Oregon Inlet Fishing Report

“Wayne Blessing Air Station”

“Wayne Blessing Air Station”

“A joint effort of Oregon Inlet Fishing Center, North Carolina Beach Buggy Association and the estate of Wayne Blessing” We are thrilled to announce...

November Fishin’

November Fishin’

We are welcoming in November here at Oregon Inlet Fishing Center! Offshore: Yellowfin tuna, blackfin tuna, mahi mahi, wahoo Nearshore: False...

End of Month

End of Month

Our fleets here at Oregon Inlet Fishing Center are ending October on a good note! Offshore: Yellowfin tuna, mahi-mahi, and wahoo Nearshore: False...

October Update

October Update

Fall fishing time is here at Oregon Inlet Fishing Center! Here's the catch the last couple of days: Offshore: Yellowfin Tuna, blackfin tuna, and...

Fall Fishin’

Fall Fishin’

Welcome Fall fishing! The fleets here at Oregon Inlet Fishing Center have been keeping busy. Offshore: Mahi mahi, yellowfin tuna, blackfin tuna, and...

October Action!

October Action!

Offshore fleet is seeing the yellowfin tuna come in strong! Along with limits of mahi, and released white and blue marlin. Nearshore fleet is...

Feeding the Family

Feeding the Family

Here at Oregon Inlet Fishing Center we are welcoming fall with full coolers and dinner plates! Our fleets have been having a good start to October....

Starting October off right!

Starting October off right!

We are welcoming in October here at Oregon Inlet Fishing Center! We hope that this month of October brings great fall fishing for everyone! Here's...

September Sails

September Sails

As September is winding down we are ending on a good note here at Oregon Inlet Fishing Center. Many flags have been flying for released sailfish,...

Let the September fun begin

Let the September fun begin

The weather might be holding us back for today, but these past couple of days have been full of fish here at Oregon Inlet Fishing Center! Offshore...

Labor Day Weekend at OIFC

Labor Day Weekend at OIFC

Happy Labor Day weekend from Oregon Inlet Fishing Center! We hope everyone is having a fun, safe holiday weekend. Our fleets have been bringing them...

Fishin’ Fun

Fishin’ Fun

Bite has been hot at Oregon Inlet Fishing Center! Offshore has been bringing in the yellow and black fin tunas, mahi mahi, wahoo, released white...

Off the Hook

Off the Hook

Offshore has been bringing in the yellowfin and blackfin tuna, along with mahi mahi. Sailfish and blue marlin have been released. Nearshore have...

Feedin’ the family

Feedin’ the family

Here at Oregon inlet our folks have been filling the dinner tables. Here’s the bite: Offshore has been reeling in the yellowfin, blackfin, and big...

Weekend Fishin’

Weekend Fishin’

The Oregon Inlet offshore fleet have been having a blast bringing in the yellow and black fin tuna, big eye tuna, mahi mahi, and releasing sail fish...

Fishing before the storm

Fishing before the storm

The past few days at Oregon Inlet have been great. Before Debbie hits our area our offshore fleet got out there and caught mahi mahi, yellow and...

Reel Deal

Reel Deal

Our fleets have been busy at work offshore, near shore, and inshore this week. Offshore is still bringing in the yellow fin, big eye, and black fin...

July Recap

July Recap

July has been a great month here at Oregon Inlet. Our offshore fleet is hard at work catching yellow fin, big eye, and black fin, tuna. Also hot on...

Sushi & Citations

Sushi & Citations

Yellow fin tuna, black fin tuna, big eye tuna and mahi mahi in the box for the offshore fleet! Blue marlin and sail fish are being released daily...

Sails & Supper

Sails & Supper

Offshore folks have been after the mahi mahi consistently the past few weeks, however, this week the yellow fin tuna, black fin tuna and big eye...

Mid-week catches

Mid-week catches

This past week at Oregon Inlet has been a good one! Our offshore fleet are bringing in the mahi-mahi, along with wahoo, yellow fin and big eye tuna....

Welcoming Summertime

Welcoming Summertime

These past few weeks the dinner tables have been full of mahi-mahi! Our offshore fleet has been hot on the mahi catch lately. Yellow and blue fin...

Mahi-mahi debute

Mahi-mahi debute

Mahi-mahi have decided to show up a bit more here at Oregon Inlet as the weather heats up! Our offshore fleet has also been catching a variety of...

This Week At Oregon Inlet

This Week At Oregon Inlet

It has been a fantastic week of fishing with beautiful weather here on the Outer Banks. The offshore fleet has been busy every day, reeling in...

Tuna Tails

Tuna Tails

Here at Oregon Inlet Fishing Center it’s been hit or miss on the bites and some weather setbacks. But when our offshore fleet hits they hit hard and...

Reeling In The Rainbow

Reeling In The Rainbow

From yellowfins to blues we are loving the colors being brought in here at Oregon Inlet. The catch has been hot for yellowfin tuna on our offshore...

Yellowfin May Day

Yellowfin May Day

Can you say tuna tacos? Our folks here at Oregon Inlet can and catch 'em too! Warming waters are bringing in the yellowfin tuna and dolphin (mahi...

Spring Has Sprung

Spring Has Sprung

It's been a great few weeks here at Oregon Inlet kicking off spring fishing. Offshore folks have been catching yellowfin tuna, mahi mahi and blue...

Rolling Into Spring

Rolling Into Spring

Making your own sushi is great, but catching your own tuna for sushi takes the excitement to a whole new level! Offshore folks have been catching...

Bluefin & Blue Marlin

Bluefin & Blue Marlin

It's a rare occurrence to hook a bluefin tuna and blue marlin in a single day.The Smoker managed to release both species, and was able to keep a...

Still Around

Still Around

Offshore fishing is picking up, with the cool weather keeping the bluefin tuna around. Many boats are releasing giant bluefin regularly, while some...

Winter Bluefin

Winter Bluefin

The recent weather conditions have kept offshore boats in their slips the past few days, but it seems like Mother Nature is gonna allow them to be...

Leap Day

Leap Day

Boats have laid low today but it has been a wonderful week filled with sunshine, albeit with these few windy days in between. At the start of the...

February Fishin’

February Fishin’

The offshore gang got a sweet start to the year with yellowfin tuna making an appearance. Meanwhile, the bluefin squad seems to be taking a mini...

Heatin’ Up

Heatin’ Up

What a week, folks! The weather has been a perfect ten, and the fish have been biting like crazy! Bluefin season has been an absolute blast, but...

Beautiful BLUES

Beautiful BLUES

Offshore boats are starting off 2024 on the right track! A few beautiful big bluefin tuna have been caught the past week. One weighing in at 580...

Post Turkey Day

Post Turkey Day

A few folks spent Black Friday in the ocean and lucked out snagging a few yellow fin tuna, black fin and big eye tuna! With decent weather, our...

Fall Fishing

Fall Fishing

Even amidst harsh weather conditions throughout the past few weeks, our skilled charter captains have managed to reel in a great catch of black fin...

October’s Fishing

October’s Fishing

What a catch! The seas have been a fisherman’s dream, and the forecast promises even more! Yesterday’s offshore crew hauled in a variety of beauties...

Post Hurricane Lee

Post Hurricane Lee

After 3 days stuck at the dock, our offshore boats made it out yesterday and were rewarded with great fishing! We had multiple blue and white marlin...

Big Drum & Grand Slams!

Big Drum & Grand Slams!

Offshore fishing continues to heat up! We're seeing tons of sailfish, blue and white marlin releases. If you've been wanting that trophy fish for a...

What the Wind Blew In

What the Wind Blew In

Yesterday was the first day back out since the storm, and man was it good!! Tons of sailfish, blue and white marlin releases, limits of dolphin, and...

Storm Prep

Storm Prep

We've had some fantastic fishing offshore this week! Tons of sailfish and blue marlin releases (Drifter with 15 SF releases on 8/29), with a few...

Weekend Action

Weekend Action

Offshore boats are staying hot on the billfish! We've had some dolphin, wahoo, blackfin, barracuda, and a few yellowfin hit the docks as well....

The Best Kind of Bills

The Best Kind of Bills

Congratulations to Fin Planner on a 9th place finish in the Pirates Cove Billfish Tournament! Bi-Op-Sea finished in 12th place, and Rigged Up took...

Prime Time

Prime Time

Sending a huge congratulations to the Fin Planner on taking the Top Release Boat at the White Marlin Open this past week! Skirt Chaser released 3...

August So Far…

August So Far…

Offshore boats are catching blue and white marlin, sailfish, wahoo, dolphin, blackfin tuna, and a few nice yellowfin! Nearshore boats are catching...

Tunas and Billfish

Tunas and Billfish

Our offshore fleet has gotten back into the yellowfin tuna, with nice catches of mahi, wahoo, and fantastic billfishing! The Pelican had a stellar...

Goodbye July!

Goodbye July!

The offshore fleet has been catching dolphin, wahoo, tilefish, blue marlin and sailfish! We've gotten back into the yellowfin tuna as well....

Full Freezers

Full Freezers

Offshore boats have been fishing through scrappy conditions but have had solid catches of dolphin, tilefish, wahoo (a couple 40+ pounders!), and a...

Good mix!

Good mix!

Offshore fishing has been a bit scrappy in addition to the heat, but we've had great catches of dolphin, wahoo, blackfin and yellowfin tuna, and...

HOT Fishin’

HOT Fishin’

Temperature or the bite, you're asking? Both! Inshore folks are after puppy drum, speckled trout and blue fish! Nearshore boats are fishing for...

Mahi & Marlin

Mahi & Marlin

The fleet is enjoying the billfish action offshore! Sailfish, blue marlin and white marlin are being released. Plenty of meat is making it to the...

Bill Collectors

Bill Collectors

The offshore fleet has had a blast catching and releasing sailfish, blue, and white marlin! We've had great catches of mahi mahi, tilefish, sea...

From the Depths

From the Depths

Our offshore fleet has brought in limits of dolphin and tilefish with quite a few over 12 pounds! We've also had a handful of sailfish releases,...