LiveLine Charters Fishing Report

Had a king/grouper trip on Saturday. The weatherman was kind for a change with light winds and 2 foot seas. We caught bluefish and then jigged up sardines before heading out 35 miles. The guys wanted to catch kinds 1st so we slow trolled around the ledges. We had plenty of action but had a hard time keeping the hooks in the fish. We put 3 in the box and missed at least 12 strikes in about 2 hours.

Decided to bottom fish. We had a lot of action with Scamps (all were short), Reds and some Gags. We had 2 large Gags that pulled the rods to the gunnel with some knuckles scrapped up and the fish won the battle. One of the guys brought their own bottom rod and while battling a large Red the rod broke at the butt. The top of the rod went down the line and the angler reeled the fish to the boat with just the reel. I think it was the biggest Red of the day. Had plenty of action and fun and the guys brought home some good grouper fillets.

Captain Mike Jackson
LiveLine Charters
910-686-7271

I took Wade Moore from NCCoastalfishing.com and friends out on Saturday. This was the only day we had available due to schedules so we had to take a chance with the weather. Unfortunately, the weatherman did not do us any favors. Headed out planning on trying to get out 30 miles for some kings and grouper. The winds were NE 10 to 15 on the way out but started picking up at about 15 miles. I decided to try at some ledges around 20 miles. Set up on the ledge with no problems and the 1st live bait in the water was eaten before it got to the bottom. There was no doubt a grown Amber jack as it stripped line off the reel with the drag locked down. It eventually broke us off. A few more missed fish and finally a good grouper bite 12 lb Gag in the box. We had a couple of other fish we missed and then Wade hooked another large AJ. After a good battle we took a few pictures and let her go back to the ledge. We decided to cut our loses around 11:30 when the waves were 5 ft every 5 seconds and the wind showed no signs of letting up. We took our time getting in and hopefully we will get a break next time with the weather.

Captain Mike Jackson
LiveLine Charters
910-686-7271