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What can I say other than this wind has to stop!! The last day we ventured offshore it was a massacre with 50 Mahi going for a boat ride & 7 releases on White Marlin & that was Sunday before last. Needles to say we have gotten plenty of boat maintenace done over the past week. Hunter B (my son) made the last report on the www.secondtononecharter.com site pasted below. It goes to show you can still have fun even when the wind will not cooperate! Sorry for the lack of reports the wind has got us for more then a week the last time we went out was the amazing billfish bite. The wind continues to howl my dad will probably end up cancelling most of his trips this week. This is one of the longest blows I have ever seen it is hurting allot of boats. The Barta Boys And Girls Billfish Tournament was this weekend our fishing team consisted of Myself, Laurel Matthews, Megan Matthews, Mark Parish, Will Blackely, Jake Blackely, Katie Beeman, Kena Beeman & Kylie Beeman. The first day we decided to stick our nose out of the inlet we made it about a mile and we decided to turn around. After we got back to the dock we had a good breakfast thanks to Mr. Carl and went Spanish fishing for a while and anchored behind Shackelford Banks and swam all day. The 2nd day it was supposed to blow harder so we knew we were not going to make it out today so we slept in and went to Shackelford again and swam and went tubing behind Mr. Carl’s skiff. We might not have got to go offshore but it was a very fun weekend. Thank You Mrs. Jennifer & Mr. Steven! Also there are several new pictures on the photo page. Thanks, Hunter B. Second Mate

Great trip on the new ride! We ran up the beach looking for the tuna and we found them. After about an hour there was an explosion on the flat line the all hell broke loose. The teasers were getting ripped off and and six rods came down. Unfortunatly only three stayed tight but three hit the box. An hour later we got wacked again, five stayed tight, five found the box. Got the spread set back and we where hit again. This time six found the box. All nice tuna is the 35-50lb range. We were hit three times and ended up with 14 nice tuna what more could you ask for? The boys said 14 was enough and their arms were sore so we headed back early. Dare I say the yellowfin have returned to MHC?

Well I guess it is safe to say now there will be some major changes with Second To None Charters. I flew to Florida last week & looked at a new boat & there was an offer accepted on it today so if everything checks out ok on the survey there will be a new sled in the slip sometime in March. I will post up some pics later this week when I go back to Florida but I will say the boat is an improvement over the Fight-N-Lady. Btw we will still be Chartering so check out the calendar at www.secondtononecharter.com for open dates. Stay tuned this is going to be one heck of a ride!!!

Posted: Sun Feb 14, 2010 11:20 am Post subject: Need a little help from the Florida Crowd. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I am looking at a boat at New Smyna Beach it is called the Reel Gator2. She is a 55 Gwalteney does anyone know this rig & what can you tell me about it. I need to hear it all good & bad. Thanks in advance for the help. Thanks, Capt. Shane Second To None Charters 252-422-0066 _________________

I am looking for a Private or maybe even a Charter/Private boat to run. I have run a succesful charter business for several years. I am very good with kids & would not mind travel. Experienced Bluefin Tuna & Marlin fisherman.I also have tournament experience. I have a 60ft slip in Morehead City Waterfront. Please give me a call if interested. 252-422-0066 Thanks, Captain Shane Brafford www.secondtononecharter.com

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2 Shimano Tiagra 80 Wides On Custom Rods. Very good condition loaded with 130 pound braid with Mono Topshot. These rods are ready to go. $1650.00 for the pair. 252-422-0066

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Well it has been a while since we have had a good report & as much as I hate to say it this one is not going to be much better. Between school starting back & the Tropics being stirred up fishing offshore has been just about non existent. But I will say what few times we have been out fishing has been good with decent catches of Wahoo, Sailfish & Mahi along with a few other species mixed in. Now as far as the inshore bite it has been great with HUGE Spanish Mackerel & a few Kings have even started to show on the beach as well. We will also be offering Live Bait trips this Fall until the Bluefins show up. Btw it looks like Friday is going to be light & slight we will doing a make up trip if anyone is interested $266.00 per man.

July has brought hot water to the MHC area and with that hot water the meat fishing has moved closer to the beach and the sailfish are showing in good numbers with most boats getting a shot or two a day. We fished 5 days this past week with two 3/4 days, one gulf stream trip, and two 1/2 days. Our crowd for the gulf stream trip was looking for a billfish so we ran past the inshore meat fishing and worked the 100 fathom line all day and were able to find a sailfish that put on a nice show and satisfied there goal of a NC billfish. The half and three quarter day fishing has been very good with limits of Spanish mackerel around the inlet and kings starting to show in the buoy chain and on the near shore reefs. We have been trying something new this year on our nearshore trips by adding a bait tank to the Fight N Lady and doing some live baiting for the kings and mahi that have moved in. On another note, we are still looking for two more anglers for the Pirates Cove Billfish tournament this August in Manteo. Time is running out so if you have any interest in a week of world class billfishing off the Outer Banks please contact me.

I am looking for a Private or even a Charter/Private boat to run. I have run a succesful charter business for several years. I am very good with kids & would not mind some travel. I also have tournament experience. Also I have a 60ft slip in Morehead City. Please give me a call if interested. 252-422-0066

Thanks everyone!

It appears that June is going out as hot as in came in. Since my last report the billfishing continued to be good here in MHC and we have been fortunate to release another blue marlin, a couple of whites and sailfish. With any luck July will continue to bring more mahi and wahoo , and the billfish bite will remain good through the summer as it did last year. July and August also bring more tournaments to the area and we are currently open for the Barta Billfish Tournament which is a great family event and we are looking for two more anglers to join us at the Pirate Cove Billfish tournament in Manteo. Pirates Cove is a great release tournament held when the white marlin fishing is at its best on the Outer Banks. The parties are also famous themselves…. Summer also brings great half day and three quarter day fishing for Spanish and King mackerel. These are great trips for a family looking for a day on the water or for those looking to cut their teeth in the offshore fishing game. Our last two half days brought limits of Spanish mackerel with bluefish mixed in. The kings are starting to show in good numbers at some of the wrecks and reefs off the beach and the fishing will only improve as fall grows closer. Many do not realize that fall holds some of the best fishing here off Morehead with wahoo and sailfish being the main staple but the mahi and tuna are not that uncommon. In my opinion it does not get much better than 10 wahoo and a couple of sails on a cool fall day. For more information about the tournaments or open days for the remainder of the summer or fall please visit our website or contact

(written bt Brad Burton Mate) With the Big Rock behind the Fight N Lady I finally have a chance to compile some pictures and do a quick write up of the past two weeks. After a busy week of preparing for the biggest Blue Marlin tournament on the east coast the events started Saturday morning as we left the slip with a boat full of ladies that thought that 5:00 only came once a day. With a lot of current where we were fishing things started out slowly but as the day wore on Capt. Shane found some better water. Around noon a nice mahi attacked the left teaser then switched to the flat line and began pulling drag off the Tiagra 80. With everything clear and our lady angler in the chair the battle began against what would turn out to be the winning mahi for the ladies tournament. Saturday night brought on a great time at the Big Rock party that was paid for ten fold Sunday morning making me very glad I had completed all my rigging Saturday afternoon in preparation for the Monday's big show. With lines in at nine Monday morning spirits were high as we set the spread for that million dollar bite. Around 10:30 I see a bill swatting the left teaser, realizing it is a sail or white marlin I drop the circle hooked dink on a TLD 25 back in time for Shane to jerk the teaser away as I stuck the bait in front of his face. With a few seconds of drop back the circle hook found its mark and we were "hooked up" on our first white marlin of the tournament. Tuesday brought more good fishing for us as we released another whitie and a sail for 450 points with two more days of fishing. Unfortunately that was the end of the billfish action for us last week as the drama that surrounded the 51st Big Rock went on with out the crew of the Fight N Lady. As luck would have it our next charter was Sunday after the last day of the tournament and the marlin were chewing! After a dozen gaffer dolphin we worked out to the deep in search of something with a bill. Less than ten minutes after setting the dredge we were hooked up to a pair of white Marlin. Within an hour of releasing the pair of whites Shane noticed a shadow under the right short rigger. With grace the blue marlin deleted worded the sea witch down and disappeared to the deep until I pushed the drag up and he hit the surface greyhounding, dumping the Penn 30 as he went. With a thirty minute fight and six inches of water in the cockpit and we had the leader on a frisky 300lb blue. Despite the great marlin fishing, my favorite fish of the day was a 30lb mahi that I hooked on the circle hooked dink and handed off to a 77 year old gentleman. It was a great battle on the TLD 25 that brought as much excitement as the blue marlin for the crowd from up-state NY. Monday's fishing was just as good as we caught 20 big gaffers and released a sail fish. We also had a stud blue marlin appear on the teaser while we were fighting a couple of mahi but he faded off showing us no love. The rest of the fleet also had great marlin fishing yesterday with the stand out being Capt. Thomas Woods on the Dancin Outlaw with 3 blue marlin and a white. That kind of fishing is certainly note worthy and what makes Morehead City such an outstanding fishing destination. Brad. (I personaly want to thank Capt. Dave with Sea View he put us on the fish for 4 days in a row during the tournament. Thanks Capt Dave!)Shane