About Doghouse Sportfishing:

At A Glance

• Visit us on the web at:
  www.doghousesportfishing.com
• Email: Click Here
• Address: 303 Ananias Dare St., Manteo, N.C. 27954 Manteo 27954 Click for map
• Phone: (252)473-8078
• Latitude: 35.845056
• Longitude: -75.620527
• Payment:
  cash, checks, travel checks

“DOGHOUSE” Sportfishing is a family owned and operated charter business located on the beautiful Outer Banks of North Carolina. The “DOGHOUSE” is a U.S. Coast Guard inspected vessel that is certified to carry 12 passengers. We are happy to carry you, your family, and your business associates offshore fishing, or inshore fishing. The boat is extremely nice, incredibly seaworthy, and is run by a captain and mate that keep you, the customer, first. We are full time fishermen. We are not retired people that want a hobby of fishing, and we are not part time fishermen that have another job. We are full time fishermen, and your business is our number one priority. One trip, and you will know that we are your only stop for fishing on the Outer Banks.

Boat & Captain:

Britton "Shack" is a lifelong fisherman, and outdoorsman. His family has been selling seafood in this country since 1670, and charter fishing is a great balance between commercial fishing, and recreational fishing. Catching fish is how we judge our success, but we also walk the balance between catch, and your enjoyment. We can't do it without you, the customer, and your enjoyment is our number one criteria for a successful day.
Lee Collins is our mate, and what a mate he is. He is a licensed captain, and he fascillitates everything that goes on in the cockpit. He is fun-loving, and one of the hardest workers you will ever find. He is also a certified scale-head, and catching fish is what he lives for.

The "DOGHOUSE" is a fishing machine. We built the boat to be stable, fast, and very seaworthy. She is 61 feet long, and there is ample room for everyone with 17 feet of cabin space, and 17 feet of cockpit space. The boat has all the amenities of home, and you will not find a larger, more comfortable boat.

Charters:

Full Day Offshore Charters

Full day offshore trips are the biggest part of our business. That is the reason we built the boat as big, safe, and stable as we could. These trips are generally about 10 to 12 hours long, and the species we target are: Tuna, Marlin, Dolphin (the fish), Wahoo, and King Mackeral. During the winter, we run full day trips for ocean Stripers, commonly called Rockfish.

1/2 Day Charters

This year we started running ½ day trips for some of our customers. This has become a very popular trip. The species caught on these trips are Bluefish, Spanish Mackeral, Flounder, and various small bottomfish. Cobia and Red Drum are caught during the spring and fall. This particular trip works for many of our customers because we don’t get out of sight of land and we aren’t gone a full day.

Evening Cruise

We also offer an evening fishing trip from 4:30pm until dark.

Fish We Catch:

Dolphin

Tuna

Wahoo

Marlin

Fishing Report:

We had a couple days of great dolphin fishing and we have been back to tuna fishing. Fishing has been great.

That is action. Only two of us tried it on a marginal forecast, and we were blessed with an awesome catch. The weather turned out great, and the big fish were chewing. Not a small tuna, not a bonita, not an albacore. Nothing but straight tunas, and a 60 pound avaerage at that. Come get you some.

Another great day on the tunas, and another great catch of fish. Another great group of folks that we got to meet, and will see again. Thanks, A.B. I'm glad you got to enjoy it with your dad. Come see us.

The report for yesterday was a good catch of really nice dolphin for us. Among the fleet (only 6-8 boats total) there were those who fished for marlin and they had a few and there were a couple of boats reporting decent catches of tuna.

Scott, his son, and a mix of distributors, and manufacturers fished with us this week. His son was warming up for the Saturday tailgate in Greenville, when ECU put the bootjacks to N.C. State. We had excellent tuna fishing for them. The bonus was that my mother-in-law got us tickets to go to the game in Greenville. Paint it purple, boys!

Planes, trains, and automobiles are how they came to see us. They were glad they made the trek, though. What a great catch our guys had, and what a load the plane had to carry home. Come see us. Fall fishing is hot, and the weather is beautiful. We wish you were here. Shack

Edward Lee, and Marci brought some friends, and enjoyed a great day of fishing. We had some hard luck holding on to some fish early, and then we got it together. All our ladies got to catch a white marlin, and Dedra got to show us her professional form. It was a great day, spent with some great people!

Fishing has been world class on the marlins. We had the right group, and we went for it today. We caught 24 white marlin, and ran out of rigs. It was absolutely slick calm, and it was incredible! Thank you, Lord, for a great day. Come see us.

This big bachelor party had an awesome charter fishing trip on the Outer Banks. Our inspected boat, which can accommodate groups as large as 12, handles large groups in style. We jigged a bunch of amber jacks to get everyone warmed up, and then we set about trophy fishing. We had terrible luck holding on to our blue marlin bites. We had 5 fish on, and lost every one of them. We did catch 2 out of 3 white marlin. We had fun, guys.

Don't forget to check out the photo!

My mate, Lee, has been running the boat for me on Sundays this summer. My children are getting older, and it is nice to be able to go to church, and spend the rest of the day with them. FDavid Freeman had us chartered this past Sunday, and lee had a great day firsts. This big girl went down and died on them. Not wanting her to go to waste, they brought her in. She topped the digital scales at #763. What an exciting evening!

Jason Dixon, from Dixon Custom Painting, his friends, and crew, had a great day with us this past week. Fishing was slow, and we ended the day with some fun gulfstream action. We hit a home run in the bottom of the ninth. Shack