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Another great day with the Spanish mackerel and a fun crew! This was a donated trip for Ducks Unlimited, and they picked a great day to go, with calm seas, cool temps, and cooperative fish. There should be at least another month of great near shore fishing. The kings are showing up for the fall run, both near and offshore. We've got openings, so let's go get some!

First trip after the storm. Drum and blues.

Tom gifted his Grandson a fishing trip. The wind machine was working overtime, but fish were caught. Some really nice Crappie,1,5lb and 1.3lb along with a few smaller fish. Bass bream and perch were also landed.

Got to take my wife out for the first time since we had the baby a month ago. All you could want and some out there.. drag screaming little torpedos out there in big schools. Running and gunning for these guys is definitely an awesome way to get em. I like to call it combat fishing ?. Fun fun fun fall fishing out of our area right now!

The wall westher has appeared seemingly overnight with this big Noreaster and to no surprise, sonhave the kingfish! Nearshore fishing is on fire!

Had Toni on the boat Friday with his parents Hans and Marlies who were visiting from Germany, along with Toni's FiL Jaime. Huge cold front on Wednesday and Thursday made me worry we might not catch a fish, but it turned into a fine day on the water. Hans and Marlies like to hold a rod when they fish, so instead of trolling, we spotlocked on a couple points known for producing eater fish and downlined baits all morning. Caught a mess of eater channel cats and 10-15 hybrids, a lot of fun on ultra-light tackle. Mom and Dad are a little short on conversational English, but they certainly knew how to point to a rod going down and yell "FISH!" Quite surprised to see how adept Marlies was at untangling lines. When hybrids are zooming all around the boat on the way to the net, they can create a Gordian Knot in no time. She always jumped right in and started work at pulling the knots apart. I may have to hire her as first mate next time they visit. I gave them a couple of suggestions on preparing the fish for dinner that night, and word is they really enjoyed the Lake Norman bounty! Hans also boated one of the biggest bull stickfish ever to come in the boat after a long battle. We did not keep it for dinner. ;)