Great Day
July 13th, 2008 by Michael SavageI had a full day charter on Friday. We started around the Shark Hole and it lived up to its name. In thirty minutes we had our 
limit of sharks and one nice King Mackeral. From there we moved out to the 24 mile area where a couple of boats were already working. Our first line out got smoked and one of the guys fought this fish for 30 minutes, eventually breaking it off under the boat. A few minutes after we lost the first fish, we were hooked up again this fish ended up being a nice AJ. Several other boats in the area hooked and caught sailfish around the 57 inch range. After catching several AJs and one huge Barracuda the bite slowed and we moved off another 6 miles.
Our first pass over the numbers showed a bottom full of fish on the Furuno Depth Sounder. We had almost drifted over the rock when one of the Penn 6/0 bent over double. From the start we new this was a good fish and 15 minutes later a nice 40+ pound AJ was in the boat. I ended up anchoring on the spot and caught a nice 25+ pound King, 25 pound Cobia, and several more AJ ranging from 25-35 pounds. By this time the seas were building and it was time to head home. Overall we had a great day with a mixed bag of all nice fish. If you would like to get into some of this action give me a call or shoot me an email. Tight Lines!!
Rough Weather
July 10th, 2008 by Michael SavageThis morning I awoke to the wind blowing around 25 knots. I decided to fish the morning charter in the Cape 
Fear River Channel to hide from the wind. We ended the morning catching around 30 small sharks, 1 big shark around 30 pounds, two bluefish, and 3 huge whiting.
The wind started to die down around lunch time and my afternoon party wanted to test the waters around the 15 mile rock area. We took a pounding getting there, but once we arrived the fishing was not too bad. We ended the day with two kings and one nice mahi. Not bad for rough seas. Stay tuned for more reports.
More Pics
July 5th, 2008 by Michael Savage
Kings and Spanish Mackeral
July 5th, 2008 by Michael SavageWe have been blessed over the first week of July with some great weather. Along with the great weather the fish were chewing the bottom of the boat out. I fished almost everyday and averaged around six King Mackeral each morning along with a few scattered Mahi Mahi. Our parties fished the 15 mile rock area along with numerous other boats. Several boats were lucky enough to hook and boat a handful of sailfish.
On the inshore side the Spanish Mackeral are still biting. We are averaging around 20 fish for the morning. The large numbers that we were catching in previous weeks has dropped, but the fish that are biting now are a quite bit larger, most around 2 pounds. I have a few openings for the week of the 6-12 so if you would like to go fishing post me an email or give a call. Tight Lines
AJ’s and Cobia
June 27th, 2008 by Michael SavageI had a great half day trip on Wednesday. We fished the Shark Hole and ended the day with 6 King Mackeral and 1 Mahi Mahi. I forgot my camera, but my party got some great pics. I’m trying to get those pics emailed to me. As soon as I receive them I’ll post them up.
Later that day I had afternoon 3 hour trip. We Spanished fished right on Oak Island in about 20 foot of water. The fish were slow to bite at first, but once we found them, we were able to quickly catch a few nice fish.
On Thursday I didn’t have a charter so I decided to go try to catch a few AJ’s to sale at the market. My good friend Donnie came down from Asheville, N.C., so I wanted to allow him and Zack to be able to catch their fair share of the hard fighting jacks. We ended the day with 400 pounds of AJ’s and a few nice Cobia to throw into the bag. The weather was alittle bumpy in the morning, and steadly got worse as the day progressed. By mid afternoon the seas were around 4-6 foot, with a few rogue waves around 8 foot. We had a couple of interesting moments, but the seaworty ”Twister” brought us home safe.
I still have a few days open for the week of the fourth of July, so if you would like to come down and experience some great fishing give me a call. Tight Lines
Spanish and AJ’s
June 24th, 2008 by Michael SavageSorry I haven’t written a post this week, but i’ve been fishing everyday. We started the week out with several 1/2 day Spanish charters. The spanish have been alittle slow, but we still manage to catch around 25-30 each trip. Luckly the kings have turned on within 15 miles of shore. Double digit catches are not uncommon, with many fish being 20+ pounds and a few in the 30′s.
Today I had a 3/4 day and nailed the AJ’s. These fish fight so hard that after each of my party caught their fish, it was time to move on to something alittle easier. We ended the day with six big jacks ranging from 30-45 pounds. I’m going to be fishing everyday this week, so stay tuned.
1/2 Day Spanish
June 18th, 2008 by Michael SavageThis was morning was alittle chilly compared to the Louisiana scorching heat. The winds had switched to the North sending down some of the last artic air that we will be seeing this summer. The 66 degree morning had cooled down the water 4 degrees and had the fish shut off. It was up in the morning before the water warmed enough to interest the Spanish into eating our 00 Clark Spoons. We ended the day with 20 Spanish, some pretty good size for this early in the year, and 3 Sharks. The temperatures are susposed to be higher tomorrow, hopefully making the fish bite harder. I have another 1/2 day tomorrow so stay tuned. If you would like to book a charter, send me a hit on my Book a Charter button. Tight Lines
Fourchon, Louisiana
June 17th, 2008 by Michael SavageI left last Tuesday with Team Holden On heading down to Fourchon, Louisiana to fish the 3rd leg of the Yamaha Professional Kingfish Tour. We drove straight through, all 18 hours, just to be able to prefish Wednesday Morning. At 8:00AM Wednesday we were jigging our first bluerunners, and heading offshore to prefish some rigs that had been productive in previous years. Wednesday was a great day, the seas were calm and the fish were biting. We ended up the day with several medium size king mackeral, being 35-40 pounds, and feeling good that we might be on to something. Not the 50 pounders we were looking for, but good quality points fish. Not only did we find the kings, but also got into several decent wahoo. Shane caught the first wahoo, a nice fat 40 pounder. This fish hit the downrigger set at 100 feet and preceeded to break in the new Daiwa’s like no other kingfish had done. Once after the first blistering run, the fight was shortly over. After gaffing this awesome fish I was putting out another line, when it went into over-drive. I had a good feeling this was another wahoo, but felt that I definately was a better fish. Twenty minutes later a fat 52 pounder was lying on the floor of the boat, not to bad for king fish tackle.
We fished a little on Thursday, but spent most of the day catching enough bait for two tournament days. Friday, the first day of the tournament was a little snotty. After lots of deliberation, the 38 foot Fountain was set a course for 42 miles dead into a 4 foot headsea. The boat handled the seas like you would expect and had lines in at 7:45. We fished hard all day and managed a 35 pounder, not awesome, but better than nothing.
Day two was a lot different than day one. The seas had laid out over night, which made for some easy running. We changed gears and headed to a different area, one that had been very productive for some of our friends. Due to the extremely hot temperatures and calm seas the fish didn’t cooperate to well. Team Holden On could only muster a 29 pounder. We didn’t get the high pounds that were expected, but came out with several good points fish.
Even though we didn’t bring home the first prize, the trip was overall successful. I am going to post several pics from the week. This coming week I have booked several charters, so stay tuned for more reports.
Pics from last weeks bottom trip
June 17th, 2008 by Michael Savage
Bottom Fish and Cobia
June 6th, 2008 by Michael Savage
Today we had a full day charter and decided to fish in the 100-110 foot depth range. The grouper bit pretty well early this morning, but once the air temperature rose the grouper bite stopped. We ended up the day with several grouper, cobia, king mackeral, and lots of triggerfish, b-liners, grunts, Pinky’s, and jacks. I’ve got the same crew again tomorrow. Were going after some Kings, Mahi, and maybe a grouper. I’ll post all the pics tomorrow night, but for now this is the American Red Snapper that Chris Hutchens caught about 50 miles off of Holden Beach.