LiveLine Charters Fishing Report

Started out for day #2 and as usual the weatherman was not even close (must be nice to have a job and never be right). We did manage to make it all the way out and it was reasonable with NE 10 to 14mph. The fish were chewing we had a triple hook up and a couple of doubles. Andrew caught a nice 50 lber. Then the wind started at 20 plus mph and rain. Decided we would work our way inshore and try some grouper and AJs around the wrecks. Started at 30 miles but the AJs didn’t want to eat with the NE winds and cold front.. Started working some ledges and caught some nice gags on the jigs. The largest was Nick’s a 20 lb gag. We did have a nice AJ on but broke off in the ledge. Ended the day trying some top water around a wreck and Matt caught a late season Cobia. We have a great day for the conditions we were dealt.

Captain Mike Jackson
LiveLine Charters
910-686-7271

Had Andrew, Matt, Nick and Aden down from www.bookfishingtrips.com in NY for 2 days of NC deep jigging. It was the 1st trip for Nick and Aden to NC and jigging. The weather was OK on the ride out with NW winds 10 to 15. Started in 140 feet but slow action. Moved out to 200 feet and had some success with AJs but also had a lot of jigs lost to toothy critters. Finally around 10:30 we found a good concentration of fish. We also caught Grouper, Mahi, Blackfin, Albacore, Kings, Barracuda and Almacos. Things really turned on in the middle of the days and we had 2 monsters. Matt’s fish was 65 inches and 36 inch girth and Andrew’s fish was 64 inches and 37 inch girth (unfortunately a shark hit Andrew’s fish next to the boat). We continued to had good action and ended the days with a triple hook up. More to come tomorrow.

Captain Mike Jackson
LiveLine Charters
910-686-7271