Capt. Marty's Outer Banks Fishing Report & Stories

The fish are coming in and the weigh station is busy! We talk to the fellas at the weigh station and get an update on the standings from Capt. Marty.

Capt. Marty catches up with Chef Wes Stepp of Red Sky Cafe. He and his team are out here all week long catering the tournament. 

Capt. Chip Shafer stops by the media table to chat it up with Capt. Marty about his fun times fishing and about his boat down in Costa Rica fly fishing for billfish. You can hear the joy these two had reminiscing on old times and how things were and how they are now. 

It's Day One of the Pirate's Cove Billfish Tournament and Capt. Marty will be bringing you all the happenings and what is taking place here at the docks. 

It is Day 1 of the Pirate's Cove Billfish Tournament. Got a lot of interesting things to tell you in that regard and I'll get you up to speed with what all has been caught across the region in this report.

Coming to you LIVE from Pirate's Cove Marina in Manteo this week! The Alice Kelly tournament is in the books and what a great day they had. I'll get you caught up on that along with all the other fishing that took place in this report.

One of the greatest marlin stories to come out of the Oregon Inlet Fishing Center happened with Capt. Harry Baum on the JoBoy back in 1974. I was still a young mate down in Ponce Inlet, FL and my brother in-law was already a mate with Big Al Foreman at Oregon Inlet. I called my brother in-law all excited one day about a sailfish I had caught, and he burst my bubble with the story you're about to hear...

We are rolling into tournament weekend at Pirate's Cove! Alice Kelly Tournament is Sunday and the Billfish Tournament starts next Tuesday. I'll talk about that and all of what took place in our waters in this report.

Happy Thursday! We have all sorts of things to talk about in today's report including the latest from the Ocean City White Marlin Open.

Get the latest fishing report from Corolla to Ocracoke, along with the latest weather forecast. Plus, catch up on the biggest stories and updates from the Ocean City White Marlin Open.