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OBX Offshore Action

Let’s face it, there are few places in the world that offer up as much fishing potential as North Carolina’s Outer Banks during the summer. And right now, offshore OBX is lighting up. We’re getting reports from Oregon Inlet and up and down the Outer Banks that yellowfin tuna, dolphin, cobia, king mackerel, and wahoo […]

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FAO Releases 2014 SOFIA

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (NAO) has released its State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture (SOFIA) report for 2014. The report, which is published every two years, provides policy makers, civil society, and those whose livelihoods depend upon the world’s fisheries information about capture fisheries and aquaculture. The 243-page biennial 2014 […]

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Finally. Tuna.

The weather these last few weeks have made fishing off of North Carolina’s Outer Banks less than ideal. And with film crews waiting around to tape episodes of Wicked Tuna, the atmosphere around Oregon Inlet has been a bit antsy as everyone has been waiting for good weather and the opportunity to find tuna. Fortunately, […]

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Tuna Photo Essay

Edwin Espejo of Asiancorrespondent.com has published today a really great photo essay called “A Day in the Life of Tuna” about the tuna market in General Santos City, Philippines, a city often known as the Philippines’ Tuna Capital. Espejo’s photos are great and the photo essay is well worth checking out to get a feel for this […]

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Nothing Could be Finer than to be in Carolina

For those of us who have spent many years fishing the Outer Banks of North Carolina, this is the time of year we wait all year for: the time when the offshore bite is on fire and the water boils with big game fish. Charter captains at Pirates Cove in Manteo and the fleet at […]

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Tarpon? Marlin Nearly Breaks Grand Isle Tarpon Rodeo Record; Grouper does Break One

The tarpon were scarce at the 91st Annual Grand Isle Tarpon Rodeo this week in Louisiana. No boats registered silver kings during Thursday’s fishing. It looked like Friday would be just as bad, but  at at 6:45pm Cory Cheramie put a 102-pound 3-ounce tarpon on the board. This would turn out to be the only […]

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Grand Isle Tarpon Rodeo Begins Today!

The Grand Isle Tarpon Rodeo kicked off today and will run through Saturday, July 28, 2013. The Rodeo is the oldest fishing tournament in the United States, having been first held in 1928, making this the 91st running of the tournament. The tournament is run out of the Sand Dollar Marina off Louisiana Highway One. While tarpon […]

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Virginia is for Anglers

Saltwater Nation anglers from Virginia are reporting some great cobia fishing. Large schools of big fish are being reported moving from southern waters off of North Carolina’s Outer Banks up to Virginia Beach waters. Fish over 50 pounds are being taken in the area of Bluefish Rock. Anglers have been locating big cobia in open […]

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Narooma Bite Heating Up

We’re getting word from Saltwater Nation anglers in South East Australia that offshore fishing is heating up. Anglers this past week in the Narooma District have seen an increase in both albacore and yellowfins caught in the Tasman Sea.There is also talk of a large Broadbill being caught this week that has record-setting potential at […]

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ROFFS Showing Paths for Blue Marlin and Yellowfin Tuna in the Bahamas

Roffer’s Ocean Fishing Forecasting Service, Inc (ROFFS) has posted a discussion and two videos depicting infrared satellite images from May 6- may 7, 2013 of the Bahamas. The videos show warm water being pulled northeastward away from Cat Island and some being pulled westward toward the Great Abaco Canyon. This warmer water brings blue marlin […]

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