Offshore Fishing

Skools out:I live in Beaufort on the intercoastal. Frank

[Skools Out]

hey really is that your V20 sitting on the lift on Front St. in Beaufort? I have a place at Emerald Isle so i go to Beaufort every other weekend. We should go fishing sometime once it warms up some.

I have gone out Barnegate NJ inlet on days the bigger boats with charters have turned back. I have also been out (pick your days) around 16 miles offshore...and that was with an old Merc on the stern. I hope to close in the transom, add a bracket, and repower -should get me out a bit farther and safer.

Skools out: No its not mine but there are a bunch around and very cheap in my opinion considering the incredible hull design and overall quality. A fishing friend of mine went out last week in my albemarle when I was out of the country and caught a 520 pound Blue fin dressed and lost another one that just would not come in that he thought would go even larger . Two guys taking turns on the reel could not get him close enough to the boat so they gave up and cut him off, they were around 31 miles out from the Sea Buoy in 4 foot seas. I've got to go to Asia for a while but I will get up with you in the spring. Frank

[Skools Out]

sounds good, do you ever fish in The Big Rock?

Skools Out: No I dont do any tournament fishing but I have a lot of friends that do. I've only lived here for a year and a half so I am still finding my way around with some long trips to Asia now and then which breaks up my fishing plans. I still go back to the Virginia Chesapeake bay quite a bit where I fished for over 27 years and recently brought my Albemarle back to Beaufort and am selling it to a friend of mine in Wilmington who is really in to the Tuna thing but I'm not. I bought a Wellcraft 25 coastal which I actually like better than the Albemarle for my kind of short trip off shore fishing . 500 pound Tuna are a lot of work and I would much rather catch dolphin and kings plus I get some nice puppy drum and trout right off my dock.Last week I was in Costa Rica and we did OK on Sails but no real monsters.The Grouper bite was incredible unfortunately the Snook were few and far between and it was blowing very hard on the Pacific side. I am going after Stripers for a few days next week in the Chesapeake where the guys are getting some over 40 pounds but with my luck it will probably be blowing 30 out of the north east.....Frank

As a very new member here, I will say yes this boat can go offshore fishing, but so can a canoe !!!!!

Be smart, buddy boat when possible, have all necessary gear, PICK YOUR DAYS, watch the weather.

All Captain's experience levels and boat handling abilities are different. Know your limits and don't push the envelope. Live to fish another day.

I have run 30-35+ miles out of and back in Sebastian inlet in Florida, which can get as ugly as any inlet in this state, this is a great boat hull, but certainly not invincible.