Fishing Report 10-23

So a lot of that really good tuna fishing we were having offshore, black fins and yellow fins, nobody knows what to expect.

All you can go by is the calendar.

And typically, middle of October to the middle of November is the absolute best time to go out and stock your freezer up with some tuna.

The Hatteras fleet was catching tunas and Wahoos.

The Oregon Inlet fleet was catching yellowfin tunas, blackfin tunas, both of them catching both species.

Have not heard of any big-eyed tunas or any bluefin tuna yet.

You know, it's typical for this time of year.

But right now...

People are just tied to the dock.

Can't get your customers down to Hatteras Island.

That's bad enough.

The Oregon Inlet fleet can't get across the bar, and it's just going to be a matter of wait and see.

I can remember when I was a captain at Oregon Inlet, one September, we were blown out 27 days of the month.

So that gives you an idea that a week-long blow is bad, but they've been a lot worse.

However, during that blow that many years ago, the highway wasn't destroyed, and the access to Hatteras Island wasn't limited like it is right now.

And just a big thanks to all the highway crews and the people that are doing everything they can.

The ferry boat crews, they're doing the emergency ferry work.

making sure supplies can get on and off of Hatteras Island.

And we just take it one day at a time.

I talked to a good friend of mine who had a home in Ocracoke.

She was able to get off of there on the Swan Quarter ferry.

Of course, she lives right over here in Englehardt.

And but she they couldn't get off until yesterday.

So they were scheduled to leave on Monday and there was just no way of doing it.

But they're back in Hyde County now.