January 20, 2010
Headed out of Beaufort Inlet today with blue water tackle and bluefin tuna tackle. Looked at the sst report that showed 70 to 73 degree water inshore of the big rock about the 90ft drop. Headed towards 14 and only saw a few boats working that area for bft and as slow as it has been we pointed to the rock and kept on rolling in search of a wahoo. Sure enough we found 70 degree at the 90ft drop, marked bait stopped and put out the spread. Worked that area for a while catching only albies. Push off to the NE corner of the rock, found 70.5 sst and still nothing but albies and a small AJ. Worked to the SW corner of the rock and then the deep bait starts screaming on the 50 wide, about darn time, we got the wahoo bite we had been waiting for! Chuck did a nice job keeping the heat on the fish as we put a 37lb. wahoo on the deck! Worked that same general area for about an hour with no more bites. It started to blow up pretty good and was getting kind of nasty, allot bigger than forecasted, so we pack up and headed for the hill. Not the day we had hoped for but we did not come home empty handed. A wonderful day was had by all. Every day on the ocean with friends is a great day! Fish or no fish. FYI the warm water had pushed all the way into just offshore of 14 bouy, I marked 68 degree water there

December 2009
Well with winter and the cold weather here it means its giant bluefin tuna time! We have broke out the the big tackle, 130's and 80's. We have fished a few times this year so far with no bites. We will keep hard at it, as me and my crew are bound and determined this is our year. There have been quite a few fish caught so far this season in the 350 to 550 lb range. There have only been a few good days with more than a dozen fish caught by the fleet and most days only a few fish are killed. Chasing bluefins can be some very slow fishing however when you get a hook up it is an experience that is like no other. These are very strong fish and they don't give up easy! If you are interested in going after one of these giants we can take one person for the price of $100 and you get to fight the fish. If we catch a fish the trip is free and the boat keeps the fish. This is a trip only suited for those willing to get up very early, deal with the cold, and usually ruff sea conditions. Call me if you are interested and we can discuss  further details. Currently you can catch 3 giants over 73 inches thru Dec. 31 2009. Jan. 1 thru Jan. 31, 2 giants over 73 inches. I would be happy with just one per day! 



October and November 2009

This fall was some of the best offshore fishing I have seen in the last few years. The weather was great and lots of very calm days on the ocean. We had very good catches of wahoo, dolphin, and kings in the gulf stream. The near shore half day trips also produced some very hot king mackerel action and some very nice catches of grouper and trigger fish. Fall is with out a doubt the best time to come and get in on some hot fishing and some great weather!

September 24, 2009
I had the pleasure of fishing aboard the Carnivore today with Capt. Ed & Justin Petrilli, and Fisher Heverly. As we approached Beaufort Inlet were greeted with light winds and calm seas. We headed south making about 25 knots towards the 380. When we arrived at our destination the sea temp was 84, and the water was clear and very blue in 35 fathoms. We were marking bait and it looked fishy! Justin and myself were working the the pit together and Fisher was the angler. Shortly after getting out the spread we had our first strike, a small mahi, which managed to pull the hook after several leaps and jumps. Then we hooked up again with another mahi. The skunk is out of the box with a nice gaffer bull mahi! Then another mahi in the box. After a slow down of action the right long rigger pops and comes tight and we put a nice wahoo on the ice. After several short strikes on the planner bait we switch to a large jet head, pink and black. I proclaimed to my friends that I had a gut feeling this bait was going to produce a bite from a large wahoo. Within 10 minutes the planner bait starts screaming! Fish on!! Fisher gets in the chair and the fight is on! When the fish gets close we can see it is a good wahoo and Justin sticks him with the gaff. After high fives and a few pics the slob wahoo is on ice. Then fishing slowed up and we had no more bites. We ended the day with 2 mahi and 2 wahoo. It was not the most productive day for our crew but we had an absolutly beautiful day on the water and went home more than satisfied with our results and plenty of meat for all! It was another wonderful day on the water with great friends! Offshore gulf stream has been good with catches of wahoo, mahi, sailfish and a few marlin. There have been a few blackfin and yellowfin tuna caught. Bottom fishing is still producing good catches of grouper, snapper, trigger fish, and black sea bass.The fall fishing is here and in full swing, so get out there and do some catching!

August 5th thru 12th, 2009
The last few trips have consisted of full and half day trips. I have had the pleasure of fishing with a group of Marines from Camp Lejeune, NC. Chris, Rob and Jeff. A group from Maryland. Kira, Bonnie, Charlie and Lizzy. A group from upstate NY. Rob, Melissa, Michael and Michael. We have been live bait fishing using live shad, still very plentiful, one cast of the net a load up! The SW winds has been blowing between 10 to 15 knots and seas running around 2 to 4 feet. With air temps in the upper 90's the sea breeze has felt good on the hot days. Seas temps are in the 77 to 79 range. The areas we have fished recently have been, station rock, 45 minute rock, lost rock, Charlie bouy, SE bottoms, 50's bottom, honey hole, rock south of 13 and Jerry's reef. All of the places are holding tons of bait. The fishing has been a bit on the slow side but we have managed to still have some ok catches and never come home empty handed! We have been catching lots of small sharks, a few kings, spanish, mahi, barracuda and cobia. We did have a sailfish in the baits recently, but no hook up! The fleet out of Morehead City had a few good days with wahoo, mahi and sails. The bottom fishing is still producing good cathes of grouper and flounder.

August 5,2009
I had the pleasure of fishing with a group from Greensboro, NC today. Ed, Todd, Brad, Dylan Cardille and Dallas Barker. We did and half day in the afternoon, because of the full moon, the major bite time was 12:15 to 15:15. Loaded up the bait well with fresh pogy's and off to the ocean we went. The winds were SW at 10 to 15 and seas 2 to 4 foot. Made a comfortable ride at 20 knots towards South East bottom. Marking bait and seeing flying fish just inshore of my number I stopped and put out the baits. We got our first bite, it was a Mahi, and Dallas was the angler. He did a great job with keep the jumping Mahi tight and getting him to the boat. The skunk is out of the box! Had a couple of more short strikes and no hook ups. Then all the sudden the long bait starts screaming and takes about 150 yards of line on the first run, I know this is a good fish! Dylan is the angler. I clear all the other lines and point towards the fish to retrieve our line. Dylan did a great job with keeping the fish tight. After about 15 minutes or so we see the big silver flash and know it is a big king! It did the normal death circles untill I was able to get the fish to the gaff. Very exciting battle. High fives and congrats to Dylan on a fine job. Nice king, weight was 24 lbs. Had a couple more strikes and then Todd gets  hooked up with a king. Then Brad gets hooked up with a hound fish, kind of like a saltwater gar. Then the sharks started biting and I think every one caught one or two. We had one more smoker strike that tail cut us off, more than likley a nice king.  It was a very fun day on the water with a great group of guys.  A great time was had by all. They went home with plenty of fresh fish for several dinners and great memories that will last forever. 

July 29,2009
Today fishing aboard the Teezher was Chester Telfang and Jim Skarda and their sons, on vacation here from Iowa. The plan for the day was stay close to the beach and fish for spanish and live bait for kings. As usual loaded the bait well with fresh pogys and headed to the inlet. The wind was blowing 15 to 20 knots from the SW and seas were 3 to 5 feet and a very low lunar tide.  After looking at the waves breaking across the Bogue Inlet bar for several minutes. I told my party that it was to dangerous to try and cross. So I suggested the option of running up the waterway to Beaufort Inlet and see if there was a chance of fishing out of that inlet. Once we got to Beaufort Inlet, it was not any better so I opted to stay inside the and fish the shipping channel. There were spanish and blues jumping and plenty of birds working. So we put out the clark spoons and went to work. We made the most of a windy day a caught plenty of spanish and blues, we probably lost as many as we caught. We also put out the live bait to try and catch a king, nothing but a small shark. The kids and the dads had a blast being on the water and enjoying each others company. Great fun was had by all.





July 21, 2009
Had the pleasure of fishing with a Buck Budinscak and his two sons Corey and Zack, which was celebrating his 21st birthday, visiting here from Ohio.This half day was started by loading up on pogys, one cast and floated the net. Gave a near by boat several dozen and released the rest. We were greeted by calm winds and a flat seas, let's say, lake Atlantic. Headed offshore to the Charlie bouy to jig up some cigars and sardines. Plenty of bait in a short amount of time. Headed to south east bottom and put them out. Started out a bit slow, then about 10:30 it turned on, right on time with the major period for the day. Had steady action with kings and sharks. Had a double header Mahi bite and managed to jump one off and pull the hooks on the other, right at the boat, however both fish put on a nice show for us with plenty of nice jumps and flips! Had a smoker that took about 150 yards of line and ended up tail cutting us off. Never saw what it was, but it stayed on top, probably a nice king or maybe a wahoo or sail? Ended the the day with six kings and several sharks. What a wonderful day on the water with a great group of guys.




July 5th thru 14th 2009
The July fishing report has consisted of half day trips using live bait, mainly menhaden aka pogys, they are everywhere right now in the water way and in the ocean. We have fished the near shore rocks like SE bottoms, 45 min. rock, near Charlie bouy, station rock, key post rocks. We have been catching king and spanish mackerel, mahi, sharks and barracuda. There have been a few sailfish reported being caught, but we have yet to see one on the Teezher. Bottom fishing has been good with catches of grouper, black sea bass, trigger fish and flounder. We have several trips to run over the next couple of weeks so keep checking back for up to date reports!


June 9,2009
Fished out of Bogue Inlet with one of fryingpantower.com members John Manley and my father Stu. Greeted by a beautiful sunrise and calm seas we headed offshore to the C bouy to jig up some bait. We were able to catch plenty of nice cigar minnows and spanish sardines in short amount of time. We pointed offshore to the SE and about 28 miles or so from the beach came across bait on the bottom and flyers everywhere, stopped and put out the trolling spread. Hooked up very quickly with a small mahi and pulled the hook, darn! Then a nice bull Mahi hooked up, jumping and going crazy and he comes unbuttoned, darn, not again!! Then another Mahi, finally and small fish in the box. The skunk is out of the box!!! Fishing slows and then we deceide to put out the live bait. Bam! got him on, small king in the box. We continue to work a pod of bait and end up catching 4 kings on this spot. Then we pick up and move further offshore. Found a grass line and put out the trolling spread. Had a few knock downs and no hook ups, then a mahi in the box. Ended up working this line for a while and caught a fat albert and a cuda! Fishing was a bit slow, but we did not come home empty handed! Finished the day with 4 kings, 2 mahi, 1 fat albert and 1 cuda. Had a great time with John, and he went home with plenty is fish for the freezer. Capt. Bob


May 31,2009
Had the pleasure of fishing aboard the Prescribed, with my neighbors, Matt and Kelly, Matt's fellow Marine, Sonny and his kids, son Ethan and daughter Riley. This would be the kids first gulf stream trip. Fished out of Bogue Inlet and headed in the direction of the Rise. We were blessed with calm winds and flat seas. Found a nice rip and weed line, in 110 feet of water, 15 miles or so inshore of our destination and stopped to put out the spread. With in a few minutes we had our first Mahi bite and the fish in the box. We continued to work the line for and hour or so and ended up catching 5 Mahi there. Then we picked up and ran towards the Rise. About 4 miles from the Rise we started to see a lot of fliers and stopped to put out the spread again. We fished that area and and caught 4 more Mahi. Total for the day was 9 Mahi. A great time was had by all and another wonderful day on the water. There were reports from other boats in that area, that there were some blackfin and yellowfin tuna and wahoo also caught. There were some white and blue marlin and sailfish caught north and south of our location. Fishing is red hot right now so get out there and get in on the action!



May 24,2009
Headed out of Beaufort inlet at 5:30 pointed south to the Rise. Got about 10 miles from the Rise and the sst went from 68 to 72, marked a big pod of bait and saw flyers and birds working. Got the spread out and in 5 miniutes got our first Mahi bite. Lets just say " let the Mahi Madness begin". It was non stop action all day. We grinded on this bait pod all day and had it all to our self, only saw one boat that came and went! Lines in and headed back to the dock by 1:00 and the days total was 14 gaffer Mahi and 1 wahoo and lost another hoo that bit us off, at the boat on mono. All fish caught on mono on blue/white, pink/white, pink/blue sea witches and blue water candy skirts with small and medium ballyhoo. Another great day of fishing and plenty of meat for the freezer



April 26, 2009
Headed out of Beaufort Inlet at 6:00am to flat seas and a beautiful sunrise. Fishing partners with me today are my dad, neighbor Charlie and his son, Chase, his first Gulf Stream trip. Pointed south to the rise making 25kts. Found a nice rip and 2 degree temp break with grass in 135 ft of water about 3 miles inshore of the rise, stopped and put them out! This line looks perfect it has scattered grass, lumber, other debri, flyers coming out, and the most Man of War I have ever seen. Fishy looking! Soon after getting out the spread nice gaffer Mahi and Chase is having the time of his life doing battle. After a few nice jumps he is in the box. After going 2 for 3 on the Mahi, we point to the rise and work that area for a couple of hours with no bites. Head back inshore to find the temp break. As we were approaching the rip again, about quarter a mile or so something nails the the bowling pin, bonita teaser, big boil. Then all the sudden a big, Wahoo sky rockets with the teaser in its mouth and drops it. We reel in the teaser, trying to entice him with a switch bait, but he keeps attacking the teaser within 10 ft of the boat! Then he is gone! Wow, that was exciting. We bring in the teaser and it is full of teeth marks and gashes. So we work in close the rip and bam, double header Mahi, in the box. We finished up going 4 for 6 on the Mahi and 6 total for the day. All fish caught on small ballyhoo with blue water candy skirts, pink/white, blue/white and pink/blue. What another great and exciting day in the the gulf stream.
There have been good catches of mahi and wahoo. Still hearing of some yellowfin tuna and blackfin tuna. There have been some blue marlin, white marlin, sailfish and even a few spearfish caught. There have been kings caught, still offshore of 30 miles. The water is warming up so the kings should be moving closer soon. Still great catches of red, gag, and scamp grouper being caught. There have been spanish mackerel caught on the Bogue pier and blue fish. Fishing is heating up, so it is time to get out there and catch some fish




April 24,2009
I did not think the wind was ever going to stop blowing, but it has. It is going to be light and variable winds over the next few days and seas in the 2 to 4 foot range. The fish have got to be hungry! From the last reports in the gulfstream there have been big Wahoo caught, Dolphin, Blackfin and Yellowfin Tuna, yes Yellowfin, the season is running late this year and with all this cold weather we have had I believe this year will be much better than the last several. There was even a few Marlin caught a couple a weeks ago. The bottom fishing has been good with catches of Red, Gag and Scamp Grouper, Snapper and Black sea bass. The kings are still offshore in the warm water thirty plus miles to the stream. Down south the spanish macks have showed up along with bluefish and albacore. Spring is here, the weather is warming up so it is time to get offshore and do some Catching!!