Well after reading that the stripers are finally moving again the lovely wife and I headed out for a sunset cruise. Of course I had to make a few casts and a couple more tries with the fly rod, unsuccessfully I might add. Just as we passed the no wake zone heading in to port, we saw a big school bustin up some shad on the top, with Capt. Michelle at the helm I ran to bow and on the 1st cast nabbed this striper. While I fumbled to release him (and snap a pic of course) Michelle went to the bow and threw at the school and immediately her dragged was screaming, this was her 1st stripe and she apparently didnt know what to expect as it almost pulled her in, tho I believe she mighta let go at some point.

Hey folks sorry for the missing images, apparently the capt. has exceeded a bandwidth quota on the free host. Guess the capt. will have to choke up some dough and pay the man to have bandwidth increased. That's means pricing will go up, charters are still free (with a catch fish guarantee or your next charter is free ;-p) but now you will be charged for the photographic/video evidence.

The Lake Lanier trip to GA started off as catching but soon turned back to fishing, however the non-believers now believe. Nice catch for Mr. Noe & Mr. Conner, their first landlocked stripers. The capt. wasn't as lucky but did catch one worthy enff for dinner.

Footage from a recent trip to Lake Lanier in GA:

Mr Conner becomes a believer:

Mr Chris Noe earns his stripes:

Fishingstories tv show?? That would be nice may need some work on the commentary, editing and budget. Take a look here and give it a minute to load.

This past weekend the capt. booked a charter in Tampa Bay to see what all the excitement of FL fishing was about. The charter proved successful as Capt. Chris put us on a some Snook and Jack Crevalle. The Snook are like large mouth bass on steriods, these fish make your drag scream and love to jump. As if our drags hadn't had enough we stumbled on a huge school of Jacks and we nailed em on topwater. They put up one helluva fight. What a great way to kick off the wedding of Aj and Michelle, congrats!!

Well summer has come to a close and we kick off this striper season with a trip to Montauk, located at the tip of Long Island, NY with my favorite (and only) cousins, Mr. Dino & Mr. Mikey. This trip prooved to be striperful, we landed 10 of them all 12+lbs. with a few 20+. Wish LKN was as automatic as Montauk. The tactic was using live porgies, which we caught 1st. In between the stripers we caught dozens of bluefish, aka devil fish, b/c they usually tore up your rig and ate half your bait.

Fishing in the summer on LKN is rare, at least it is for this capt. Here's a couple of pics of 30SOMETHIN with her bimini up cruisin at about 2500 rpm. These photos were taken by Capt. Pedro

Alright Capt. Dad lands a bonified doormat. This fluke, or summer flounder for the southern crowd, won pops a nice chunk of change from the daily pool, and is rumored it missed the monthly prize only by a few oz. Thanks for the pic, its obvious this site needs a capt. who actually catches fish.

And one for the photographer. Just kidding Mr. Todd! He masterfully worked a roadrunner thru the docks and caught this largemouth. Sure beats catching catfish eh?!!

Well we weren't supposed to catch anything this am, these beauties were caught on the 'HooNu' maiden fishing charter. Give credit to capt. Pedro for his fine pontoon handling. I think the one on the left might be a record for the capt. on LKN.

Remember to retrieve your trolling lines slowly, here's a nice stripe that hit right next to the boat. Mr. Pedro's 1st charter on '30 SOMETHIN' almost landed him a free dinner.

Nothing like topwater action says, Mr. Hehately. This fish was caught on the 1st cast and 1st time usage of the new topwater bait. That never happens, or should I say will never happen again. We missed a bunch of em, landed a couple more of similiar size.

A lil honey in the honey hole. A Mr. Osprey sighting as well as a low pressure front is bound to produce a stripe. This pretty fish was caught topwater and then went zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!!

Alright Pete way to go that's 5 points, I told ya that baby striper would fight harder than a slimey catfish. Mr. Pete had two others on the line but they managed to get away, you'll get em next time... btw you've got some big fingers! ;-)

Well the Mrs. always brings good luck, tho she generally gets too cold before she realizes what a mistake she made in booking a charter. This time we landed this nice stripe prior to the frozen look on her face.

Slow week as the captain recovers from 'bowl-icide'. Thanks to Jerome for giving the one handed capt. a 2nd hand to launch the boat. Here he is with a crappie that he was eager to eat, how'd it taste?? We picked up a small largie and had a run-off that was worth posting about, we'll get 'em next time...

A to the J and choprabx booked an early am charter in hopes to start the weekend off right. Each landed a nice largie, tho choprabx do lose his photo evidence, it was much larger than the big fella's, the capt. must attest, as he was responsible for not landing the photo.

Well even though your capt. has fallen overboard, he has not drowned, just hasn't caught much worth posting. Until Capt. Dad booked a few am charters. Now he may claim that he caught these fish, however there's 521 miles of shoreline on Lake Norman, and he indeed did catch em, but the capt. found them. This is the time of the year folks, when Mr. Osprey comes back, apparently so do the stripers. 3 keepers here and 1 pretty close to it. We thanked our photographer, Capt. Pedro with some fresh fillets.

The annual boat show is always a way to warm up the season on the lake. Lots of new fiberglass, however the capt. generally trolls around the great classics. Check this early model Chris Craft, just wondering where the pole holders are...

Nope, haven't been washed overboard, just haven't gone out much OR washed for that matter. Biz has been been slow on THIRTY SOMETHIN, the web traffic seems to be up, good to hear from the old salty mates from back in the day. Check out me little nephew Evan ready to brave the mess on Lake Garage.

Sorry folks no pics of fish from the lake or Topsail Beach. Been off the lake and in the shop the past week, weather has not been so inviting. Here's a couple of mods to 30 SOMETHIN. The pole holder was a must, keeps em outta the way and folds down to fit in the garage. The rear deck provides additional seats, storage and a platform to stand on to more easily fall out of the boat. Just need to rework the electrical and situate and lock down the batteries to complete the job.

SOLD! Sorry to see her go but CLOSENFF has a new home in Tennessee. Good luck to her new Capt., he was smiling ear to ear.

OK crew. CLOSENFF has been put up for auction, but unfortunately eBay has deemed my auction illegal. Well going to have to find a buyer the old fashion way. Anyone interested? It is listed here.
PLEASE feel free to direct someone to it, or call the Capt. directly. Commissions will be paid in '30 SOMETHIN' charter gift certificates.

Hey fishingstories has a new "Guestbook". Leave a message to book a charter, complain that the Capt. hasn't updated the blog or just say hello! Check it out -> Sign the Capt.'s guestbook. Drop a message anytime, the guestbook link is permanently located on the left side links. And remember keep it clean or you may be used as bait on your next charter!

Well a warm front moved in and really turned the bite off. Haven't seen or heard anything being caught, although Mr. Gus claims fishing is good, but his charter$ are for sale.

Since the capt. has caught nothing in '04 he is graciously displaying Mr. Chris's lunker, caught here sometime when it was warm, on half a bunker. Nice catch Chris and the fish thanks you for releasing him.

This snap was captured on new year's eve. The capt. hoped to end the season with a keeper but the only thing out there to keep was his sanity. A look at the sky and the water is really calming, especially on a empty charter and no bite.

Now that fish is really big, however Mr. Aaron is much much bigger. He nabbed this largie 5 mins. into the drift outta the hot water discharge of the nuke plant, if you look close you can see that the fish has 3 eyes, and they say it's safe.