Sportfishing the Outer Banks of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina with Captain David Wilson of Godspeed Charters on boars Godspeed. With all of this talk about dolphin fishing, don’t forget that we still do quite well on the yellowfin in May as well. The water temperature is warming up, and so is the wahoo fishing. While they aren’t as common as the dolphin or tuna, we still catch wahoos on a regular basis. We catch them trolling, and it is necessary to use wire leaders, due to their sharp teeth. Wahoos range in size from under ten pounds to over a hundred, but the average wahoo here would be a twenty-five pounder.<br><br>
Yellowfin Tuna, Dolphin Fish
Godspeed Charters Fishing the Outer Banks off Cape Hatteras North Carolina with Captain David Wilson aboard The Godspeed. We offer full day offshore charters, with an experienced crew on our 57’ boat with air conditioned cabin. Come with Godspeed, and have a great day of fishing and fun! Located in Hatteras, North Carolina. Catch a wide variety of game fish such as: Tuna, Dolphin, Wahoo, Blue Marlin, White Marlin, Sailfish. Godspeed means ’a prosperous journey’
The Godspeed - 57’ of Pure Fishing Joy The Godspeed is ’cold molded’, which is now the most common method of custom boat construction in North Carolina. The cabin area is plenty spacious, with lots of room for your group to sit comfortably inside. If you want to be near the action, then you will be most impressed with the size of Godspeed’s cockpit. In addition to life jackets, flares, and all of the other required safety equipment, we are equipped with a class 1 EPIRB and life raft.
Captain David Wilson I was born in Virginia, where my mother pretty much raised me after she and my father split up. I spent each summer with my father, fishing I didn’t realize that I too had developed a passion for saltwater fishing, especially in the blue water. I had already begun my career, and had been in training early. In 1999 God blessed me with the chance to improve by getting a newer, much nicer boat, a 53 ft, built by a local boat builder, The Godspeed.
The Fishing
January-February. yellowfin tuna would be our most likely targeted species. We normally troll for our yellowfin, and usually have multiple strikes when we get over some fish. We most commonly catch 20 - 30 pounders in the winter, but I have, on occasion, caught fish over 60 pounds. There is still a possibility of some king mackerel action, and, again, you never know when you might have a bluefin encounter. The stripers may stick around, but if the water cools off too much, they may disappear.<
March-April. Great success in March, particularly with the yellowfins, although I have caught a few wahoos in March. It is quite possible that the kings will still be around, but the stripers are usually gone by now. April has traditionally been our ’peak’ yellowfin month of the spring, but I think that happened before we really started fishing much in the winter. Never the less, the yellowfins are usually rockin’ in April, and with the water starting to warm up,
May-June. With all of this talk about dolphin fishing, don’t forget that we still do quite well on the yellowfin in May as well. The water temperature is warming up, and so is the wahoo fishing. The marlin fishing starts heating up in June, and we often see good numbers of blue marlin, white marlin, and sailfish. I get a kick out of catching billfish, and even though we release all of them, it’s always a thrill to me to catch another one. I’m sure you will agree!<br><br>
June-July. July is a favorite of mine as well, because most of my ’big number’ days on the billfish have occurred in this month. Even though they can be unpredictable at times, my observations are that July has yielded the best numbers for billfish in general, over the years. We gear up with 20 lb. tackle for the whites and sails, and 80 lb. gear for the blue marlins. Most of the time, we are able to switch the right fish on to the appropriate tackle, but occasionally a blue marlin crashes
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