Capt. Marty's Outer Banks Fishing Report & Stories

If the wind would lay out for us that would be great! Still fishing being done and I'll tell you where and what was caught in this report.

Fishing over the Labor Day weekend was hit and miss with the breezy conditions we had. I'll tell you where it was hit and where it was miss in this report and also talk a little about the Gibbs-Shoal…

The year was 1990. Bull Tolson, captain of the Sea Toy and his mate Mike Day were fishing the very last day of the Pirate's Cove Billfish Tournament. Late on that last day they hooked up to a monster…

Two words: WHITE. MARLIN!! Yes, the white marlin bite is on!! I'm going to talk more about that, give you a weekend outlook and talk about the upcoming Gibbs-Shoal fishing tournament in Hyde County t…

Fishing was great just about everywhere yesterday! I'll talk to you about where and what was biting and WHO was catching them in this report.

Not a whole lot has changed in the last 24hrs except for the fact that the pier fishing on the north beaches had some different classes of drum running. I'll tell you more about that in this report a…

Seems as if the best two spots to fish yesterday were offshore and in the sound. I'll talk about those two spots along with the inshore and piers in this report plus the upcoming Gibbs-Shoal tourname…

Got your weekend wrap up and the results from the Virginia Beach Tournament in today's report!

In light of Hurricane Erin coming by the coast a few days ago, Capt. Marty tells a story from one summer day back in 1991 when he was the captain of the Reelin'. He and Capt. Mike Clarkin who was the…

This is more of a lack-there-of fishing report. I'll do a quick recap of what has been caught but I also want to make you aware of what the fishing scene could be like coming out of a hurricane so li…

As you may have guessed there wasn't a whole lot of fishing being done yesterday. There was some, but not a lot. More of it in the back country and in the surf than anywhere else. I'll talk more abou…

Believe it or not there was a pretty good day of fishing yesterday, considering the swell is starting to roll in from Erin. I'll tell you what was caught on all fronts in this report and gonna talk a…

Kinda of a scrappy weekend offshore but thankfully that wasn't the case for the end of the Pirate's Cove Billfish Tournament! I'll get you up to speed with all of that plus a look at our soundside/ba…

A quick update of the leaderboard as we await the Deep Color with their big blue marlin. What a fun day this last day of the tournament has been!

The Marsh Madness is BACK AT THE DOCK with a 878lb BLUE MARLIN!!!

Capt. Marty takes a quick break from the craziness to sit and chat with the man who started this tournament way back in 1984, Mr. Barry Martin. 

BREAKING NEWS!!! MARSH MADNESS IS ON ITS WAY IN WITH A BIGGGG BLUE MARLIN!!!

THE FISH IS ALMOST HERE!! Clint Godwin and Justin do some talking about the fish with a quick update from the Captain!