Posted on 30 Aug 2010 by captainjeff
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John Eick & crew from Raleigh had action of some sort all day long, starting the day boating 45 dolphin around a basket, boating 2 out of 4 yellowfin on very light tackle.....pulled the hook on one, broke a hook in another aftet 40 minutes and put 2 in the boat after 1 hour battles, the fish weighing 58 & 68 lbs..... we ended up with a limit of dolphin as the kept hitting us all day long and David Rust, Sean Sullivan & Rick Bollich released white marlin while Bob Goldstein released a sailfish.

Posted on 29 Aug 2010 by captainjeff
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The Hopewell, Va anglers club tournament included the Obsession and 4 other boats in a one day fun tournament, with the anglers hooking their own fish. After a rough start, where we had half four or five white marlin get after us in one circle, the guys hooked two, but unfortunately both jumped around a bit and threw the hooks. Things settled down after that and they hooked 3 or the next five opportunities, and Charles Marks, Sheriff Anderson, and Craig Stronsnider, all from Hopewell, VA, all hooked and caught white marlin to put us in first place for the day.

Posted on 29 Aug 2010 by captainjeff
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Nick Bocchicchio and crew from Deleware had great weather and good fishing. Started off Friday with some bad luck as we had 3 or 4 white marlin get after us and we hooked 2 which after 5 minutes each pulled the hook. Then things got better as we found a school of very nice size dolphin. Later in the day, Steven Huges, Matthhwe McCullum, and Sean McCullum all released white marlin.

Posted on 26 Aug 2010 by captainjeff
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Weather was beautiful, seas were calm, and the marlin were biting.....we had around 15 bites and David and Spencer White, from Coppell, Texas released 8 white marlin and a sailfish, our best day of the year, including two double headers.

With reports of lots of marlin north of us, looks like we could be in for another great September of marlin fishing.... it likely has not even hit its peak around here.... I have too many open days still in September, and if you want to go but do not have a full group, call me cause I have several individuals looking to join other groups.... 252-480-0094 or email captjeff@mindspring.com

Posted on 25 Aug 2010 by captainjeff
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Fred Kessler, from Long Valley, NJ , his dad Fred, and eight year old son Jonathan all caught and released white marlin. Also, Joseph Fernandes and 11 year old son Matthew and 6 year old son Alex all caught and released white marlin. For all it was their first white marlins ever, Alex is the youngest guy to catch one on the Obsession, and they also caught three at one time.

Posted on 23 Aug 2010 by captainjeff
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Jim McCurtain from Washington DC & his crew teamed up with Dan Spencer and his friend to put a group together for two days of fishing. We found a pallet to start today off that was loaded with big school dolphin and the guys caught their limit in short order. Glen Garner, from Haymarket VA released a white marlin and Danny Rinker, from Manassas, VA released one of the smallest sailfish we have ever caught....might have weighed 4 pounds....hopefully the send me a photo that I can show ya'll....was a cute little thing that swam away nicely!

Posted on 22 Aug 2010 by captainjeff
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Charles Spangler and crew from Charlottesville, VA fished with us and all did a great job of angling, catching two white marlin the first day and a white and a 150 lb blue marlin the next day. Unfortunately that was not enough.... we had some chances but did not convert several opportunities each day and with the competitive field of boats, high percentage hookup rates is what it takes to win. I personally was terrible, hooking a white my only shot the first day, but I missed two the second day, and another fish threw the hook as I was passing the rod down the second day.

Posted on 17 Aug 2010 by captainjeff
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Kevin Eipp Sr, from Syracuse NY, with daughter Ashley & son Kevin & their friends Ellen Gerard & Shawn all earned citations for catching & releasing 4 white marlin and one sailfish......pulled off a blue marlin and 3 other white marlin in an action packed day.....marlin fishing starting to heat up and should get better and better towards a mid September peak.

Richard and I will be heading up to Virginia Beach tomarrow after dropping our charter off at Pirates Cove.....we will be fishing the 2 out of 3 day Virginia Beach Billfish Tournament competing against 75 other boats.

Posted on 15 Aug 2010 by captainjeff
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ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY AUGUST 23 & 24 I NEED 3-4 MORE ANGLERS TO FILL UP THE BOAT. SHOULD BE GOOD MARLIN FISHING AND DOLPHIN AND TUNA HAVE BEEN SPORADIC BUT WILL BE A GOOD POSSIBILITY.... CALL ME (252-480-0094) or EMAIL (captjeff@mindspring.com) IF INTERESTED IN JOINING THE GROUP.

Posted on 15 Aug 2010 by captainjeff
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Along with a number of other contending boats, we headed to a new spot and it turned out to be the days hot spot.... for most everyone but us!!! Top boats in the area caught 3-5 billfish all around us, while we saw one lazy window shopper all day! Two boats that were behind us at the start of the day passed us, so we ended up in a tie for fifth place, out of the money while a boat that caught three and had less then us to start the day took third place and a pocket full of change home...... Very frustrating being in good position, the right spot and in contention and coming up with nothing.... maybe next week in Virginia tournament things will go our way.... been close the last two tournaments but no damm cigar!!

Posted on 15 Aug 2010 by captainjeff
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We took a lay day on Wednesday, and then fished on Thursday..... Mike Flower, from Medina, NY & Peter Zeliff from Batavia, NY caught a double header of white marlin in the morning, and then in torrential rains in a thunderstorm, Michael LaFramboise, from Canton, MI released a white marlin in the last half hour to put us in a tie for third place with one day to go!

Posted on 11 Aug 2010 by captainjeff
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Larry Waite was our allstar today, catching 2 sailfish and a white marlin. We pulled the hook on a second white marlin near the end of the day and then pulled the hook on a small blue marlin..... One boat found a honey hole and caught 7 white, all between noon and 2 PM to put him in first, 4 boats caught 4 and 3 or 4 more including us caught 3 billfish for the first day.

ON day 2 we took a lay day so we will be fishing the next two days....have our work cut out for us.....Today the fishing was a little slower.

Posted on 11 Aug 2010 by captainjeff
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Scott Reese & family, from Farmington, NY had never been fishing offshore so Monday was a great introduction......weather was sunny & seas were calm....we set out in shallow water and soon got hit by the yellowfin tuna.....hooked one on a big bait and two on very light tackle white marlin rigs..... pulled the hook on one, but Franklin Reese did a great job boating one on light tackle which weighed 65 lbs, while Scott boated one that earned him a citation as it weighed 70 lbs. Bradley Reese and Franklin Reese each caught and released white marlin later in the day, and we also got jumped by a school of nice size dolphin.

Posted on 08 Aug 2010 by captainjeff
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Some days just don't go your way. The winning boat saw 5 marlin and caught 5 marlin. The first white marlin we raised I had jumping but the hook pulled while I was passing the rod down; the second white marlin we raised I just flat out missed....BOOOO!! The third marlin we raised was a small blue marlin and I hooked that and we fought it for 5 minutes when the line went slack.... leader came back with no hook.... bit or cut off! The fourth marlin we raised was a white marlin that Monica Witt, from Nags Head NC caught and released.....finally!!; The fifth marlin we raised came to a teaser but would not switch off.... the next marlin Richard hooked and after 15 minutes we had it 15 feet from getting the leader and the hook came out...... OH WELL.... the weather was beautiful, the girls had a great time and were rather drunk by the time we got back to the dock!!

Posted on 07 Aug 2010 by captainjeff
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We put a group together for today and released 3 white marlin and boated some dolphin and two yellowfin tuna. Rawly Penny, from Georgia, Matt Miller from Virginia Beach, and Moby Chaudhary all earned release citations for white marlin releases on light tackle

Posted on 06 Aug 2010 by captainjeff
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I HAVE 3 GUYS FISHING TOMARROW AND ANOTHER TWO DROP OUT, SO WE HAVE ROOM FOR 2 OR 3 FOLKS FOR TOMORROW SATURDAY AUGUST 7.....CALL ME (252-480-0094 H; 252-473-8487 C) OR EMAIL (captjeff@mindspring.com) IF INTETERSTED IN JOINING US.....BOAT LEAVES DOCK AT 4:30..... WEATHER LOOKS GREAT AND MARLIN FISHING AND DOLPHIN FISHING HAS BEEN VERY GOOD!!

Posted on 05 Aug 2010 by captainjeff
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Scott & Margaret Smith, from Goshen, KY each caught their first white marlin during a double header, and latter, Scott caught a second fish as well. We started the day off setting out along a slick, saw a single dolphin jump, put out the spinning rods and the one turned into about 300 dolphin behind the boat.....Scott, Margaret & their young'uns caught their limit, and I called a few other boats over and all three of us got the dolphin we needed! Not a lot of Sargassum around but when you find one dolphin, often there is a hugh school of them somewhere.....day before the board I found had over 300 around it.....five boats came there after we finished with it a caught close to a limit each.

Posted on 03 Aug 2010 by captainjeff
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Phillip Ross and family from Anapolis, MD had beautiful weather & moderate seas. Started the day with Kelsey Derby catching a white marlin. We found a large board and everyone got in the action, boating 45 large school dolohin on spinning tackle. We hooked another white marlin that after a 15 minute battle, pulled the hook 30 feet from the boat, and then to end the day hooked another white marlin which Phil battled for 20 minutes, fish put on a great arial display and then damm if the circle hook didn't pull with the leader 10 feet from the boat. OH WELL!! Everyone had fun anyway!!

Posted on 02 Aug 2010 by captainjeff
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GOOD PHOTOS from the fishing trip of Grover & Paul Bowers, from South Carolina and Robert Fischer, from Virginia, the other day when they each caught white marlin.

Posted on 01 Aug 2010 by captainjeff
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With a northeast wind blowing we headed offshore with expectations of good marlin fishing and hopefully some dolphin for dinner.,,,, Set out around some birds and bait and expected marlin to get after us.... within 10 minutes we had explosions behind a bunch of baits and ended up hooking 3 big yellowfin, two on very light tackle and managed to get them all .....50-60 lb class fish. Fished around a while and Heath Byerly, from Trinity, NC captured and released a 60 lb white marlin, while the second one we had hooked broke the line somehow. Later we got hit by 4 more tunas, 2 on light rods, one of which got tangled and broke, but still had 2 on heavieer rods, one on a light rod and were clearing other lines when a white marlin chased up a teaser..... put the boat in gear to try to get a bite out of the marlin, and by the time it left us, we had pulled the hook on two of the other tuna, and only boated one of them.... thats what you get for being greedy!!! They guys caught about 20 dolphin around a float to end the day.