Happy New Year!! I hope you were able to ring in 2025 happily and healthy!! Fishing is still taking place on all fronts. A different variety in a few spots so listen to hear more about that. Also a BIG waterfowl event taking place over in Hyde County coming up at the end of the month. I have more information about that in this report as well!

I hope each of you had a Merry Christmas, a Happy Hanukkah or whatever else you may celebrate this time of year! The fishing was pretty much non-existent offshore (mainly due to lack of effort), and that raises a question... I wonder what the fish think when they don't hear or see any boats out there...? Just a thought I had..
Anywho, the trout bite is still on FIRE in the sounds. Listen and I'll get you up to speed with what all has gone on this past week. 

Breezy weekend kept a lot of boats in but there are still fish to be caught. Listen and I'll tell you where!

I'll be back with a week wrap up on Friday 12/27. I want each of you to have a very Merry Christmas!! Thank you for listening to my reports and my stories!

As if Paul Spencer wasn't bad enough playing Santa, enter Ned Ashby!!  Hear about what happened when Ned played Santa at the one (and only) East-West Oregon Inlet Christmas Party at the Shrine Club in Manteo...

Fishing still kinda hit and miss offshore but if you go back in the Pamlico Sound... SHEWWWWWEEEEEEEE!!!! The speckle trout are on FIRE!!! Listen and you know what is going on!

Don't forget to listen tomorrow morning to my story "Bad Santa - The Sequel"! It'll drop around 7am. You'll get a big kick out of it, guaranteed!

Still a tad slow offshore but the rest of the areas of interest make up for it! Listen and I'll get you up to speed with what's been happening everywhere else!!

Not too much to report on by way of the offshore report, BUT THERE ARE BLUEFIN ALL AROUND US!! Rudee Inlet and places south of us, but not here YET!!! Soon though!!  The sounds seem to be where you wanna be right now. Listen and I'll get you up to speed with what took place over the weekend.

In another Christmas story, Capt. Marty decides he's going to get his daughters a horse for Christmas. He was very excited to do it for them, but they were MORE excited to give him his gift. What they got him wasn't exactly what he expected to get!!

One word to describe offshore fishing right now: BLUEFIN. Yes, they are beginning to show up! I'll talk more about it as well as the nearshore and backcountry sound fishing in today's report. 

Also don't forget I have a new story coming out tomorrow morning called "The Gift That Keeps on Giving" from my Capt. Marty Christmas Story Series. I hope you'll take the time to give it a listen and laugh along with me!

Got your weekend recap and more on this beautiful December morning!!