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Live Line Fishing Report 11-22-2008

wbfishing.com Press — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 15:30:26 +0000

Went on a quick 1/2 day grouper trip on Sunday. Just my self and a buddy. The ocean was flat and we caught a few live baits and went looking for Gags. Stopped around 85 feet and the 1st bait was on the bottom for 10 seconds before I got smoked. We had a great time a limited out but needless to say we lost more than we caught. It is amazing even with 80 to 100 lb braid and 150 lb leader you still can’t stop a large Gag when they want to get to the rocks. We also had a lot of AJs that wouldn’t leave the live bait alone.

Captain Mike Jackson
LiveLine Charters
910-686-7271

Gulf Stream 11-17-2008

wbfishing.com Press — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:27:13 +0000

Headed out to the Gulf Stream for a try at some Wahoo and late steam action. The weatherman gave us a short window so we headed off shore in a NW 3 foot chop. Started putting lines out and got to the 3rd line and the long port rigger went off. A large Wahoo took off for the horizon slashing across the surface. After a 20 minute battle and a lot of head shaking he came up and threw the hook 20 feet from the boat. We put the lines out again and before we got 2 out another drag started screaming. This turned out to be a over achieving Bonita. We worked the area but the water was very dirty. We picked up a few more fish and decided to move South to cleaner water. The bite was slow in the middle of the day so we jigged Jacks for a while. No large ones but triple headers kept us busy. We ended the day trolling a good rip line with weeds and caught a nice 61 inch Sail and a few small Mahi. Headed back in and cleared the inlet at dark.

Captain Mike Jackson
LiveLine Charters
910-686-7271

Fishing Report 11-7-08

wbfishing.com Press — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 23:13:08 +0000

Took the day off with a couple of friends and when grouper fishing. We finally got a weather day and took advantage of it. Caught live bait before heading out 25 miles. Starting fishing ledges in around 85 feet. Set the anchor and before we were tight on the anchor we had 2 nice gags on while still trying to get set up. Both were very nice fish. I did manage to take a couple of pictures of the largest fish. We had steady action all morning. We moved around a little after the action slowed. Tried moving off shore looking for Reds but everything shutdown except for the sharks. We had a few kings in the light line but all were small fish. The final count was a limit if gags 6 keepers, we released 6 to 8 shorts and a could of scamps. We broke off at least 10 fish but that is Gag fishing. It is hard to believe that with 80 to 100 lb braid you still can’t stop them but it is fun trying. If you want to get a good day of grouper fishing in before the season closes Jan 1st give me a call you won’t be disappointed with the grouper fishing this time of year.

Captain Mike Jackson
LiveLine Charters
910-686-7271

Tournament Report Fall Brawl

wbfishing.com Press — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 13:24:53 +0000

We fished the last tournament for the 2008 season on Sat out of Ocean Isle Captain Brants Fall Brawl. It was a captain’s choice Sat or Sun and based on the weather forecast we fished Sat. The predicted light 10 mph and 2 ft seas turned into the normal 15 to 20 4 ft seas. We headed out 30 miles but only had a couple of smaller fish and decide to move to the ledges around Frying Pan tower. We had plenty of action between small kings, large sharks and the school of AJs that would wipe out most of the rigs. Finally around 2:30 the larger fish decided it was time to eat. We had great action for about a hour with several fish in the 20 lb class. The largest was 27.35 lbs which out us in 5th place out of 180 boats. We had a great time but I am glad tournament season is over because it seemed like the weather was not cooperative during tournament days. Sorry once again no pictures.

Captain Mike Jackson
LiveLine Charters
910-686-7271

Fishing Report 10-21-08

wbfishing.com Press — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 13:24:50 +0000

Had a full day live bait trip for kings today. Started catching bait in the dark since no pogies are around Wrightsville have to catch Blues and Pins. Picked up the guys around 7:30 and started heading off shore. As usual the light 10 mph west winds were 10 to15. Started around 10 miles and before I got the 2ND line in the water the 1st line went off. 14 lb king. Continued to work the area with good success we had a double on and had more strikes that shredded the Blue but missed the hooks. We watched the fish slash the bait several times and then left. Then around 11:00 the wind pick up and the sharks moved in. After several double headers of sharks we moved to another spot. The winds let up a little but the fish did not eat. Shortly after lunch the crew was not feeling well and decided to call it a day. We had plenty of fish for all to eat. Sorry I forgot the camera so no pictures.

Captain Mike Jackson
LiveLine Charters
910-686-7271

Fishing Report Deep Jigging 10-05-2008 and 10-06-2008

wbfishing.com Press — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 16:15:23 +0000

We finally got a small break in the weather and I was able to take Sami from anglerproshop.com and 3 other great anglers from all over. We have been trying to set up a 2 day trip for a while and the weather would not cooperate. We fished Sunday and had a great day deep jigging for giant Amberjack. This was the goal of the trip was to catch triple digit fish. The fishing was all quality fish all but one fish on Sunday was over 50 inches. We had fish between 53, 55, 56, 57, 58 and the last fish of the day was the monster 61 inches and 38 inch girth well over 110 lbs. As always we released all to fight another day. The weather was not so nice on Monday but we had to give it a try. Left early to try to get a window with about 5 miles to go the ocean looked like a washing machine but we fished until 12:00. The fishing was great with a large fish strike on every drift. The largest on Monday was a 57 inch fish caught by Dave. Sami was just short of catching his largest fish but had multiple fish over 55 inches. Rob from Florida and Dave from England both landed their largest AJ both in triple digit weights.

Captain Mike Jackson
LiveLine Charters
910-686-7271

Tournament Report US Open KMT

wbfishing.com Press — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:00:34 +0000

We fished the US Open KMT on Friday and Saturday with 450 boats entered. The weather was great and the fishing was very good. The fish were in South port as they always are during the tournament. We had our best day on Friday and fished a live bottom area 5 miles off the beach. We had 15 kings 5 over 24 lbs and the largest was 29.05 lbs. Saturday was a little slower but had 10 fish and most of the boats fished the same area so it was a little crowded. It was a good two days of fishing and we ended up 32nd out of 450. The fall kings bite is on in Southport so give me a call if you want to experience some of the best king fishing of the year.

Captain Mike Jackson
LiveLine Charters
910-686-7271

Live Line Fishing Report 08-31-2008

wbfishing.com Press — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 23:57:52 +0000

Had a 3/4 live bait trip on Sunday with 3 couples from out of town. Caught plenty of live bait at the inlet and headed out to play with the AJs. The fish were shutdown and would not eat with the east wind and front that move through. After catching a few Barracudas we moved to some ledges and tried trolling. It wasn’t long and the short line went off with a nice Mahi but after a dozen jumped it broke free. Things were a little slow but we eventually had a couple of small kings. Then the long line started going off and then we had 2 Sails behind the short bait. I dropped it back and we hooked one of them and off to the races. The long line went off and we had a double on Sails but the long line spit the hook. The other fish went crazy and jumped multiple times. We ran it down and after 30 minutes we got a good look and the fish has spit the hooks and foul hooked itself in the tail. Needless to say we had no control over the fish and we eventually pulled the hooks. Things were slow in the afternoon with a few strikes and sharks. Sorry I didn’t have time for any good pictures.

Captain Mike Jackson
LiveLine Charters
910-686-7271

Fishing Report 08-29-2008 Gulf Stream/Deep Jigging

wbfishing.com Press — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 23:52:41 +0000

Took a family group from Wilmington and Indiana on Friday for a late season Gulf Stream and Deep Jigging trip. The ride out was good except for trying to avoid the thunder storms. When we got to 120 feet we decided to start trolling since the storms looked bad off shore. The long line went off which was a small tuna. Continued to work off shore and when we got to around 170 feet the port long rigger went off and a nice sailfish started jumping on the horizon. The ocean was flat calm and the fish put on a great show. We landed it quickly a couple of pictures and measurements and she swam away in good shape. We trolled a while longer and it was slow so we decided to do a little jigging. The 1st 2 drops and 1 lift of the rod and we had 2 nice AJs. After a long battle both fish were over 55 inches and 36 inch girth (over 80 lbs). We released them and doubled up again with more jacks. The guys had enough after a couple of fish so back to trolling and finally found a good Wahoo bite in around 150 feet. We had at least 8 to 10 strikes and one fish took 400 yards before throwing the hook. We ended up with 2 nice Wahoo and big King Mackerel.

Captain Mike Jackson
LiveLine Charters
910-686-7271

Fishing Report 8-15-2008

wbfishing.com Press — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 17:27:46 +0000

Had a great group of guys from all over in town for a work meeting and took a day to do some fishing. The weatherman was nice with a light NE wind and calm seas. The guys wanted to get a work out so we went out 20 miles to play with the AJs. The 1st line in the water was a nice Cuda that was hooked in the corner of the jaw so he didn’t cut through the mono. We worked on the AJs most of the day with live bait and jigging. Had a couple over 40 and one pushing 50 lbs. Then the dive boat took our spot so we went off shore and tied another spot that was slow and even slower when we tried trolling. Finished out the day jigging more large AJs until everyone had their fill. Between the full moon and east wind the other species didn’t seem to be cooperating by the radio talk but we had fish most of the day. I almost forgot we hooked a 250 lb shark while jigging on my 760 spinning set up. The problem was that we hooked it in the peck-fin and got it with in 10 feet of the boat before the leader broke but a great battle.

Captain Mike Jackson
LiveLine Charters
910-686-7271