IN THE AFTERNOON THE SPANISH MACKERAL HAD GONE DOWN, AFTER SEEING HUNDERDS IN THE MORNING, THEY DISAPPERED. WE HAD A GROUP FROM TENN. AND ALABAMA. THEY WERE DARRELL RALEY, BRANOON MURPHY, JAY GRUBBS, RICHARD WRIGHT,ZACH WRIGHT,AND JOHN HUMPHERES. WE STARTED IN THE SAME AREA AS WE HAD FISHED IN THE MORNING.  WE WORKED HARD TO GET 38 SPANISH MACKERAL AND 8 BLUEFISH TO KEEP.  WE HAD ABOUT 15 THROW BACKS OF SPANISH MACKERAL AND ONE 22 INCH THROWBACK KING MACKEREL. WE,  AS I SAID WORKED HARD TO GET THESE FISH, I HATE NOT TO GET AT LEAST 50 KEEPERS FOR A HALFDAY TRIP. BUT SOMETIMES ITS HARD WORK IN THE AFTERNOON TO GET THAT.  REALLY NICE GUYS AND A FUN TRIP.  SOME OF THEM HAD BEEN WITH ME APPROX. 9 YEARS AGO.    BUSTER

ON MONDAY WE HAD NEW CUSTOMERS, TWO BROTHERS FROM DENVER COL. AND GREENSBORO NC. THEY WANTED TO CATCH SOME FISH FOR EATING WHILE THEY WERE DOWN ON VACATION. WE GOT GOING AND INTO THE SPANISH MACKERAL RIGHT AWAY.  WE WORKED HARD FOR THE 4 HOURS AND ENDED UP WITH OUR LIMIT OF 60 SPANISH MACKERAL AND A FEW BLUE FISH. WE THREW BACK 29 UNDER SIZE SPANISH. SO WE ENDED UP WITH 91 FISH CAUGHT FOR THE MORNING.  FOR BRYNE AND DAVID HALL IT WAS A LOT OF ACTION. THEY SAID THEY ONLY WANTED HALF OF THE FISH FOR EATING, WE GIVE THE LOCAL  NURSING HOME THE REST, THEY ARE HAPPY TO GET THEM. FOR PIC”S GO TO SEA HAWK 3.COM  BUSTER

ON SUNDAY WE HAD TWO FATHER SON GROUPS. THEY WERE SPENCER AND BLAKE WHITTLE, AND ANDREW AND WILL WERNER, THEY WERE FROM WINSTON SALEM NC. THE DADS WANTED THE BOYS TO CATCH SOME FISH. WE WENT RIGHT TO WORK, AND KEPT THEM BUSY FOR THE 2 1/2 HOUR TRIP. WE FOUND A SCHOOL OF POGGYS AND THE LARGE SPANISH WERE IN THEM CUTTING AND EATING. THE DADS SAT BACK AND LET THE BOYS DO THE WORK OF WINDING. THE BOYS GOT GOOD AT WATCHING THE RODS AND WERE ON THEM QUICKLY. WE GOT SEVERAL FISH IN THE 2 TO 3 LB. CLASS. THE BOYS GOT BROKE IN RIGHT. THIS IS ONE TIME THE BOYS CAME HOME WITH THE BACON FOR DINNER. WE HAD FUN AS USUAL WITH THE KIDS, ITS ALWAYS GOOD TO GET THE YOUNG ONES STARTED INTO HUNTING OR FISHING. ITS MUCH BETTER FOR THEM TO BE ON THE WATER THAN ON THE STREETS AS THEY GROW UP, AND ALSO THEY WILL START THERE KIDS TO FISHING LATER IN LIFE.  IF ANYTHING IS FUN ITS KIDS HAVING A GOOD TIME IN THE OUTDOORS INSTEAD OF SITTING IN THE HOUSE.   BUSTER

ON THE 26 TH. WE HAD KENNETH THOMAS FROM WINSTON AND HIS GIRL FRIEND, MARSHA.   THEY HAD BEEN DOWN SINCE SAT AND ONLY GOT I FLOUNDER FOR THE 4 DAYS FISHING. WE WENT OUT SIDE THERE WAS A STIFF NORTH EAST WIND OF 20 KNTS. BLOWING. THE WATER WAS STIRRED UP BADLY. WE DID GET SOME FISH FOR THEM, BUT HAD TO THROW BACK 40%. WE ENDED UP WITH 18 KEEPERS AND 5 BLUES. WE THREW BACK 8 WHICH WAS FAR MORE THAN THE 10% WE HAD BEEN THROWING BACK. THEY ARE COMING BACK WHEN THE WEATHER IS BETTER THIS SUMMER AND GET SOME MORE AND SOME SHARKS. NICE PEOPLE AND FUN TRIP. BUSTER

ON MONDAY I HAD A BACKWATER TRIP WITH WILEY PRATER AND SON. WE WENT AFTER THE FLOUNDER TO START WITH AND GOT 2 REAL QUICK. THINGS SLOWED AND WE WENT UP THE RIVER AND GOT GOING AS THE WATER DROPPED. WE ENDED UP WITH  6 TOTAL BEFORE CHANGING TO TROUT FISHING. WE GOT FOUR SPEC. TROUT 2 OF WHICH WERE IN THE 20 INCH CLASS. WE ALSO GOT 2 RED DRUM ONE KEEPER AT 20 INCHS AND THE OTHER 16 INCHER THROW BACK. WE SAW A SCHOOL OF BLUES ON THE WATER BACK AND GOT 4 OF THEM IN THE 1 TO 2 LB. SIZE. THEY GOT OUR JIGS ALSO. GOOD DAY ON THE WATER LOTS FUN. BUSTER

ON WED I HAD JACK  SKEENS AND SON TRAVIS.  JACK WAS FROM WEST VIG. AND TRAVIS WAS FROM COLUMIA SC. WE GOT GOING AT 7:00 AM. BY 7:25 WE HAD 2 BLACK DRUM IN THE BOAT THANKS TO JACK. WE MOVED ON TO ANOTHER SPOT AND GOT A RED DRUM ,A SPEC. TROUT AND A FLOUNDER ALL UNDER SIZE BY A INCH OR TWO. THEN CAME A BAIT CHANGE AND THE FLOUNDER LIKED THAT. WE GOT 5 MORE AND LOST A COUPLE. JACK ADDED ANOTHER DRUM TO THE BOX, THIS TIME IT WAS A RED IN THE 20 INCH CLASS. TRAVIS GOT A CROKER AND A COUPLE BLUES TO ADD TO IT ALSO. SO A FUN DAY WITH A VARITY OF FISH. WE HAD BLACK DRUM, RED DRUM, FLOUNDER, SPEC. TROUT, AND BLUEFISH. VERY NICE PEOPLE AND GOOD FISHERMAN. THE WATER WAS STILL MURKY FROM ALL THE RAIN, THINGS SHOULD PICK UP EVEN MORE IN A FEW DAYS AS WATER CLEARS UP. GET THOSE FLOUNDER RODS LIMBERED UP. BUSTER

WE HAD A SPANISH MACKEREL TRIP ON SAT. WE HAD CHAD GILLIMORE, RYNE CORBEAN, RANDY JEFFERSON, CHRIS TRAVIS, AND JAY HUNEYCUTT. WE STARTED IN THE 34 FOOT RANGE AND GOT INTO THEM QUICK. FISHING WAS GOOD WE ENDED UP WITH 77 KEEPERS AND 8 THROW BACKS. SOME WERE IN THE 2 1/2 TO 3 LB CLASS. GOOD DAY ON THE WATER AND LOTS FUN AND GOOD EATING FOR THE TABLE. THE SPANISH ARE DOING WELL NOW.  WE GOT OVER 180 IN THREE TRIPS THIS WEEK. BUSTER

ON THURS. I HAD THE DEWITT COUPLE FROM TENN. FOR SOME BASS FISHING. THEY WANTED TO GO IN THE AFTERNOON AND AGAIN ON FRI. MORNING. WE GOT 8 BASS ON THUR. AND A DOZEN BREAM. ON FRI WE GOT 9 BASS AND A FEW BREAM. THEY HAD GOOD FISH LOTS FUN. WE HAD 3 FISH OVER 3 LBS EACH AND THE REST 1 1/2 TO 2 1/2 LBS EACH. NICE PEOPLE, LOTS FUN ON THE WATER. JOHN IS TRYING TO GET WIFE BECKY INTO FISHING, LOTS OF LUCK JOHN  BUSTER

ON THURSDAY WE WENT SPANISH MACKERAL FISHING WITH DALE, AND DANA BRAGG AND A FRIEND OF DALE’S, ROBIN ROWE.  DALE AND ROBIN ARE FROM CHARLOTTE AREA AND DANA IS FROM HERE IN SHALLOTTE AREA. THE BRAGGS HAVE BEEN FISHING WITH ME FOR OVER 22 YEARS. WE GOT TO WORK AND HUNTED HARD FOR THEM. THINGS WERE SLOW, OFF AND ON BITING, BUT NOT STEADY. WE ENDED UP WITH 41 KEEPERS AND 6 THROW BACKS. NOT GREAT FOR A HALFDAY BUT SOME FISH FOR THE TABLE, SPANISH MACKEREL ARE THEIR FAVORTE FISH FOR EATING. VERY NICE PEOPLE AND VERY GOOD TIME FISHING. BUSTER

ITS MONDAY AND WE HAD A NICE CHARTER, A LITTLE COOL BUT NOT BAD. OUR CHARTER WAS FROM COL. AND RALEIGH NC.  WE HAD THE HAMILTONS FROM CO. AND RALEIGH AND JENNIFER  PROKO FROM CHARLOTTE. THEY STARTED OFF INSIDE THE CABIN WHERE IT WAS WARM, BUT DIDN”T STAY THERE LONG, IN THE FIRST MINUTE WE HAD A FISH ON IN FACT I DIDN”T GET OUT THE THIRD LINE BEFORE IT WAS ON. AFTER THAT IT WAS STEADY WITH LOTS OF DOUBLES AND SOME TRIPLES. WE ENDED UP WITH 66 SPANISH MACKERAL AND 6 BLUES. OUT OF THE  66 WE ONLY HAD 8 UNDER SIZE TO RELEASE. SO A GOOD DAY ON THE WATER AGAIN. TIME TO SLOW DOWN ON THE  FRESH WATER AND GET BACK TO THE SALT I GUESS. ANYWAY WE HAD LOTS OF GOOD EATING AND PLENTY OF FUN GETTING THEM. BUSTER