Capt. Marty's Outer Banks Fishing Report & Stories

Great fishing was had all around yesterday. I'll tell you what I mean by that in this report also the latest from the Pirate's Cove Billfish Tournament where a blue marlin was weighed yesterday!

Quick little update about the approximate time the Play It By Ear will be back to the docks with the fish and a little bit of a background on the boat itself. Lot’s of excitement is starting to build…

One last update from Day 3 of what’s taking place out here at the Pirate’s Cove Billfish Tournament. Talked to a lot of folks and it’s been a great day!

THEY’VE BOATED A BLUE MARLIN! The Play It By Ear has boated a blue one and are on their way back to the docks! Exciting stuff!! Once we have an approximate ETA and weight of fish we will be back to s…

Kicking off Day 3 with a hook up!! The Play It By Ear is currently hooked up and fighting a monster! Will it make it back to be weighed? Only time will tell. A tad stormy out here at the pavilion but…

Capt. Marty sticks his head out of the control room to get us speed with the blue marlin that’s on the way back to the docks!!

Pirate's Cove Billfish Tournament details and more. Detailed fishing reports from Corolla to Ocracoke!

Getting you up to speed with the UNOFFICIAL results from Day 2 of the Pirate’s Cove Billfish Tournament - there’s been a change on the leaderboard! 

Pretty solid day of fishing all the way around! I'll tell ya what's been going on in today's report as well as a recap from Day 1 of the Pirate's Cove Billfish Tournament. Justin and I are going to b…

Wrapping up day one with the final score card as well as the captain’s final thoughts on the day.

Capt. Marty goes through a few more of the details of the tournament. He explains more about the photo verification & the “sonar” versus the “non-sonar” and how the points work in that regard. 

Capt. Marty and Lisa Howell, assistant tournament director, go through the current UNOFFICIAL standings of day one along with a few other fine details of the tournament. 

More tournament talk with the captain! Marty goes through a few of different sponsors and discusses the fish that were caught during Day 1.

WOW! What a great couple of days for the Alice Kelly Memorial Ladies Only Tournament! LOTS of fish were caught! I'll get you up to speed with the finals from that plus fishing from everyone else alon…

Pretty solid weekend of fishing in just about all the areas you'd wanna be! I'll get you up to speed with that plus the latest from the Alice Kelly Memorial Ladies Only tournament at Pirate's Cove. I…

It's tournament time here on the Outer Banks! We just wrapped up the 22nd Annual Boatbuilders Tournament a few weeks ago and now we are gearing up for the Alice Kelly and Pirate's Cove Billfish Tourn…

Conditions are continuing to be breezy along the Outer Banks but people are still braving the weather and catching some fish! Gonna talk more about what was caught as well as a few other things... th…

A bounce back day BIG TIME from the last few days. Fishing was pretty daggum good yesterday on all fronts. Makes for a great set up to the Pirate's Cove Billfish Tournament next week. I'll talk all a…

Still pretty breezy offshore so that part of the fishing report is a bit bleak but the piers, surf and back country made up for the lacking! Gonna talk about that plus the BREAKING NEWS from the Ocea…