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The yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) is a species of tuna found in pelagic waters of tropical and subtropical oceans worldwide. Yellowfin is often marketed as ahi, from its Hawaiian name ʻahi although the name ʻahi in Hawaiian also refers to the c

Almaco jack is a game fish of the family Carangidae; they are in the same family as yellowtail and amberjack. They feed, both day and night, on other, smaller, fish, such as baitfish and small squid. The flesh is thick and dense like tuna and can e

The bigeye tuna, Thunnus obesus, is an important food fish and prized recreational game fish. It is a true tuna of the genus Thunnus, belonging to the wider mackerel family Scombridae. Bigeye tuna are found in the open waters of all tropic

I had the opportunity to fish with Captain Jim on the Gaffer 40 miles offshore from Beaufort Inlet on Tuesday. The goal was to catch triggerfish. On our first drop in 130' of water, we caught several.  We hadn't been fishing too long, w

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

The talk of the town has certainly been about Kenny Koci from Wasabi catching more Bluefin Tuna. He definitely has them figured out. He brought back another one this week, But, the more interesting catch was another Swordfish, proving that

We started the day a little offshore of Bad Bottoms. Most of the fleet was piled up close to the Northeastern wreck. We stayed out of the chaos and tried to find the warm water as an eddy was moving to the South, confusing us a bit. It took a while

Fin Again Out of Teach's Lair caught 3 more Bluefin Tuna on a commercial trip, bringing the total to 5 a couple of days ago. Last I heard the main school was North of Tuna Hole, so most likely they made a long trip up there. (picture from Teach&#

We commercial fished the new moon today and had better luck. Most of the bite were a little North of Smell Wreck. With the exception of about an hour, we had steady bites all day. As usual, pink skirts and fatbacks or ballyhoo strips seemed to wor

On Friday we fished offshore Hatteras and caught a nice Wahoo out past Rock Pile in 300' of water. We found a nice temp break that went from 67 on one side to 70 on the other. The water color was a dark green and blue green on the break. The grass

The Hatteras fleet had great catches of Blackfin Tuna today with many citations. There were also several Yellowfin Tuna that were caught in the 230 to 280 Rocks area. For those who have been waiting for the gaffers to show up, they are here! Several

 On Friday (9/23/2016) we rode on Country Girl out of Pirate's Cove Marina in Manteo for Drew's bachelor party. We caught Yellowfin, Blackfin. Skipjack. and False Albacore Tuna. We caught and released 8 or 9 sharks and lost many tu

On Saturday, we went towards Monitor Buoy and 230 Rocks. We tried high speed trolling without success. We found a nice temperature change and started setting out the lines. We got the shotgun, longs, and had just set out the shorts, when the blue a

Fished Saturday. Had a hard time finding the break. Went out to 230 Rocks and went toward Diamond Shoals Tower. Had a hard time finding any break, but ran into scattered grass in 68 degree water in about 140' of water about a mile from Diam

Release went commercial fishing yesterday and caught King Mackerel and False Albacore. When it got slow, they went offshore for a deep drop and caught a 50 pound Swordfish. Another boat went bottom fishing and caught limits of Grey Triggerfish, B

We fished behind Clam Shoal today and caught a bunch of Cownose Ray's and Skates. We also caught Bluefish, Blow Toads, Pinfish, and Oyster Toads. The Blue Crabs are getting better as the water temperature rises. Water temp was 66 degrees today.

The Stalker is tuna prey. This lure is deadly behind a spreader bar or our Chaser Teaser. It's conical body stays under the spread and it's petite size matches perfectlty the typical prey for yellowfin tuna. The skirts are custom fish pattern skirt

Went commercial fishing for King Mackerel out of Hatteras yesterday. It was very foggy, but once we found the warm water, it cleared up. For the first hour we could not even get all the lines in the water without getting a bite. It was a good way t

The Mini Pusher is a small flat-faced lure designed to track staight and be an easy target for pelagic predators. This was originally added to the lineup specifically to be pulled behind our Rattlin' Bird Teaser. It's excells at attracting the Yellow

After the freeze, several boats got out to fish and good catches of King Mackerel are still being caught. One boat had several big Kings, with a couple around 40 pounds. The cold front seemed to push them further offshore. The False Albacore are st