Reports of a fantastic bite of blackfin tuna got us to head to Hatteras this past weekend. Anglers jigging around the various rock piles have been catching blackfin tuna pushing 40 pounds, some large king mackerel and all the amberjack and false albacore that you can stand to crank in. The week prior, Ric Burnley (Saltwater Sportsman) was down there and they caught their self-imposed limit of 24 black fin tuna in just a few hours of fishing.

We picked the forecasted calmest day and drove down to fish on the Big Tahuna with Capt. Scott Warren and his mate, Kenny.  Of course, the forecast changed and it was rough as heck but those Carolina charter boats are made for those seas. It was a short run to fishing grounds and once there, the action was constant.

This was a new fishing style for most of us so were there to learn a new technique more than to catch fish. We did both. We will be jigging a little differently when we run out of Virginia this year. It is worth your time to go out there at least once on a boat which has this technique down. A good charter boat can really shorten the learning curve.