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Kennen Hill sent a few more pictures from his bluefin trip......
-Capt. Rickey Beck
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"Rodeo" | OIFC World Cat / Carolina Cat | 03/11/10
The pot thus far is $ 130. We'll be at the Spring Kick off and you can sign up there or anytime for that matter.
-Capt. Rickey Beck
"Traveling Fisherman" | OIFC World Cat / Carolina Cat | 03/10/10
Kennan Hill is headed to Panama next week with the OIFC team but decided to get his travels started early with a trip up to Oregon Inlet to hunt for the Bluefin that have been gracing the area up there... He sent this photo along with some stats. 2 Bluefin biggest being 150 pounds, 10 Blackfin Tuna's and a nice Wahoo. Great job Kennan, have a great trip to Panama.
-Capt. Steele
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"Fisherman's Voice" | OIFC 1- 36' | 03/09/10
Please follow this link to find information on the status of the Federal Fish Strategy.
-Capt. Rickey Beck
"Today's Stream Report" | OIFC 1- 36' | 03/09/10
How'd our Gulf Stream trip go? NOT TOO GOOD! We checked the temperature shot this morning and saw that the warm water had moved. But since we were already dressed up and had our crew together we elected to go anyway.
We worked the Black Jack and the Steeples pulling ballyhoo with Aliens and other skirts. The warmest water we found was 68 degrees at a depth of 300 feet. The only fish to strike was a false albacore. Apparently we didn't go far enough. Another crew fished between the Nipple and the Steeples and struck gold! Check out their information on this link.
We elected to shift to bottom fishing using Roscoe Jigs (check Zach's groujper) and squid. We caught several sea bass and the all protected grouper. Which we released. That's right Mr. President we let them go free. See this link.
The seas were beautiful as was the overall weather. No doubt as spring approaches and based on the good fortune of the Blu by U fishing team the game is on! As you can tell by the pictures, we had a blast
Another note, I took 1st place in the sea bass division of the OIFC Rodeo, Benji Faulkner is in 2nd, and Captain Roger Gales is in 3rd. I'll have a full update on the Rodeo in the next couple of days.
-Capt. Rickey Beck
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"Blackfin Today" | OIFC World Cat / Carolina Cat | 03/08/10
Captains Chris Dew and Steele Park took Chuck Bucsek, his son Mark, (Pittsburg), and Chuck's brother Dennis (Wilksboro, NC) on a charter to the Steeples. They found 72 degree water and fished 300 feet deep. Mostly, they jigged using Roscoe, Shamano butterfly jigs and Williamson Benthos.
The Williamson caught a good sized blackfin tuna, while the others were hit by amberjacks and bonita. They marked a lot of bait while there. The sharks became an issue as they nailed several fish as they were being brought to the boat. The Bucsek's will be sea bass fishing with us tomorrow.
-Capt. Rickey Beck
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"Actually, that's 34... " | OIFC World Cat / Carolina Cat | 03/07/10
Boy, its amazing how 1 day of fishing can age a fella. Capt. Rickey, you were close enough on the age… As a follow-up to yesterday’s report, we headed out yesterday morning with high hopes of finding the Black Sea Bass in a little closer than they have been but alas, it was not to be. While the water temps were about the same as they were offshore, the Spiny Dog Sharks had taken up residence. The last couple of trips Capt. Chris Dew has taken, his mates have managed to get speared by the vicious spines that these sharks posses. This was not to be the case with me, breaking his streak ;-), despite the hundreds of attempts the sharks made… If you catch these fish/pests, please be careful. These sharks swing that tail aggressively trying to stick you. Now, on to the Sea Bass. Squid were the primary bait but I just recently purchased some Jigging equipment from the OIFC and was dying to break it in. Several of our charter members were more than willing to try out this exciting style of fishing. Armed with Shimano Butterfly/Lucanus jigs and the Blue Water Candy Roscoe jigs, the sea bass didn’t stand a chance. Quite a few of the quality keeper fish we brought in fell to these jigs, not to mention a very large fish that acted a lot like the Gag variety of Grouper but that one could not be confirmed. If you have not tried this style of fishing, you are missing out. All the guys kept saying how exciting and interactive this style of fishing was for them. Stop by the shop and I or the staff here will be more than willing to share our knowledge of jigging. We are going to break in the equipment with bigger, stronger species tomorrow in the Gulf Stream. Stand tuned for a report on that.
-Capt. Steele
"Excused Absence" | OIFC World Cat / Carolina Cat | 03/07/10
I bought every type Rosco Jig, Lucanus Jig, Butterfly Jig and Gulp in the OIFC planning to go sea bass fishing today. I even made sure I was in the OIFC Rodeo's sea bass division. Then wake up with the "Brunswick County Crud" and didn't go. I would like to extend my gratitude to the little bug that got in my system!
I am told I missed beautiful conditions and a respectable bite at the Gary Ennis. My plan had been to go to the Bill Perry Reef due to reports I'd received and the temperature shot. Inshore, one report was of some massive red fish in the Sunset Beach-Little River area, where as friend reported finding the reds in the creeks but being unable to get them to bite.
None the less, bite or no bite the weather was beautiful and is predicted to stay that way for the next few days. Hopefully I'll feel well enough to make a trip to the Steeples I've been invited on the first part of the week....Would it be bad luck to sign up in the wahoo division of the Rodeo now?
-Capt. Rickey Beck
"New Sailfish Tournament at OIFC" | OIFC 1- 36' | 03/06/10
We are pleased to announce the inaugural Cape Fear Sailfish Classic. This event, hosted by OIFC, has been created by local fisherman Bob and Will Newell. The event will take place August 12-15th. The format is 2 fishing days of 3, with payouts each day and overall. This format, unique to this area, features an all-release, circle hook tournament for catch and release, taking advantage of this time of year when this trophy fish swim nearer to shore and are often the by-catch of our local king fisherman. The tournament also features boundaries, designed to keep all boat sizes and anglers involved. The anglers will have the opportunity to fish either side of the shoals, roughly from the "Parking Lot' about 10 miles off of Masonboro Inlet out to the Tower, and west to the Jungle and north to the inlets. The east side of the tower will feature committee boats and camera drop offs at another sponsor, Atlantic Marine of Wrightsville Beach. The west side drop off is the OIFC. We will pay out based on 35 boats, with anglers earning the opportunity for trophies, cash payouts for sailfish releases and largest dolphin, and overall bragging rights for this challenging and unique fishery. Thursday night will be the captains meeting, featuring a pig picking with pitmaster Bob Newell, and a "circle hook rigging demo" for those anglers not as familiar with this method of trolling dead baits. We seek a fun and challenging format, well have an excellent "captains bag' for the teams and their participants, and of course tee-shirts and all the requisite items. We expect this tournament to build every ear, and the website is expected to be up in mid March. the website will be www.capefearsailfishclassic.com. Entry fee is $350 per team, with a TWT also available for $100. Put this one on your fishing calendar!
-Capt. Brant McMullan
"Happy 47th Birthday Steele!!" | OIFC World Cat / Carolina Cat | 03/06/10
The birthday boy, Captain Steele Parke celebrated his 47th birthday with a sea bass charter aboard the World Cat. Joining Steele was Captain Chris Dew and a group of guys from all over America..Chicago, N.Y., Baltimore and Raleigh.
Mario Russon, Sanjay Ginde, Adam Parrish, Kevin Mitchell, Randy Loo and Marcel Walden fished the 7 Seas in search of the perfect sea bass habitat which wasn't also infested with Spiny Dog Sharks. Their best attempts were in 80 ft of water with temps of around 49 degrees.
The good thing was they found plenty of sea bass, enjoyed doing battle with the sharks and helped Steele celebrate his birthday doing what Steele loves to do...FISH!! I did get your age correct didn't I?
-Capt. Rickey Beck
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