5/13/2006 Oregon Inlet Fishing Report

We left Virginia Beach at 0400 on Saturday morning in route to Oregon Inlet for a day of fishing. We arrived there at approximately 0600 and was underway by 0630 or so. Water was a bit choppy on the way out but smoothed our really nicely once we found the warm water. We went approximately 42NM due south to where the gulf stream was. We just had our spread out when o ur first Dolphin of the day hit. Things were a bit slot after that with a dolphin here and there. Ended the day with 7 Mahi Mahi....and some really beautifuly pictures of some porpoises that were playing around my boat. Pulled lines at 330PM and hom back in virginia beach at 7PM.....Bob

Cape Hatteras Report

Well we made the run from va Beach to Hatteras yesterday with Myself, Mike (rockn Robin), Don (Skinny skid) and Paul and boy did we have a fun day....left my house at 0330AM with Still Think'n in Tow and made it to Cape Hatteras at 0630....we were underway by 0645 after stretching our legs a bit..Made the run due south out of the inlet about 30 Nautical miles to where we thought the water was going to be based on the latest non cloud covered sat shot. Upon arriving we only found water about 66 - 67 degrees and about 8 charters trolling the exact same area...we put lines out and trolled the semi-break where the water went from 62 - 66 fairly quikly but we had no hits for a while. We pulled lines and started running due east to find the water...between the 500 and 1000 Fathom line we found the 72 - 76 degree water and started trolling in there. Mike (Rockn Robin) spotted a beautifiul weed line right in a nice rip so we trolled this line...We had a few big spreaders out and we noticed the Dolphin were running away from our spread...we saw them actually jumping away from our baits so we pulled all the big gear out and put out some skirted Bally hoo with some Get Reel skirts....Bam...finally the long rigger goes down and right after the short rigger goes down...get a couple of nice dolphin in the boat...put the spread out again and while trolling spotted a little 2x4 boart with a bunch of dolphin swimming underneath...put the breaks on and started chopping up old Ballyhoo for a little chunking...left the long lines out just in case something else came along and let them sink down while stopped....After getting about 3 schoolies and loosing about 5 schoolies while messing around with em we pulled the long lines in and had a couple of nice Dolphin on them....Ended the day keeping 7 Dolphing from about 8 - 17 pounds..we could have stayed and bailed all day but we wanted to troll for some Wahoo or Tuna...We never did find them...I believe the Tuna and Wahoo had moved north of us to the 400 line..we were fishing the 000 line between 500 and 1000 fathoms.getting ready to troll back in Mike asked me how fast I thought the southport would go...that's all I need to hear...lines in...secure all gear...hammer down....Seas were flat calm like a summer lake and got the boat going around 51 MPH with Full tank of gas and full crew onboard...awsome baby....