Going Fishing - Checking In On Occassion

We had a really enjoyable first day of fishing. Caught 5 Bluefish and 4 Spanish Mackerel in a 6-hour trip mainly within Pamlico Sound.

The Captain tried to get us out into the blue water through Oregon Inlet but the wind had whipped up the waves where it was just too rough to go out there.

None of today's fish were very big, but all fought well and were great fun to catch. Here is my buddy Robbie with a typical Bluefish from the Sound. The mate told us these can get up to 30 pounds in the open ocean.



For dinner tonight we grilled up the 4 Spanish Mackerel - delicious.

These are really impressive (and expensive) fishing boats. Today's was a custom 46 foot boat built specifically for blue water ocean fishing. Here I am after our day trip standing near a row of them at the marina:



The wind forecast for tomorrow is uncertain. We are booked on a charter for 8 hours of blue water ocean fishing. Captain says to meet him at the boat at 6AM and he'll decide what can be done.

I'm hoping for a calm sea and blue water fishing tomorrow.