First Quarter Moon 83 Waxing Gibbous Moon 69 Waning Gibbo...

This week Ivo and Phil show you how they jig up fish after fish! They were jigging using all different lures everything from bucktail jigs to Boa Jig’rs! If the video does not load you can view it here: Jigging for sea bass with a bonus blue fish You can get your own Boa Jig’rs here: [...]

This week we have a highly requested video on how to rig an SP5 sized Viper Spoon with many different bait examples from a whole mackerel to a whole squid to a cut bait strip. If the video does not load you can view it here: How to Rig Your SP5 Viper Spoon Get your SP5 Viper [...]

This week we have a highly requested video for you guys: how to spool up a bait casting reel. If the video does not load you can view it here: How to Spool a Bait Casting Reel Ivo shows you step by step on how to properly spool a bait casting reel and shows you some [...]

Last week Ivo and Antonio showed you how to tie your own roe bags and this week’s video shows Ivo and Antonio fishing for trout using their homemade roe bags. If the video does not load you can view it here: Using Homemade Roe Bags to Fish For Trout from Shore Get your own T-Turns here: [...]