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North Carolina Albie Report
November 7th, 2006
Greetings from Cape Lookout North Carolina:
Sorry for the lack of fishing reports during the last several weeks, however I will try to bring you up to date with this report. I picked up my new 2007 Jones Brothers Cape Fisherman 2000 sport fish ing boat rigged with a new Yamaha 150 HP four stroke motor on October 6th.
I spent the next week breaking in the motor, exploring the area for good launch ramps, and good fishing areas. The Cape Fisherman 2000 is an incredible vessel which handles rough seas well, rides smooth and dry, and is very economical to operate.
During my first week I found some Redfish (Drum) in the surf, in three feet of water. They ate gray and white #2 Clouser minnows and Brown and white Clouser minnows. There are lots of Sea Trout (Speck's) here around structure near the Beach, and I found a few small Albies mixed with Bluefish and Spanish Mackerel.
I traveled to Guatemala between the 14th and the 20th of October to check out the new Fins 'n Feathers fleet and Jim Turner's new Casa Vieja Lodge. The lodge is awesome and the boats are world class, we had a great time and have booked some dates for my Sailfish Schools during December, January, February, and March. If you have any desire to fish a world class fishery for Sailfish please give me a call as I am filling up quickly.
During the last ten days of October I fished every fishable day, Some of my friends and several clients joined me for my first charters in NC, we caught 21 Albies, several puppy drum, and lots of Bluefish during those 9 days of fishing. I have learned quite a bit about this fishery which is just turning on for the large Albies.
Mr. and Mrs. Carlos Lamadrid from Naples, FL joined me for two days of fly fishing for Albies on November first and second. The weather was warm and relatively calm, and there were lots of birds over bait balls with Albies busting all around.
This fishery can be in cold weather with high winds and choppy seas, it requires the boat driver to approach the fish which are busting bait, under the birds, and the angler must make a quick cast to the spot where the fish is eating the bait. If the flu gets to the fish 30 seconds after the fish comes to the surface it is too late and the fish have already moved on after the fast moving bait.
Carlos and his wife both hooked several Albies but had a tough time staying connected. Carlos did manage to land one Albie of about 13 pounds and had a great time learning the North Carolina waters. On the 3rd we were supposed to fish however the wind was blowing from the North at 35 knots with a morning temperature of 34 degrees.
On the 3rd I went out in the afternoon with my neighbor and found tons of bluefish in the Beaufort inlet, they ate surface popping bugs until we ran out of flies.
we did find some birds which were on Albacore and managed to catch 3 Albies in the rough seas.
On November fifth I went fishing for a half day with my friend Don Butler in his boat in 15 to 20 knot north wind. We found lots of scattered birds with a few Albacore on each group of birds, We also found a few fish chasing bait right up in the surf, fishing was good for the surf fishermen. Don and I hooked several Albies and don landed a nice 10 pounder just off of the Cape Lookout shoals. After Don dropped me at the dock he came back out and slammed the Bluefish.
November 6 and 7 found my friend Danny Cline and I fishing with Captain Brian Horsley aboard Brian's Jones Brothers Cape Fisherman 23 "Flat Out." On the first day it was rough with a few scattered fish, the big school was on the East side of the shoal however with 25 knot winds it was not in the cards for us to cross the shoal. Brian worked his butt off but we never landed a fish.
On November 7th it was a little different, the wind laid down a little in the morning before the big storm which arrived at about noon. We crossed the shoal and caught half a dozen fish in the choppy waters of the East side. The fish over there were large with both Danny and I catching Albies of over 15 pounds, When fishing slowed we crossed back across the rough shoal and headed to one of Brian's secret spots. We found a bait ball with lots of birds and plenty of big Albies. We stopped counting fish after we had both had caught a few but the amazing thing was that these big Albies didn't quit, we caught them on the same bait ball until the weather made us leave. Danny had one fish which Brian said was well over 20 pounds, while my biggest fish was in the 19 pound range. All of the Albacore which we caught out of that school were over 14 pounds.
I am off today, I am trying to catch up on things here at home while planning my Sailfish School schedule, Tarpon season schedule, and my show schedule for winter of 2007. The Albie fishing is red hot now through the end of this month, give me a call if you want to give it a try. More reports to follow.
Regards:
Jake
Captain Jake Jordan
Jake Jordan's Fishing Adventures
PO Box 309 (US Mail)
223 Lemonwood Drive
Havelock NC 28532
Phone: 252-444-3308
Cell: 305-872-6060
www.jakejordan.com
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