Posted on 29 Jul 2010 by captainjeff
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John Hannell and crew, from Lynchburg VA, fished with me last year and had a slow day, so I was bound and determined to get them on some fish, so rather than risk going north for a few quality bites, we headed south where dolphin fishing had been pretty dependable..... till today..... got out there and no good changes were to be found to start the day.... I set out in hot water, wishing I had gone north marlin fishing...... started in hot blue shallow water and worked out to the 100 fathom curve.... was on the radio singing the blues with another captain when a fin appeared behind the right teaser.... damm if it weren't a blue marlin..... I kept the teaser away from the fish as Richard brought up a small ballyhoo.... which it went on immediately..... HOOKED UP BLUE MARLIN on 30 lb line.... 13 year old Will Morris grabs the rod and with no big fish experience does a great job fighting the marlin standing up for half an hour.... didn't jump for the first 15 minutes but when we got it close to the boat it took off on an exciting series of jumps.... anyway got the release on a 225 lb blue marlin and Will earned his citation for a great catch! Not long after that, we had a big hole and a bent pole .... John Hannell jumped in the chair and 10 minutes later boated our biggest wahoo in 2 years.... a 70 lb, citation earning lunker!!

Posted on 29 Jul 2010 by captainjeff
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We went up north looking for marlin but did not see anything in the morning....good conditions and some other boats raised some fish but we did not.....found a piece of float and Art Rea and his crew from Georgia, Pennsylvainia, & Utah went to work on light tackle spinning rods boating a nice catch of school dolphin..... Nicholas Lewis boated his biggest fish ever, a citation earning 35.5 lb dolphin. Late in the day we missed shots at two white marlin.

Posted on 27 Jul 2010 by captainjeff
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Went back to where some boats had a good day on the tuna yesterday, but as so often happens on calm summer days, they did not bite.....nor did much else in the morning so we ran inshore and Chris Johnson and crew, from Pennsylvania boated their limit of tilefish. A few boats went up north and had good marlin fishing..... wish I had gone that way, but we all had tuna on the brain..... need to forget about them things till the fall!!

Posted on 26 Jul 2010 by captainjeff
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Miller Trevvett & crew from northern Virginia and Pennsylvania wanted sailfish, and the conditions were great.... finally a light north east wind.... found plenty of bait but no sails......fished around some rocks and caught a few blackfin tuna, then along a color change and picked at the dolphin, all the while looking for a sailfish.... then we ran up north when a few tunas were being caught, put our long baits out and sure as sh$# a sail ate a few long baits which of course we couldn't do much with it, then we caught a wahoo at 3:10 and called it a good end to a pretty day!

Posted on 24 Jul 2010 by captainjeff
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The southwestern wipped us out today.... rough and hard fishing but Tom Groce from Virginia Beach, VA and Paul Kemner, from Quincy, IL each released sailfish, which was our target species today..... we jumped another one off, and caught a blackfin tuna and a dozen or so dolphin.

Posted on 24 Jul 2010 by captainjeff
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We started the day with Robert Bonvini fighting a sailfish, but after 5 minutes the hook pulled. Not a great start, but then we had a steady pick at the dolphin with a mixed in blackfin tuna and a 20 lb BARRACUDA, and then Bill Kupec, from Middlefield CT caught a sailfish. Late in the day a school of tuna popped up and we got one good pass and hooked a nice one, at least a 60 lb fish, which we got right to the boat and even had the gaff in it but it ripped off and got away grrr@*#^#!!! OH WELL, some days go better than others!!

Posted on 21 Jul 2010 by captainjeff
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I have several groups of people in the next few weeks that need a few more to fill up the boat so they can go fishing......FISHING should be excellent for sailfish and dolphin with some wahoo, white & blue marlin mixed in.

NEXT WEEK..... for either WEDNESDAY OR FRIDAY JULY 28 & 30 I have 2-3 people looking for 3-4 to fill up the boat.

THE FIRST WEEK OF AUGUST, for both THURSDAY & SATURDAY AUGUST 5 & 7 I have 3 people intereseted in hooking up with 3 more to go fishing one or both of those dates.

IF interested in joining one of these groups, call me at 252-480-0094 or send me an email Jeffrey Ross

Posted on 19 Jul 2010 by captainjeff
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We needed a quick start to get in the chase for the lead, but instead we could not raise a fish till late morning.....around boats catching a few fish but we did not see one till around 11 AM and then we had steady action, but with only one singles coming in the spread and only one time where we raised two fish, and the other top boats raising a doubles or triples, we could not catch up.....Peter Zeliff, from Batavia NY, Larry Waite from Dumfreies, VA & Vince Cocciolo from British Columbia, Canada caught everything that was hooked, 5 sailfish for the day, with only one fish pulling the hook 20 feet from the boat.....that would have put us in a tie for third, but oh well....and then to add insult to injury, when time expired and we cranked in the teasers a sail followed up and we hooked and caught it for six sailfish for the day, 5 sailfish for the tournament on Saturday, 10 for the tournament overall , and 5th place overall.

Posted on 17 Jul 2010 by captainjeff
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We headed out at 5 AM, but with 7 ft seas where we were going, and moderating conditions slightly called for on Sunday, we turned around and decided to go tommarrow......only 3 boats did fish today.

Posted on 17 Jul 2010 by captainjeff
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As seems always to be the case for this tournament, which we fish 2 out of 3 days.....the forcast for all three was windy and rough!!! So we headed out on Friday, beat our way down to south of Diamond Shoals Light tower and set out in shallow water lookin for sailfish which are showing up.... In spite of the conditions, fishing was good and Peter, Larry and Vince caught 5 out of 6 sailfish, all singles, to up us in forth place out of 20 boats....two boats have 8, one has 6 and we have 5......have our work cut out for us, but one cubby rise and we could be back in the game.

Posted on 17 Jul 2010 by captainjeff
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Peter Zeliff & crew fished on Thursday as a warm up for the tournament. We found a school of dolphin in the morning, so we broke out the spinning rods and baled them for a while.... then we worked north looking for a marlin. Water was beautiful, but no changes or edges or anything to concentrate fish.... finally found a small edge, turned on it and the long shot gun had a bite, but as I got to it, the fish come off.... I was looking around for whatever, and getting ready to change the bait when a 400+ lb blue marlin appeared on the right teaser..... I got to it the same time the marlin grabbed hold of the teaser and we had a tug of war for a minute till it let go, then it wheeled around quickly and went on the short rigger big bait..... Richard fed that to it..... locked it up.... HOOKED UP BLUE MARLIN..... got the rod in the chair to Peter just as all hell broke loose.... marlin shot across the spread right to left, dissappeared, then reappeared jumping under the starbord rigger, then jumpinig 100 yards ahead of the boat, then the hook come loose....GONE all in about 20 seconds!!!
Never could come tight the damm thing was moving so fast, dammitt!!!!
Anyway, we put the baits back out, got back on the change and a big old dolphin starrted chasing the other teaser around..... we hooked it and Vince Cocciolo, from British Columbia where he is a hunting guide, boated his first citation sized 37 lb dolphin.

Posted on 14 Jul 2010 by captainjeff
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THIS FISH WAS ESTIMATED AT 550 LBS.

Posted on 14 Jul 2010 by captainjeff
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We discussed not going today....wind 20-25 and seas 7 ft with RAIN.....went anyway and Ben Machielse, from North Potomac, MD released a white marlin, but around noon we headed in as seas had built and rain was persistent.

Posted on 13 Jul 2010 by captainjeff
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Barry Finkelstein and family from Yardley, Pa had a beautiful day on the water, but the fish did not cooperate.... we found a beautiful change with sargassum that we fished for miles that should have held dolphin but none of the fleet found any. Chased schools of bonitos and marked tunas for a few hours, but only got one bite..... college student Mike Finkelstein did boat a 63 lb yellowfin tuna to save the day!

Posted on 11 Jul 2010 by captainjeff
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They looked a little ragged this morning as the stumbled onto the boat a half hour late, but most of Alex Von Seigesar, from New York City and his crew recovered in time for some hectic light tackle action as they boated their limit of mahi-mahi. After that, we trolled around and we jumped off a sailfish and to end the day, Alex boated a 40 lb yellowfin.

Posted on 10 Jul 2010 by captainjeff
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Mike Anderson and his crew from central North Carolina took the day off from working on race cars for Busch Cup Series to go fishing.... unfortunately it was less than an banner day as only a few boats were lucky to hook a few tunas, and with the increased current the billfish did not bite either.... the guys did boat some school dolphin at the end of the day on spinning rods to go with a pair of 20 lb wahoo.

Posted on 09 Jul 2010 by captainjeff
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My crew for today wanted meatfish, so we headed to tuna grounds as the mahi fishing has fallen off a bit...... we set out and instead of tuna hooked a white marlin which John Burgess from South Carolina caught..... set back out and hooked one of a double of white marlin, which Brian Ramsey from Ohio caught and released..... then we hooked a 50 lb tuna on light tackle and after an hour pulled the hook right at the boat..... later we hooked a big wahoo, close to 60 lbs and damm if that son of a $^@*&^ didn't bight the hook off just as Richard was reaching for it with the gaff. John Burgess caught another white marlin later in the day and just as we were getting ready to call it a day, we hooked and caught a 40 lb yellowfin.

Posted on 08 Jul 2010 by captainjeff
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Yesterday a boat up north hit the tunas twice out in the deep, and elsewhere tuna fishing was slow so we rolled the dice and headed up there.... caught a gaffer dolphin off the teaser right out of the gate, then never had another bite for three hours.... mate Richard and I were looking hard for birds or whales or some sign of tunas when the right teaser line ripped off the reel.... I grabbed the teaser line just as a big blue marlin grabbed it.... then it disappeared.... then reappeared on the other teaser..... Richard fired out the pitch bait out as it chased the teaser to the boat.... I pulled the teaser out of the water and the fish disappeared, then reappeared under the pitch bait, then lit up and lunged on it 10 feet from the boat.....what a bite!! Richard fed him then put it in gear...... HOOKED UP BIG BLUE MARLIN.... Dr. Ron Householder from North Tazwell, VA hopped in the chair and the fight was on..... marlin pulled about 300 yards off the spool then started jumping...... Ron worked on it for a half hour.... had it 50 yards from the boat when it come up jumping again... then it stayed on the surface and Ron got the leader on the reel for the release.... we messed with it for a while till we got the fish right beside the boat for some great photos that I will put up when Ron sends them to me....ANYWAY, CONGTRATULATIONS TO RON HOUSEHOLDER FOR CATCHING AND RELEASING A 550 LB BLUE MARLIN !!
We only had one more bite the rest of the day... missed a white marlin... never did catch a tuna!

Posted on 07 Jul 2010 by captainjeff
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GREGORY STEINMETZ, from Lititz, Pa released this sailfish yesterday, his first one ever!!

Posted on 07 Jul 2010 by captainjeff
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Gary & Jerry Coffman brought their grandchildren out for a day on the ocean and it could not have been better with very calm seas and good dolphin action on very light tackle.