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Fishing Report Deep Jigging 8-26-2010

wbfishing.com Press — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 15:22:58 +0000

Ran a combo trip with fellow Captain Rick Croson with local anglers. The ocean was flat with some swells from the storm off shore. Started in 140 feet and had action quickly. The AJs were hungry the 1st couple drifts and then shutdown. Moved out to 200 feet and had some good action with a few nice fish. We decided to troll to the deep drop and caught a couple nice Blackfins. The guys landed some large Almacos and then we found the big boys. We had a 55 inch and a 58 inch fish. After a few drifts with the large AJs we decided to take a break and troll for a while. We had a nice Wahoo sky the short lure but missed the hook. The next pass she wasn’t so lucky and boated a 40 lb Wahoo. Moved inshore looking for some grouper but no takers with the full moon.

Captain Mike Jackson
LiveLine Charters
910-686-7271

Fishing Report 8-4-2010

wbfishing.com Press — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 16:03:03 +0000

Had a full day trolling trip with Chuck and Patti in town from Greensboro. They requested Mahi and Sails if we could find them. Started at around 13 miles at a wreck and after the 1st passed the long line went off and the drag started screaming. After a short battle Chuck landed a 33 lb King. We continued in the area and had a couple Cudas. Moved to some ledges at 16 miles and started catching some nice Mahi. Continued with some good action with Mahi into the afternoon. Had a great day but didn’t find a Sailfish but plenty of Mahi action.

Captain Mike Jackson
LiveLine Charters
910-686-7271

Fishing Report 7-31-2010

wbfishing.com Press — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 18:27:27 +0000

Had a full day live bait trip with Carl and Rachel King in town from Greensboro, NC. As usual the weatherman was wrong and we had a hard east wind and swell on the ride out. Started at 18 miles trying for some AJs on live bait. Rachel made short work of a nice 30 lb AJ before the dive boats showed up and ran us off. Did some slow trolling around the 20 miles ledges and everyone was complaining about the slow fishing. Moved out to 25 miles and had a double headers on 20 lb tackle. Carl’s fish was large and went right for the wreck. Rachel fought her fish all the way to the boat before a 7 foot shark turned it into lunch. Moved out to the 30 mile range looking for some grouper but the fish had other ideas. Had a couple short groupers and other bottom fish. Not a single hit on the light lines with fresh live sardines. One of those days thanks to the east winds.

Captain Mike Jackson
LiveLine Charters
910-686-7271

Fishing Report Deep Jigging 7-24-2010

wbfishing.com Press — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 15:53:48 +0000

We finally got a short weather window after 15 days of hard SW winds. Ray, Paul, Ben, Sherman and George made the drive down from NY. The ride out started with stiff SW winds but once we were out 40 miles it let off. We did have to take a detour around a Navy ship exercise but finally started in 140 feet and 1st jig in the water and Paul was on Ray dropped next and a double header. The current was tough 4 plus knots due to the moon and SW winds for ever. George caught his 1st African on the next drift. Then someone turned the switch off and we worked a few more spots with slow results. Went to 240 feet and it was on finally. The guys did a great job with 4 to 5 anglers hooked up. We had a lot of large Almacos and AJs. Ben had the largest for the trip 49 inches x 32 inch girth (around 75 lbs). The guys wanted to see if we could target grouper later in the day so we moved inshore a little but the winds and current made the drifts tough for grouper. This was some of the guys 1st jigging trip to NC and I think they are hooked. The weatherman put a end to Sunday’s trip with 20 plus SW winds again !

Captain Mike Jackson
LiveLine Charters
910-686-7271

Fishing Report Gulf Stream 7-8-2010

wbfishing.com Press — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 17:52:55 +0000

Had a Gulf Stream trip with Dale Holbrook and friends. The weather in the AM was OK just a mixed swell off shore. Started in 130 feet and had a couple Mahi bites quickly but couldn’t keep the hook in them. Once we got to the drop we found a rip with a temp break than ran off shore and it didn’t take long before we started catching small Mahi on spinning gear. After a dozen fish and a few minutes to clean the boat we started trolling off shore on the rip and a large Mahi 25 lbs ate the short bait. Continued off shore and then all lines went off from the clips but didn’t get hooked up then when I tried to reset the long rigger it went off in my hand and a White Marlin started heading for the horizon. It took all but 100 yards of line off the reel before we got the boat turned. The angler did a great job getting it to with in 75 yards of the boat and the hook pulled. The wind started picking up from the NE so we trolled in from the break. Stopped and the tower and tried for a few minutes but no luck. Sorry I didn’t get many good pictures.

Captain Mike Jackson
LiveLine Charters
910-686-7271

Fishing Report Gulf Stream/Jigging 7-5-2010

wbfishing.com Press — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 15:11:40 +0000

Had a offshore combo trip with return clients from SC. Ran 35 knots in a flat ocean all the way to the break. Started in 120 feet and had a small Mahi right away but very slow trolling after the initial fish. Trolled all the way to the deep drop and decided to jig. We had some AJ and Almaco action but we wanted other species. Finally at a 200 foot ledge the long rigger went off and 350 yards melted off the reel. Another big Wahoo but about 1/2 way back to the boat a couple head shakes and the hook came loose. Started moving around at some 140 ledges jigging and got good action in the afternoon. We had 12 different species Scamp, Yellowedge, Strawberry Grouper, African Pompano, large Sea Bass, AJs and a species of jack that we have not caught Yellow Travally. Worked hard all day and ended with plenty of fish for the clients but the ocean was off until late in the afternoon.

Captain Mike Jackson
LiveLine Charters
910-686-7271

Fishing Report Gulf Stream 6-19-2010

wbfishing.com Press — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 14:22:16 +0000

Had a fun day trip with my son Dave, Rob and his 2 sons Will and Sam. Started in the morning trying to get a few Cobia but no takers. Spent a lot of time dodging thunder storms. Decides to head off shore and troll. The 1st strike was a monster Wahoo that hit just before a storm to add more excitement to the battle. The team landed the fish and the boys were very excited. Ran to the south to get away from a very nasty storm and tried jigging in 140 feet. David had a school of Mahi follow his bait to the boat so the guys started bailing Mahi. The high light was Sam landing 3 Mahis on the smallest rod I have ever seen. Ended the day with some bottom action and I was able to actually catch a monster Red and David a 13 lb Scamp. A great fathers day trip that the boys will remember for a while.

Captain Mike Jackson
LiveLine Charters
910-686-7271

Fishing Report Gulf Stream 6-18-2010

wbfishing.com Press — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 14:01:27 +0000

Had a father and son trip with Ken, Scott, Jordan, Tray and Steve all from the Va/ DC area. The weather was flat actually too flat and the temps 90 plus. Started in 130 feet and worked out but the seas temps were 88 degrees. Not much action trolling so we decided to try a little jigging. Finally Scott and Jordan got a double header of Almacos. It was just too hot jigging so we ran back inshore looking for cooler water temps. Finally, found some scatter weed in 130 feet holding fish. The 1st strike was a double headed of Wahoo and landed one of them. Continued to have action the rest of the day with Sailfish ( 2 in the baits but couldn’t get hooks in them), Mahi and a Cuda. Ended the day with 20 Mahi ( a few gaffers) and a worn out crew.

Captain Mike Jackson
LiveLine Charters
910-686-7271

Fishing Report Live Bait 6-13-2010

wbfishing.com Press — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 18:49:43 +0000

Had Jeff and Tate for a full day of live bait fishing. Headed off shore after a few minutes of jigging bait. Started at 20 miles. 1st drift Jeff caught his 1st ever Cobia 25 lbs. Then the next drift we had a 30 lber. The morning had plenty of action including a 15 lb Gag grouper. We had several more hits and broke them off or pulled hooks. Later in the morning some one shut off the light switch and the fish stopped eating. We worked some ledges and wrecks off shore. We did get a couple of small Mahi but not a single king strike. Had plenty fo fresh fillets for the guys to enjoy of Cobia,Grouper and Mahi.

Captain Mike Jackson
LiveLine Charters
910-686-7271

Fishing Report Gulf Stream 6-12-2010

wbfishing.com Press — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 18:32:20 +0000

Headed out to the gulf stream with 5 local guys for some Mahi action. It didn’t take long before we had the 1st gaffer of the day. Had constant action in the AM. Moved offshore to a nice weed line and temp break. It didn’t take long and we had 500 4 to 6 lb Mahi following the boat and it was on. We caught 30 to 40 on spinning gear. They were so hungry the guys had a couple eat a empty hook. We decided to move on and after a few minutes of cleaning we began trolling again. Then we saw a small Mahi jumping behind the boat and they the water exploded several times as a Blue Marlin crushed the Mahi. We saw this 2 more times later in the day. Jim caught the largest Bull of the day a nice 30 lber. Also had a couple other nice Bulls. Sorry didn’t have time for many pictures.

Captain Mike Jackson
LiveLine Charters
910-686-7271