Hatteras Fishing Charters and Ocean City Charters with Big Easy

Cliff's Comments

Good marlin and dolphin fishing off Cape hatteras persists

"Big Easy" was completed in 1998 at Briggs boatyard in Wanchese, North Carolina. It was built large and strong to fish the waters off Cape Hatteras in safety and comfort. She has twin engines for "get you home safety". The boat is heated and airconditioned. I have completed 10 seasons and hope for many more.

ANGLER PARTICIPATION ENCOURAGED I want to involve the angler in all aspects of the trip. Too often on charter boats the angler justs reels in the hooked fish. You will get more out of your trip the more you are involved. We will teach you to rig baits, drop back, hook fish, drive the boat etc. Bring a favorite rod and reel. We want this to be a memorable trip.

ACCOMODATIONS IN HATTERAS----VILLAS IN HATTERAS(Old Holiday Inn) Call Valerie Shuty at 1-252-986-2106 or 1-252-305-6508 BREAKWATER INN 1-252-986-2565 HATTERAS MARLIN MOTEL 1-252-986-2141 SEA GULL MOTEL 1-252-986-2550

RATES FOR 2008. Charter fishing off Hatteras $1550.00 per day. A deposit of $300.00 will secure your date. Payment with cash or check preferred.

Items to bring on your trip-sunscreen-camera-sunglasses-lunch and drinks- BOAT shoes or WHITE soled sneakers. A water tight cooler for drinks. Alcohol in moderation is allowed - no drugs. The Foodsaver Vacuum bag system is recommended for care of your catch.

Captain Cliff 6/21/08)

Cliff's Fishing Report

Jul. 15, 2008 -

Calm day. We started in 25 fathoms. caught a wahoo. Trolled to 100 fathoms and then to the SW. The marlins were on the Triples. Saw 3, caught one. Jigged for Aj's on the 007 wreck. Resumed trolling and caught one more wahoo. Caught a lone gaffer.

Jul. 11, 2008 -

Light winds. Rain in the afternoon. Dolphins scarce. Good marlin bite in tournament. Wahoos show up in 30 fathoms.

Jul. 9, 2008 -

Blustery day. Dolphins in scattered weed in 40 fathoms. Current to 4 knots.

Jul. 4, 2008 -

Rick, Brandon, Brian, Valorie, and Kevin had a good day fishing off Hatteras.

Jul. 3, 2008 -

Griff's family celebrates his 70th with a fishing trip. We landed AJ's and dolphin. Beautiful calm day.

Jun. 24, 2008 -

We had a makeup trip. Great people. Fishing a little slow. We caught some dolphins and Amberjacks. A number of marlin were caught. We had some mystery bites but no marlin hookups.

Jun. 21, 2008 -

A slow day offshore. Lots of fast hot current. Dolphin scattered. We caught a few Dolphins, a King, and several Amberjacks. A beautiful sunrise.

Jun. 20, 2008 -

We got a makeup charter. Wonderful way to meet new people. Particularly enjoyed Burns and linda of the Cayman Islands. Stout conservatives thru and thru. Slow fishing day. No schools of dolphin and no marlin bites. We managed to catch some Dolphin and Kings with a huge Amberjack thrown in. Great day.

Jun. 19, 2008 -

Interesting day. Calm. We caught a limit of dolphin. In 80 fathoms we came across azure blue water in big 100 to 150 foot circles. It slowly disappears. I believe this is upwelling of natural gas(Methane) from the earths surface. Probable evidence of hydrocarbon deposits off hatteras

Jun. 18, 2008 -

A great day fishing. We caught Amberjacks, dolphin, Kings, lost a big tuna, and released two Blue Marlins. Started slow. One dolphin. Went to the Clark. Had 6 quick Amberjacks. Headed off shore, hooked and released 400 lb Blue in 45 fathoms. On 100 fathom curve hooked and released 200 lb Blue on TLD 20. We hooked a nice tuna but it pulled off. Caught dolphins and kings on the way in. Good day.

Jun. 13, 2008 -

Beautiful day. Good fishing. Release the White Marlin.

Jun. 12, 2008 -

Beautiful day. Nice catch of AJ's, dolphins, and Kings.

Jun. 11, 2008 -

Good fishing , perfect weather.

Jun. 7, 2008 -

Beautiful day. We had a pair of folks who wanted a Blue Marlin which have been plentiful. But hot water moved in and the bite shut down. I enjoyed fishing with them. Obviously great sports.

Jun. 5, 2008 -

Strong SW winds. A wedding party group braved the elements. We caught a few fish and enjoyed the trip.

Jun. 3, 2008 -

Overall a slow day. Dolphins hard to find. AJ's bite sluggishly. We trolled up and hooked a nice sailfish for a release. Weather superb.

May. 31, 2008 -

Great day. Actually trolling bite slows. Went to a wreck and limited on Amberjack and catch a nice Cobia. We see a Blue marlin but he eludes us.

May. 28, 2008 -

Strong Sw winds shifting to stronger NE winds. Dolphins plentiful. Catch 3 wahoo, a yellowfin, a Skipjack, and a Blue pulls off. 6 blues seen, 3 caught.

May. 27, 2008 -

Beautiful day. But fish concentrated from 130 to 180 line. We started further South and had to alter our location. Believe full blown Spring is here.

May. 24, 2008 -

A cold front passed through bringing strong NE winds and steep seas but it subsided after several hours. We went South but the better fishing was off the tower.

May. 18, 2008 -

15-20 SW in AM. In PM increases to 20-30 with increasing seas. Good dolphin fishing. All big gaffers. Wahoo cooperate. Some marlin seen. No tunas today.

May. 17, 2008 -

Strong NW winds but it calmed thruout the day. Lots of flying fish. We trolled lures. A few Blue Marlins were caught but none came up behind our boat.

May. 15, 2008 -

15-20 SW. Beautiful line at 500 fathoms. Some nice dolphin but saw no marlins. several were caught today.

May. 14, 2008 -

Beautiful day. Huge swells. But only one Blue Marlin released with 39 boats fishing. We are now in the Era of Circle hooks.

May. 10, 2008 -

Great day. Light winds. Ocean confused by recent high winds. We managed to get on the low producing areas and lost a fair number of bites. The 230 Rocks was covered by Sargassum. We caught a few dolphin, then moved inshore and caught a yellowfin. The Tower helped us with a delectable group of AJ's.

May. 7, 2008 -

Beautiful calm day. We jigged for fish on the 217 Wreck. Caught 6 AJ's. A huge Manta Ray swam up and stayed by the boat for 10 minutes or so. Trolled up some nice Blackfins and Skipjacxks on the 230 Rock. They started hitting flyers and we switched to the kite and caught another half dozen. 3 Citation Blackfins -28-24-and 20 lbs.

May. 4, 2008 -

Another beautiful day. Lightning offshore but it cleared and was no problem. Tunas and AJ's on 230 Rocks. Troll for Marlin in afternoon but no bites.

May. 3, 2008 -

Great day. Late start. Slow day till noon. One nice tuna. Pulled offshore. Hooked up and released 300-400-lb Blue Marlin. Put baits back in and soon had a double header on-Blues. Both managed to escape. Not long after again hooked up to Blue marlin. Again a release. Crew and Captain in awe of events. These marlin are big.

May. 2, 2008 -

Good day. SW 15-20 but very fishable. Blackfins on the 230 Rock. We caught some decent dolphins. 3 Blue Marlins caught today. A spearfish and several sailfish seen.

May. 1, 2008 -

Beautiful calm day. Fish biting on the 230 Rocks. Nice blackfins. Big Gaffer Dolphin. All in all a good day.

Apr. 26, 2008 -

Pretty day. Calm seas and cool temperatures. You need a jacket on the bridge. We found a line and caught some nicer gaffer dolphin. Trolled for the marlins in 100 fathoms but no luck. Caught a nice King in 26 fathoms toward the end of the day. The fish had spirit. The group today was a Bachelor party. A good way for the guys to get together.

Apr. 20, 2008 -

We headed offshore with Roger and his group. The seas were coming from the South. 15-20 knots. The fleet had very few trolling bites. We had a pretty uneventful morning. No bites. The radar picked up gathering storm clouds. Winds picked up to 25 knots and the seas looked ominous. We ran through rain on the way in. Some lightning. Glad to be home.

Apr. 19, 2008 -

10-15knts SW. Stream pushed offshore. A few billfish. Scattered tuna and wahoo. A scattered dolphin bite. We saved our day jigging for Amberjack. Also called Golden Delicious.

Apr. 14, 2008 -

Donny Carbone and friends and family fished off Hatteras. A good day. Caught 5 Blacfins and a Yellowfin. Raised 3 White Marlin, jumped one off and pulled the hook on the other.

Apr. 13, 2008 -

We had a pretty day on the water. Actually the fishing slowed from the day before. The Gulfstream is not uniformly populated but we managed to capture 6 decent Blackfins and several dolphin. We always enjot Andrew and his crew.

Apr. 11, 2008 -

Beautiful day. Calm seas. Big areas of thick fog on the horizon. A mixed bag was taken by the fleet. A blue marlin and a sail were released. Dolphin, kings, wahoo, tuna, and amberjack were caught. We had a 37lb citation King, tuna, wahoo, and we jigged some Jacks. Inshore water 55 degrees. 78 in the stream.

Mar. 27, 2008 -

We had a great day. Hard change from 47 fathoms on the 166 going to 500 fathoms on the 400 line. 15-20 SW. We caught a citation 35 lb dolphin, and found numerous bluefins. we released 7 out of 9 bites on one wham. Yellowfins starting to show.

Mar. 10, 2008 -

Beautiful calm day. A few yellowfins were found in 200 fathoms on the 310 line. We fished this area but no success. The fish are concentrated on structure, the rocks and wrecks. But there are huge schools of false albacore with an occasional blackfin mixed in. No bluefins hooked to my knowledge.

Mar. 7, 2008 -

A good day. We had a great bunch of folks out of Richmond,Va. We didn't catch a lot(an albacore,a bonito, and a mako) but we enjoyed the trip. Wind South at 15-25 and showers. The Gulfstream was moving at 3 knots and was 74 degrees. The edge was on the Rockpile. We saw manta rays, porpoise, gannets, shearwaters, small terns, and turtles.

Mar. 6, 2008 -

We finished our haul out and returned to Hatteras. Boat running well. Onviously faster after hull cleaning. We are ready for fishing.

Mar. 5, 2008 -

We hauled the boat March 3rd thru the 5th. Cleaned and painted bottom. Replaced both cutlass bearings. Replaced broken port rudder port. Cleaned after core coolers. Adjusted valves. checked water pump impellers. Applied PropSpeed to shafts and props. Ready to go.

Dec. 7, 2007 -

We had a group of men from Delaware fishing with us today. Thanks, Scott Warren for arranging this. The group wanted to target only tuna. We had a beautiful day. We started at the 217 wreck and worked up the line catching some blackfins at the 240 and 260 lines. Albacore were plentiful particularly at the 280 line. No yellowfins. The group elected to go to the 400 line in hopes of finding yellowfins. We trolled deep to 250 fathoms and into the change at 30 fathoms. We had one powerful bite at the 360 line in 42 fathoms but the fish came off. Bryan tried everything in the book but there were just no yellowfins in the area. We have had a hard blow recently and where the fish go remains a mystery.

Nov. 30, 2007 -

Wind 20 knots NE. Seas bumpy. We fished toward the Rockpile but trolled to the wrecks where kings had been found. We caught our limit. Rough day but we caught some nice fish. I enjoyed our day.

Nov. 18, 2007 -

Beautiful weather. We fished off Hatteras and caught wahoo, blackfins, and kings. Cool pretty days.

Nov. 17, 2007 -

We fished to the 530 line. Tunas slower today. Beautiful weather following a hard NW blow. We caught 3 yellowfins, lost one and 2 blackfins.

Nov. 12, 2007 -

Tunas and Kings are plentiful off Hatteras. Tunas are available on a long run to NE of the Tower.

Nov. 9, 2007 -

Lots of nice yellowfins above the 400 line.

Oct. 16, 2007 -

Beautiful fall day. Calm. We catch 3 wahoo, 2 kings, 2 dolphin and a tuna. Lose a few others. Had a great time.

Oct. 13, 2007 -

Beautiful sunrise. Cool temps. Perfect early fall fishing. Fish more cooperative. We were able to get below the 9oo line. Wahoos were biting. We missed 2 nice ones. Our fish were caught off Hatteras in 50 to 30 fathoms. Baracudas are big. 22 and 23 lbs for citations.

Oct. 12, 2007 -

What an incredibly beautiful day. Brian is catching kings and puppy drum on the Frisco Pier. Sunshine. Cool breeze. Good fellowship. Doesn't get much better.

Oct. 11, 2007 -

Again fishing on slow side. We had a few blackfins and dolphins. We hooked a sail but he threw the hook after a short struggle. Our big fish of the day was a 30 lb, 50 inch long, and 20 inch girth baracuda caught on the "Clark' wreck. A citation cuda. Biggest ever caught on the "Big Easy".

Oct. 10, 2007 -

Fishing was slow on our boat. Our most interesting bites were 100 to 160 fathoms. We had some sails up but didn't connect. We hooked a blue marlin on the 120 line in 100 fathoms but he managed to throw the hook after 5-6 great jumps. I enjoyed fishing with this group from Canada. Wish we could have done better for them.

Oct. 8, 2007 -

Beautiful calm day. Warm but not too hot. Our folks wanted to focus on a few big fish and a billfish. We found a sail in 105 fathoms and a citation wahoo in 115 fathoms. Had a nice white marlin up but didn't hook up. Overall a great day.

Sep. 28, 2007 -

Good wahoo action. Perhaps the best it has ever been. Our biggest was 38lbs. Also caught a nice king- 25 lbs or so. Small blackfin all over the place. Beautiful day.

Sep. 27, 2007 -

A rainey day offshore but we managed to miss most of it. Lots of small blackfin tuna. Wahoos were caught generally near the blackfins. We caught 5 or 6 big world class False Albacore. We all enjoyed the day.

Sep. 26, 2007 -

The day started slow. We picked up small blackfins but didn't catch much until we reached shallower water just off the "Proteus" wreck. We caught several wahoo and assorted baracuda, amberjack, and then a nice tuna. Good day with a fair amount of action.

Sep. 22, 2007 -

Wind drops out. Some rain and storm in the AM but weather cleared and we had good fishing. Caught 5 wahoo and lost a number more. Had a sailfish up but missed him.

Sep. 3, 2007 -

Wind from the East has brought in a big band of cooler water -81 degrees. The stream is about 85 degrees. We caught several wahoo on the Rockpile and lost several more. We had 3 bites on the "Clark" and landed two nice yellowfins. Which we havent seen for some time. A big area of Sargassum near the color change yielded many dolphin.

Sep. 1, 2007 -

Good day of fishing on the Rockpile. We caught 8 hoos and a nice dolphin. Good group of young people from Richmond.

Aug. 30, 2007 -

Good day. Wahoo on the buoy. This is a FAD--fish attracting device. Small tunas on the 217 wreck and the 230 rock.

Aug. 29, 2007 -

Again wind blew 20 knots. We fished for marlins but had no luck. A cloud formation in the AM suggested a 4. I predicted 4 marlins but it was a wahoo cloud- caught 4.

Aug. 28, 2007 -

We had planned an overnight but sea too rough to drift overnight. We caught the heck out of wahoo on the weather buoy. Also a sail in the same area. We fished the deep and raised several marlin but didn't hook up. Good day.

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