Ocean Isle Beach, NC 
United States
United StatesMay 3rd 2010
Submitted by Ocean Isle Fishing Center Capt. Brant
Submitted on 05/03/2010Fishing Spot:
the GPS STORE- FAR OUT SHOOT OUT-This Weekend
Tuna, Dolphin, Wahoo rodeo
Fish 1 out of 8 eligible days (May 8-15)
Registration remains open at OIFC or on-line thru May 14th
Masters Series EVENT #1
Entry fee $300 by 5/8, $350 after
1st overall- $4000, 2nd overall- $2500, 3rd overall- $1500 + $500 1st & 2nd largest tuna, dolphin & wahoo
Additional Calcuttas available
DETAILS- CLICK HERE http://www.oifc.com/tournaments.cfm#T3
REGISTRATION CLICK HERE http://t.lt01.net/m/ae6GdBNPc4kzy3XnZIQGfNCGNwwnecHDsx37M1ZbvlS3pZ58Hg
the GPS Store Far Out Shoot Out- tuna, dolphin and wahoo rodeo tournament starts this weekend. The capt. meeting and dinner is this Friday at Ocean Isle Fishing Center, and the eligible fishing days are this Saturday the 8th thru the following Saturday the 15th; choose 1 out of those eligible 8 days to compete. The Far Out Shoot Out has been held annually for over 15 years and as in years past, great catches of tuna, dolphin and wahoo are expected. The format awards an overall winner for catching the largest combined weight of one fish from each of the three species. Additional prize money is awarded for the largest fish of each species. Also, the Far Out Shoot Out is the first tournament in the Masters Tournament Series; a series of three tournaments that awards cash and prizes to the team that has the best overall average finish in all three events: Far Out Shoot Out, Jolly Mon King Classic and Fall Brawl King Classic. The Masters winner will receive $1000 OIFC gift card, $500 the GPS Store gift card and entries into all 2011 Masters Series events. Last years winning team consisted of Lee Frick, Nathan Frick, Jeremy Foster and Jason Foster fishing aboard the Hooyah. They finished 4th in the Shoot Out, 10th in the Jolly Mon and 49th in the Fall Brawl for the best average finish of any team competing in all three events. Dont miss the GPS Store Far Out Shoot Out starting this weekend. Registration will actually remain open all week during fishing days up until Friday the 14th. Watch the weather and pick your day to compete; then stop by the Ocean Isle Fishing Center to enter or simply enter on-line at www.OIFC.com . Stay tuned to reports next week on current standings in the 2010 Far Out Shoot Out
LOCAL FISHING REPORT
Locally, the fishing continues to be get better and better. Offshore in the Gulf Stream a hard temperature edge just offshore of the 30 fathom break made for good action from tuna, dolphin and wahoo. In addition, just inshore of the temperature edge on the cold side, the King Mackerel were stacked up. This was the first weekend of Grouper season, and reports from a good scuba diving friend are that the Grouper are moving in thick into the 110-130 foot depth range. Closer to shore, the beach water temperatures are close to 70 degrees, which means both Spanish and King Mackerel are here. Good reports of Spanish action came in from up and down the Brunswick beaches, and it is just a matter of days before big Kings start showing off Ocean Crest Pier; likely just in time for their King Mackerel tournament this weekend. Inshore, the Flounder bite has been very good. Redfish are abundant and the Speckled Trout are around as well.
OIFC FISHING TEAM UPDATE
When I left you last week, I was on the way out the door to fish the first leg of the Southern Kingfish Associations pro tour. The tournament was held in Jensen Beach, FL, and although the Ocean Isle Fishing Center team of Rube, Barrett and Brant McMullan didn't come away heroes, we didn't come away complete zeroes either. We chose to fish to the North of Ft. Pierce on day 1 where fished an area along the beach in 20-30 feet of water called the Cove. We fished the area with about 15 other boats and after watching a few fish get caught, we heated up and from 9 to 12 we boated a dozen or more Kings in the 15-25 pound range. We were pretty hot, but we still needed a big bite. We noticed a school of bait move into the inshore portion of the cove and we followed. Barrett was deploying a double bait when it was taken from his hand, the fish spooled off a couple hundred yards and we were in quick pursuit to save the fish from the crowd of boats. We got on top of the fish and it came to the surface quickly; I surmised it was a small fish as there was little weight, but it turned out the King had foul hooked itself in the tail and upon a visual, it was our biggest fish of the day. The gaff was sunk and the scales at the weigh in later read 34 pounds. Not great, but not horrible either. We sat 16th at day end. The big fish of the day was 51 pounds caught by Brunswick County, NC fishing Team Zebra. 10th place was 40 pounds. Most of the larger fish came from south and thus we decided to head that way on day 2, we needed a big fish.
Day 2 we fished South near West Palm. The technique is to drift with the current along the 80-100 foot depth line and deploy baits free lined on one side of the boat and a kite with baits on the downwind side. Fishing this way is fairly common, but it feels weird as you don't focus on any one spot. The fishing can be very good, or very scattered, for this tournament it was scattered. But the funny thing is that even when the fishing seems slow and bad, you come to the scales and it seems every other boat has a 40. We fished hard and managed a half dozen fish through the day, the biggest a 32 pounder. Not what we needed or wanted, but it was good enough to move us up a couple of spots to finish 14th overall; not great, not horrible, we live to fish another day. The big story was once again the North Carolina fishermen. Local Ocean Isle fisherman Forrest Taylor boated a 49 on day 2 to go with a 29 from day 1 to finish 5th overall. However, it was Southport crew Deiter Cardwell and Mike Lundy of the "Tideline" that scored a monster 57 pounder on day 2 to win big fish of the event and go along with their 40 from day 1 to win the overall as well. North Carolina fishermen took 3 of the top 5 places in the Pro division, 2 of which were from Brunswick County; wish one of them could have been us, but at least the state again proves dominant on the National field. The next Pro tour event will be in Fourchon, LA in early June. I'm not sure how the whole oil spill deal will affect it. Fourchon is West of the Mississippi river, so it may not be affected.
See you on the water- Capt. Brant
Ocean Isle Fishing Center
65 Causeway Drive-Ocean Isle Beach, NC 28469
(910) 575-FISH - www.oifc.com
