Fishing Reports

Keep up with the latest news from the Bi-Op-Sea fishing charter! We regularly post news updates from our fishing charters with reports Outer Banks water conditions, fish species outcomes, and more.

Inlet back Open!!!

As Many of you probably heard, due to the shoaling we have been dealing with for months, last weekend the Coast Guard restricted navigation of Oregon Inlet to any vessels with greater than 2ft draft. This essentially shut down fishing for the charter and commercial...

3/22/15 A few Bites

Book Hook and the crew from Maryland joined us on Sunday. Pretty good action overall for the fleet with some small fish and bigger class as well. We caught a nice 82in fish we released and hooked another which we lost. Weather looks great Wednesday and we are open...

3/15 and 3/19 Still Scrappy

We had Joe Sandefour and the boys from PA on Sunday. 7 boats fishing and we covered 30plus mile of water and only 1 bluefin caught total by Capt Brynner on the Smoker. Thursday we had Chris and Brian from Maryland. Big fleet of boats with charter, private and the...

3/13/15 Just a few Yellowfins

Had Jason and crew from Maryland on Friday. Choppy conditions and slow on the Bluefins, just a couple caught out of the fleet. No bluefin bites for us but did manage 3 yellowfins for dinner....

3/10/15 Smaller fish showing on Top

Slick calm weather on Tuesday for Forrest Seal and crew. Very slow fishing, not many bites to go around in the am. Another boat found some smaller class bluefin on top out in the deep East of the inlet and we made the run up there. Fish were very finicky and we...

3/8,9 Scrappy for Bluefins

We had our first couple Bluefin trips Sunday and Monday. Glenn and Ashley Collins and crew were very patient on Sunday. We marked a lot of fish but could not manage any bites. Monday we were luckier and did hook a nice fish in the morning. Ashley did a great job in...

Don’t Forget About April

Although we generally consider May and June our most consistent "Meat Fishing" months, April can provide great fishing for a variety of species. Every year is different and even though Yellowfin Tuna are our mainstay for April, we often still catch Giant...

Charter Fishing In Costa Rica!

In case anyone is headed that way or is interested in some outstanding billfish action in Costa Rica please check out Tranquilo Charters. Tranquilo is a 57' Spencer with a first class crew located in Quepos Costa Rica with access to Pacific Sailfish as well as...

Looking Ahead to Bluefin Action

No sign of the Bluefins here as of yet but we are eagerly anticipating them to make an appearance in the next few weeks. Last year it was late February before they first showed up, but once they did these giant tuna were here in force through mid April. Below are a...