JUNE 27 CHARTER HAD TO CANCEL. SO WE BOOKED A WATER WAY CRUISE, NICE DAY AND NICE PEOPLE, WENT OUT IN OCEAN AND BACK DOWN WATERWAY. CAPT: BUSTER

ROUGH, SEAS 4 TO 6 FEET AND WINDS 20 PLUS KTS. TRIED TO TELL THEM THEY DIDN’T WANT TO GO BUT THEY HAD TO SINCE THEY WERE HERE FROM CHARLOTTE AREA. WE WENT AND THREE OF THEM WERE SICK. WE FISHED FOR A HALFDAY AND CAUGHT 29 SPANISH AND LOST 2 NICE KINGS. THE ROUGH WATER BROKE OFF SEVERAL MORE.WE SHOULD HAVE HAD NEAR 40 SPANISH THAT WE HAD HOOKED. WAS ROUGH AND THEY WERE GLAD WHEN WE CLEARED THE INLET. CAPT: BUSTER

WE HAD TWO MORE CHARTERS ON THE 25 TH. WE SPANISH FISHED AND GOT 105 FOR THE TWO TRIPS AND 5 SHARKS. LOTS OF ACTION AND LOTS OF GOOD EATING. THE MORNING CHARTER WAS JEFF DAVIS FROM KY. AND THE AFTERNOON ONE WAS JOSH PRICE FROM OHIO. JOSH SAID THEY WERE GOING TO BE BACK NEXT YEAR AND HOPED TO GET BACK THIS FALL TO KING FISH. BOTH WERE ENOYABLE TRIPS AND VERY NICE PEOPLE. CAPT: BUSTER

WE HAD LANE WALSH GROUP ON THIS TRIP, WITH FAMILY AND GRANDKIDS FISHING. THEY DID WELL ALSO CATCHING 63 SPANISH, 1 KING, 1 HAMMERHEAD SHARK AND 4 BLUEFISH. THEY HAD PLENTY OF FISH FOR THE FAMILY GET TOGETHER FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK. NICE PEOPLE AND FUN TRIP. CAPT: BUSTER

WE HAD TWO ON WED. THE FIRST WAS DONNA SMITH FROM GREENSBORO AND A FRIEND EVELINE, AND DONNA’S TWO KIDS WHICH WERE BOTH SMALL, UNDER 12 YEARS OLD. SHE SAID SHE THOUGH THEY WOULD LIKE TO CATCH SOME FISH. GREAT MOM TO GET OUT AND DO THIS WITH HER KIDS. THEY DID VERY WELL AND CAUGHT 53 SPANISH MACKERAL AND 5 BLUEFISH. THIS WAS GOOD IN 3 HOURS AND CRANKED ALL OF THEM IN UNLESS WE HAD MORE THAN 2 ON AT A TIME. COMING BACK NEXT YEAR TO DO SOME LARGER FISHING WITH THE KIDS. CAPT: BUSTER

WE HAD RONNIE CHAVIS FROM ROCKINGHAM FOR A HALFDAY AFTER SPANISH MACKERAL. HE BROUGHT 2 FRIENDS WHO DID BODY WORK ON CARS. THEY CAUGHT 66 SPANISH MACKERAL AND TWO SHARKS ONE ATLANTIC SHARPNOSE AND ONE BLACKNOSE. THEY WANTED MEAT FOR A FISH FRY AND HAD PLENTY TO DO 3 FISH FRYS. THEY SAID THEY WANTED TO COME BACK IN THE FALL FOR KINGS. GOOD FRIEND AND LOTS OF FUN CAPT: BUSTER

FRONT ROW - CODY BOWEN, JEFF SHAMBLIN, JEREMY MULLINS; BACK ROW - RYAN SHAMBLIN, SHANE MORTON, RON SHAMBLIN WITH THEIR LIMIT OF SPANISH MACKEREL AND ATLANTIC SHARPNOSE SHARKS

ON WED. WE HAD A GROUP OUT OF WEST VIRGINIA, THEY JUST WANTED FISH AND A GOOD TIME. THEY HAD A 3/4 DAY BOOKED. THE SPANISH WERE RED HOT AND WE GOT 3 AND 4 AT A TIME, SO DIDN”T TAKE LONG TO GET OUR 120 LIMIT. THESE GUYS FISHED A LOT SO THEY WERE A LOT OF HELP PUTTING THE LINES OUT AND GETTING THE FISH IN THE BOX. AFTER GETTING OUR LIMIT WE WENT SHARK FISHING AND GOT 5 REAL QUICK. 4 SHARPNOSE AND ONE 45 LB. BLACKTIP. THEY DECIDED TO STAY A EXTRA HOUR TO GET THE OTHER TWO SHARPNOSE SINCE THEY ALL REALLY LIKED SHARK TO EAT. WE GOT THEM BOTH AT ONE TIME, SO THE DAY WAS OVER EXCEPT THE CLEANING , WHICH WENT FAST WITH THERE HELP. WATER TEMP. WAS 79.6 DEGREES AND CLEAR. WINDS WERE EAST AT 15 WITH A LITTLE CHOP. CAPT: BUSTER

ON TUESDAY WE HAD A LOCAL CHARTER FROM SUNSET BEACH. ONLY 3 PEOPLE ON THE CHARTER SO NOT HARD TO GET OUR LIMIT OF SPANISH MACKERAL, WHICH WAS 75 FISH. THEN WE WENT SHARK FISHING AND GOT ONE SHARK AND ONE KING MACKERAL. WATER WAS NICE AND CALM TEMP WAS 79.8 DEGREES . CAPT: BUSTER

CHAD DAUGHERTY, IAN GALLAGER, CARI GALLAGHER, CHUCK GALLAGHER, JOEY DAUGHERTY AND DAVE WAKEFORD WITH THEIR CATCHES OF THE DAY

ON MON. AFTER BEING OFF FOR TWO DAYS FROM OCEAN FISHING, NOT FROM FISHING WE WENT FRESH WATER FISHING ON SUNDAY. IF YOU ARE A FRESH WATER FISHERMAN, THE BREAM ARE DOING THEIR THING NOW. THEY ARE BEDDING AND LOTS OF THEM. THE BLUE GILL AND RED BREAM ARE GOOD SIZE TOO, WITH SOME AROUND A POUND EACH. BUT BACK TO MONDAY AFTER FRIDAY BEING A LITTLE SLOW, THE SPANISH MACKERAL WERE RED HOT AGAIN WE GOT 80 IN 2 1/2 HOURS AND ONE KING THAT WEIGHED ABOUT 10 LBS. THEN WE SHARK FISHED AND GOT 2 SHARKS ONE ABOUT 40 LBS A BLACKNOSE WE KEPT, AND THE OTHER WAS A SHARPNOSE. SO A NICE DAY NOT HOT AND VERY CALM. WATER WAS 79 .2 DEGREES AND VERY CLEAR. GOOD TRIP. CAPT: BUSTER

ON FRI. WE HAD A LITTLE SLOWER DAY WITH THE SPANISH MACKERAL. THEY WERE BITING BUT NOT REAL HOT. WE HAD A 1/2 DAY AND CAUGHT 46 BEFORE GOING SHARK FISHING ,THE SHARKS WERE SLOW ALSO WE ONLY GOT TWO AND LOST THREE. THE WATER WAS FAIRLY ROUGH WITH SEAS 4 FOOT AT THE START AND 4 TO 5 BY THE END OF THE MORNING, WITH WINDS GUSTING UP TO 23 KNOTS. THE ROUGH WATER CAUSED A LOT OF TEAR OFFS ON THE SPANISH. OUR PARTY WAS OUT OF VA, NV AND PA. WE FISHED HARD TO GET WHAT WE GOT. WATER TEMP. WAS 78.6 DEGREES AND MURKY FROM THE WIND. CAPT: BUSTER