Dockside Fishing Charters and Captain Hunter Williams welcome you for a fishing adventure in North Carolina! Starting out of Ocean isle beach, you will have a fun and safe trip to the area’s inshore and nearshore water as well as reefs. These grounds are fish-rich as well as beautiful and Captain Hunter knows the best places for making a catch. Join him aboard and have a great time on the water!
The boat you will be using for your trip is a 23’ Sportsman bay boat. It can sit up to 4 guests and is powered by a 150 HP 2017 Yamaha engine that can reach a speed of 40 knots. The boat uses modern GPS, fishfinder, as well as radio systems to keep you safe and on the right course all the time. It also features a wireless trolling motor for more discrete fishing and a livewell to provide you with live bait.
Some of the many species you can target on your trip include Cobia, Flounder, Sheepshead, King and Spanish Mackerel, and Redfish. To attract them, you will use light tackle trolling and drifting. You can either keep or release the fish you catch and you are also welcome to bring kids on your trip.
Captain Hunter provides you with all the fishing tackle, live bait, and lures. He also covers you for fishing licenses and catch cleaning. Before you start your trip, you should only bring the food and drinks of your choice.
Join Dockside Fishing Charters and have a fun-packed trip in North Carolina!
Rating summary
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Anglers claimed
Good experience
90%
Appropriate for children
97%
Friendly captain
99%
Satisfied with the boat
99%
Recommend this charter
91%
Caught fish
84%
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3/4 Day Trip (AM) on June 30, 2025
Great day on the water with Captain Hunter! Booked a 3/4 day trip, and got some great redfish in just over three hours! We spent a little longer fishing catch and release, but since we got our limit early, and not much else other than redfish were biting, Hunter offered to reduce our trip to a 1/2 day trip and saved us $200. We missed out on trout season by one day, but that was bad luck on our part and nothing to do with the Captain. This was our second trip with Captain Hunter and we will definitely keep booking with him in the future.
Great day on the water with Captain Hunter! Booked a 3/4 day trip, and got some great redfish in just over three hours! We spent a little longer fishing catch and release, but since we got our limit early, and not much else other than redfish were biting, Hunter offered to reduce our trip to a 1/2 day trip and saved us $200. We missed out on trout season by one day, but that was bad luck on our part and nothing to do with the Captain. This was our second trip with Captain Hunter and we will...
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Kids trip (PM) on June 21, 2025
Captain was friendly and super patient having young kids on board ( ages 8 & 10). We all caught fish (catch and release because they don’t list that on the page when you book). Overall great experience !
Captain was friendly and super patient having young kids on board ( ages 8 & 10). We all caught fish (catch and release because they don’t list that on the page when you book). Overall great experience !
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3/4 Day Trip (AM) on May 28, 2025
This was our 1st time with Hunter. He was awesome. We would have caught more fish but one of us got sick. Word to the wise.....if you do the 6 hr trip and are prone to motion sickness, take something before you go out. We would definitely recommend the trip and Dockside Fishing Charters. Looking forward to our next trip.
This was our 1st time with Hunter. He was awesome. We would have caught more fish but one of us got sick. Word to the wise.....if you do the 6 hr trip and are prone to motion sickness, take something before you go out. We would definitely recommend the trip and Dockside Fishing Charters. Looking forward to our next trip.
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Half Day Trip (AM) on June 23, 2025
Captain Hunter was knowledgeable and helpful. We had calm waters and got out a few miles and got a variety of species and lots of fish.
Captain Hunter was knowledgeable and helpful. We had calm waters and got out a few miles and got a variety of species and lots of fish.
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Half Day Trip (PM) on June 18, 2025
Hunter was awesome, very knowledgeable. Look forward to booking another trip in the fall
Hunter was awesome, very knowledgeable. Look forward to booking another trip in the fall