NC Fishing - Hunting - Outdoors Reports

I took my son David and a couple of friends out on Saturday since the weather was unbelievable for Jan 5th. Started at around 32 miles ledges bottom fishing. The kings had moved from the area and the grouper fishing was slow. Moved out a few miles and started picking up some good bites. Found a area holding some good grouper and most of all beeliners. I dropped a 4 hook rig down and had one on every hook. Over all everyone had a blast caught plenty of fish 8 red grouper, lost count of beeliners/pinkys and grunts. The ocean stayed flat all day and it is hard to believe it is January and some people are dealing with 6 feet of snow. Give me a call if you want to do some bottom fishing while the weather is OK.

Captain Mike Jackson
LiveLine Charters
910-686-7271

Finally got a nice day to go fishing when the wind wasn’t blowing 25 mph. We headed off shore to do a little bottom fishing. Couldn’t believe the water temps are around 25 miles they were in the high 60’s and at 32 miles it was 74 degrees. The 1st ledge was good and we had 5 keeper Reds around 10 to 14 lbs. I put out a light line for kings and didn’t even get it 20 feet behind the boat and it started going off. There were plenty of kings 8 to 10 lbs. The surprise of the day was when the light line went off and it started jumping. We caught a 12 lb Mahi in late December at 32 miles. Moved to several other spots with some action. At 40 miles the water was 78 degrees. Overall a great day especially for December 28th 10 grouper, 12 kings, 3 AJs and a Mahi and the normal grunts/sea bass etc. I also caught a 250 lb shark on cut bait. Sorry I forgot the camera so no pictures.

Captain Mike Jackson
LiveLine Charters
910-686-7271

We took our annual trip to Miami to visit the in-laws and slipped away for a day of bone fishing around Biscayne Bay with Captain Joe on the “FunnyBone”. The weatherman must have followed me from NC with the winds because it blew 25 mph NE. It helps when fishing on the flats to have less wind but we still had a blast. Had shots at a lot of fish on the flats but very spooky and no takers until around 2:00 in the afternoon. We staked out and chummed a few shrimp and started catching fish. In 2 hours we had 10 strikes with 6 fish in the boat. My son David actually caught and previously tagged fish. The University of Miami funds a bone fish tagging program. We had 2 double headers and as usual Joe made us laugh all day long. If you are ever down around Miami and want a great flats fishing guide give Joe Gonzalez a call at 305-642-6727.

Captain Mike Jackson
LiveLine Charters
910-686-7271