ON SAT WE HAD TOM MESSICK AND SON KEITH. TOM IS FROM CA. AND KEITH IS FROM TX. THEY TRAVELED A LONG DISTANCE. TOM USE TO FISH WITH ME IN THE 80′ OUT OF OCEAN ISLE BEACH. WE DECIDED TO GO FOR THE SPANISH SINCE THE KING ACTION HAS BEEN SLOW THIS FALL SO FAR DUE TO WARM WATER TEMPS. WE STARTED OFF CATCHING SMALL FISH, THROW BACKS. WE MOVED EAST A MILE AND HIT SOME ROD BENDERS IN THE 2 TO 3 LB. CLASS. WE GOT 9 OF THESE REAL QUICK BEFORE THE SCHOOL MOVED ON. WE KEPT ON EAST AND GOT MIXED FISH WITH A 15 % LARGE ONES. WE ENDED UP FISHING IN THE RAIN AFTER 10:00, BUT THEY HAD A DRY CABIN TO GET IN BETWEEN FISH. THAT AND GOOD RAIN OUTFITS MADE FISHING KEEP GOING TO 1:30. WE CAUGHT 45 SPANISH KEEPERS AND 6 BLUES. WE RELASED ANOTHER 16 SPANISH, ALONG WITH A LARGE KING THAT RELEASED HIMSELF AFTER STRIPPING THE REEL AND BREAKING THE 20 LB. LINE. GOOD MORNING, GLAD TO SEE TOM AGAIN, SAID THEY WERE GOING TO MAKE THIS FISHING THING AN ANNUAL EVENT WHEN THEY COME INTO OCEAN ISLE EACH YEAR, AND WOULD SEE US NEXT SEASON. CAPT: BUSTER

WE ARE DOING AN ALLDAY 9 HOUR TRIP FOR KING MACKERAL THIS FALL. THE ALLDAY TRIP USUALLY RUNS $900.00 DOLLARS WE ARE RUNNING THEM AS LONG AS THE KINGS STAY INSIDE THE 20 MILE RANGE FOR $750.00 DOLLARS. THEY USUALLY STAY IN THIS RANGE FOR ABOUT 6 TO 8 WEEKS, OR MID NOV. SO GET DOWN AND GET IN ON THE ACTION ON LIGHT TACKLE. THESE ARE GAMEY FISH IN THE 10 TO 40 POUNDS CLASS, WITH THE AVERAGE IN THE MID TEENS. LOTS FUN AND GOOD EATING. CALL 910- 754-6169 FOR YOUR TRIP TO LOTS OF FUN. CAPT: BUSTER

WE GOT A CALL FROM THOMAS EDGAR AND BROTHER WANTING TO GO AGAIN, SINCE THEY HAD A GREAT TIME ON MONDAY. THEY SAID THERE NEW BEST LIKED FISH TO EAT WAS SHARK. THEY WANTED TO JUST GO SHARK FISHING. WE HEADED TO THE RIVER AND GOT INTO THE SHARKS, NO BIG BLACKTIPS LIKE WE WANTED, BUT A 60 POUND ONE JUST 3 INCHS SHORT OF KEEPER SIZE. WE CAUGHT 4 AND KEPT ONE BLACKNOSE ABOUT 45 POUNDS. THEY SAID THEY WOULD BE BACK NEXT YEAR TO GET THE BIG BLACKTIP THEY LOST ON MONDAY. NICE PEOPLE ENJOYED THEM. CAPT: BUSTER

ON THURS. WE HAD JAMES LYNN PARTY, ONE OF OUR REGULARS FOR YEARS. THEY USUALLY GO FOR KINGS, BUT AFTER TELLING THEM THE KINGS WERE NOT HERE IN ANY NUMBERS YET, THEY DECIDED TO SPANISH FISH. WE GOT STARTER AT 7:15, BY 12:00 WE HAD OVER 60 IN THE BOX. THEY WANTED TO GET A SHARK SINCE LAST YEAR THEY REALLY ENJOYED EATING IT. THEY HAVE A FISH FRY EVERY THURS. NIGHT, SO COULD USE ALL THEY GET. WE GOT A LARGE BLACKTIP IN ABOUT 10 MINUTES, HE DID A GOOD FIGHT OF 25 MINUTES. WE GOT HIM IN AND THEY SAID THAT WAS ALL THEY WANTED. IT WAS IN THE 80 TO 90 POUND CLASS. WE TROLLED BACK PICKING UP A FEW MORE SPANISH. A GOOD DAY VERY NICE PEOPLE. CAPT: BUSTER

ON THE 23 RD. WE HAD RYAN HARRIS AND FAMILY FROM ILL. THEY JUST WANTED TO CATCH FISH AND HAVE FUN. THEY DID THEY CAUGHT 60 SPANISH AND A FEW BLUES BY 10:00. THEN WE WENT SHARK FISHING AND RYAN GOT A BLACKNOSE ABOUT 35 POUNDS AND 2 ATLANTIC SHARPNOSE. THEY WERE HAPPY WITH THE BENDING RODS AND LOTS ACTION. SAID THEY WOULD BE BACK NEXT YEAR AND DO A LONGER TRIP MAYBE A 3/4 DAY OR ALLDAY. CAPT: BUSTER

ON TUESDAY WE HAD JUDI, TOM BOWLES AND CAROLYN, EARL SELLERS FROM LILLINGTON, NC. THEY HAVE BEEN GOING WITH US FOR YEARS. THEY ARE FROM NC. WE WENT SPANISH FISHING AND THEY WERE DIFFERENT THAN THE DAY BEFORE. WE WERE GETTING THEM 4 AT A TIME. BY 12:00 WE HAD OVER 60 FISH IN THE BOX. WE WENT SHARK FISHING SINCE THEY REALLY ENJOYED EATING THEM FROM LAST YEAR. WE GOT A LARGE BLACKTIP IN THE FIRST 10 MINUTES. AFTER A 20 MINUTE FIGHT WE BOATED A 80 TO 90 POUNDER. THIS WAS ALL THEY WANTED TO FIGHT WITH ON THIS HOT DAY. WE TROLLED BACK AND GOT A FEW MORE SPANISH. VERY NICE PEOPLE AND GOOD FISHERMAN AND FISHERLADIES. CAPT: BUSTER

ON MONDAY WE HAD THOMAS EDGAR AND FAMILY FOR AN ALLDAY CHARTER, THEY WERE FROM OHIO. WE WENT SPANISH MACKERAL FISHING TO START WITH. THEY WERE BITING, BUT SLOW. WE HAD TO WORK HARD. WE GOT A PERTY GOOD CATCH BY LUNCH TIME. WE DECIDED TO GO SHARK FISHING. THEY WERE BITING BETTER WE CAUGHT 5 AND LOST 5 MORE. ONE WAS A BLACKTIP WE HAD ON FOR A LONG FIGHT. AFTER 25 MINUTES AND 2 PEOPLE WE GOT IT TO THE BOAT IT WAS ABOUT 110 POUNDS A VERY LARGE ONE. HE MANAGED TO GET AROUND THE RUDDER AND BREAK OFF. WE KEPT ONE BLACKNOSE ABOUT 45 POUNDS FOR EATING. A FAIR DAY BUT NOT A GREAT ONE. THEY SAID THEY WOULD BE BACK NEXT YEAR. CAPT: BUSTER

ON FRIDAY WE DID A FIRST, WE STARTED OFF INSTEAD OF FISHING WE WENT HUNTING IN THE BACK WATER’S FOR MARSH HENS. WITH THE ECONOMY DOWN, AND SOME PEOPLE LIKE TO HUNT, WHY NOT! THERE WERE PLENTY OF HENS AND SHOOTING THIS MORNING. IN A COUPLE OF HOURS WE HAD A DOZEN IN THE BOAT. WE THEN WENT FISHING AS THE TIDE STARTED GETTING LOWER. THE FISHING WAS FAST ALSO BUT NOT FOR THE SPEC. TROUT AND FLOUNDER WE WERE LOOKING FOR. THE LIZARD FISH WERE KILLING US. THEY WERE STEADY BITING THE TAILS OFF OUR GRUBS. WE DID MANAGE TO END UP WITH A COUPLE OF FLOUNDER BY THE END OF THE TRIP.IF YOU WANT A LOT OF ACTION WITH THE GUN, AND SOME FUN FISHING IN THE BACKWATER GIVE ME A CALL. WE HAVE 6 MORE WEEKS OF MARSH HEN SEASON. THEY ARE MUCH LIKE SHOOTING PHEASANT EXCEPT OUT OF A BOAT. CAPT; BUSTER

ON SUNDAY WE HEADED TO THE FRESH WATER FOR BREAM. THE BEDDING SEASON IS OVER BUT THE BREAM WERE ON THE BITE. WE CAUGHT OVER 35 TOTAL AND KEPT 24 OF THE LARGEST ONES. THEY IS ENOUGH TO EAT A COUPLE TIMES. THE WATER TEMP. IS STARTING TO DROP AND THE BASS WILL BE TURNING ON TO THE TOP WATER SOON. IF YOU WANT TO SEE THE WATER EXPLODE, GIVE ME A CALL, BUT PLAN TO GO EARLY AND BE THERE AT DAYBREAK. THAT IS WHEN THE ACTION IS HEAVY. BASS IS GOOD BITING FORFOR A COUPLE HOURS THEN WE WILL FALL BACK FOR THE BREAM UNTIL THE WATER TEMP DROPS BELOW 65 DEGREES. AFTER THAT WE WILL TARGET CRAPPIE THE REST OF THE MORNING. PILES OF FUN AND LOT LESS MONEY THAN OCEAN FISHING, NOT COUNTING ALL THE LESS REGS ON SIZE AND NUMBERS YOU CAN KEEP. CAPT; BUSTER

ON THE 12 TH. WE HAD SHAWN DOUGLAS AND COMPANY FROM THE MIDDLE OF THE STATE. WE GOT TO GOING EARLY AND HAD THE LINES IN BEFORE DAY BREAK. WE GOT OUR FIRST FISH IN 3 MINUTES OF PUTTING OUT THE LINE. WE COULDN”T TELL IF IT WAS A SPANISH OR BLUE UNTIL IT CAME IN THE BOAT WHERE THE SPREADER LIGHTS WERE SHINING ON IT , IT WAS A VERY NICE SPANISH ABOUT 2 LBS. THE NEXT 2 HOURS WAS GREAT WITH LOTS FISH COMING OVER THE BACK OF THE BOAT, SOMETIMES 3 AND 4 ON AT A TIME. THEY SAID BY 9;00 THEY HAD PLENTY OF SPANISH AND BLUES. IT WAS DIFFERENT THAN THE TRIP ON WED. MOST OF THE FISH WERE SPANISH, THEY WANTED TO CATCH A SHARK OR TWO. WE GOT STARTED AND THERE WAS NO SHORTAGE OF SHARKS. WE GOT ONE AND LOST 3 OUT OF THE FIRST 4 WE HOOKED. AFTER THAT THEY GOT THE HANG OF THIS FISHING AND BOATED 4 MORE. WE KEPT ONE OF THE BLACKNOSE AND 2 ALTANTIC SHARP NOSE. WE RELEASED 3 MORE BLACKNOSE. A GOOD AFTERNOON, THEY WERE GOING FOR A 3/4 DAY AND DECIDED TO STAY ON AND CATCH SHARKS FOR A ALLDAY. CAPT; BUSTER