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JANUARY - MID MARCH

During the winter, and for the last 22 years, Capt. Jeff heads to the island of Isla Mujeres, near Cancun, Mexico from January thru mid-March to fish for Atlantic Sailfish. The waters off that part of the northern Yucatan Peninsula hold the greatest concentration of sailfish anywhere in the Atlantic and provides some of the most incredible billfishing in the world. Check out Sailfishing on this website for detailed information on a great winter adventure!

APRIL

Yellowfin tuna are available off the Outer Banks of North Carolina throughout the year. However, as waters warm up and weather begins to stablize, tuna fishing really heats up, with excellent action for 15-70 lb yellowfin. As you get latter into April, more dolphin, wahoo and a even a few billfish begin migrating into North Carolina waters and become more consistent componants of the daily catches.

MAY

Whereas tuna have dominated catches thru late April, in May you never know what you might end up with! Excellent yellowfin tuna fishing is available throughout the month. Big dolphin are abundant when sargassum lines form along the Gulf Stream's edge and mid/late May is prime time to find schools of big dolphin and catch them on light tackle. This is the beginning of the billfish season, particularly for blue marlin, while white marlin and sailfish make their initial showings. There is always the chance for a wahoo, and often the first bigeye tuna will be caught this month.

JUNE - MID JULY

Yellowfin tuna fishing is excellent throughout the period, and some of the largest yellowfin of the year are landed in June and early-July. When conditions permit we often fly kites for big yellowfin….. watching them explode on baits bouncing along the water surface is unbelievably exciting and quite a battle on the standup rods we use. Dolphin are plentiful around sargassum lines which occur along the Gulf Stream's edge or around large floating objects. From mid-June thru late-July, we often have some incredible bigeye tuna fishing, and althought they don't bite every day, when they do these 75-250 lb critters are brutally tough battlers and great eating. Wahoo are available as well.

June thru mid-July is the early peak billfish season, particularly blue marlin which can be 100-1000 lbs, and if you spend the day in search of them, probably will get a few shots. White marlin and sailfish become increasingly regular companants of the catches.

LATE JULY - SEPTEMBER

From late-July thru September, we are blessed with the east coast's finest white marlin and blue marlin fishing. It is not unusual to get ten or more shots at white marlin in a day, with double and triple headers good for some cockpit chaos! We use light tackle….30 lb line on stand up rods for white marlin to increase hook up rates and maximize angler's enjoyement. Blue marlin are at their summers peak abundance, and August off Oregon Inlet is renowned worldwide for the number of 700 lbs - grander class fish hooked each year. With the availability of sailfish, this is the best time and spot along the US east coast for a 'grand slam'. School dolphin are still abundant and provide great action on ultralight tackle. Yellowfin tuna fishing is generally slow until the weather cools in late-September, although on any given day a school of yellowfin can be found while searching for marlin and dolphin, in the shallows or out in the deep, and what you find are usually nice sized fish.

OCTOBER - MID NOVEMBER

Dolphin are plentiful in early October, and yellowfin and blackfin tuna fishing is very good throughout the period. By the first or second week in October, schools of yellowfin return to waters off Oregon Inlet and hang out for a few months. This is also the time of year when the seasons best wahoo catches are made.

Sailfishing on the OBSESSION

The waters off the northern Yucatan Peninsula hold the world's greatest seasonal concentration of Atlantic sailfish, and provide some incredible light tackle billfishing. Typically, fishing from early/mid January thru early/mid March is outstanding. The OBSESSION is available from mid January thru mid-March. For more details check out the most recent Newsletter.

Obsession Sportfishing Charters

Outer Banks - North Carolina

Captain Jeff Ross
3102 S. Ocean View Ct.
Nags Head NC 27959

252-480-0094

CaptJeff@mindspring.com