About Oregon Inlet Fishing Center:

At A Glance

• Visit us on the web at:
  www.oregon-inlet.com
• Email: Click Here
• Address: 98 NC Highway 12 Nags Head Click for map
• Phone: (252) 441-6301 or (800) 272-5199
• Latitude: 35.778399
• Longitude: -75.542336
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Oregon Inlet Fishing Center is the home of the largest and most modern fishing fleet on the eastern seaboard. A full service marina, Oregon Inlet offers a comprehensive fishing experience for the “old salt” or the vacationing fisherman.

Whether you are seeking the unique challenge offered by Off Shore Canyon fishing in the Gulf Stream, Big Blue Fish wrestling matches, or Inlet / Sound full and half-day excursions, Oregon Inlet offers the ideal combination of seasoned, experienced skippers, a well stocked marina and the best location on North Carolina’s Outer Banks!

Boat & Captain:

Charter Boats at Oregon Inlet
www.oregon-inlet.com to book your next charter

CAPT'N DUKE
CAROLINIAN
CAST-AWAY
D.O.A.
DREAM GIRL
FIGHT-N-LADY
FIN-GALLEY
FINTASTIC
FISHIN FRENZY
FISH-N-FOOL
FLAT OUT
FLY GIRL
FULL DRAW
GAL-O-MINE
GOUGER
HIGH RETURN
HOOKER
MISS OREGON INLET
OSPREY
OUTER LIMITS
OUTRIGGER
PELICAN
POACHER
POINT RUNNER
QUALIFIER
REBAIT
RIGGED UP
RISKY BUSINESS
ROCK SOLID
SEA BREEZE
SEA ERA
SEA NOTE
SEADUCER
SINBAD
SKILIGAL
SKIRT CHASER
SMOKER
TROPHY HUNTER
TRUE GRIT
TUNA FEVER
WEST WIND

Charters:

The OPEN BOAT FLEET...Takes INSHORE/SOUND Charters

Inshore Open Center Console Boats Fishes year around, weather permitting. This is more of a personalized trip. Maximum of 4 people, light tackle fishing, your party and captain. Inshore trips consist of fishing in the sound or right off the back of the beach, depending on weather and target fish. Half days are $385.00 or full days $670.00. Species of fish depend on time of year, stripers, cobia, speckle and gray trout, flounder, sheepshead, puppy drum, blues, sharks, albacore.

Headboat Fishing

Oregon Inlet and surrounding waters abound with many species of fish, such as spot, croaker, flounder, grey and speckled trout, bluefish, puppydrum, mullet, cobia, sea bass and many others. Bring the entire family and enjoy a day of fishing on the Headboat "Miss Oregon Inlet", a sleek 65 footer. Powered by twin V-8-71 diesels, she is equipped with complete electronics including loran, fathometers, ship-to-shore and C.B. radios. When you fish aboard the "Miss Oregon Inlet" bait and tackel is provided along with an experienced captain and two mates to make your trip more enjoyable - everything you need to fish is provided. If you prefer not to fish, a Twilight Cruise sails Thursday and Friday 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm. Whatever your choice you are sure to enjoy yourself ... So come with us on the Miss Oregon Inlet.

Near Shore and Off Shore Fleet

Near shore Boats Fishes year around weather pemitting. These boats can accommodate 6 people max. You have a captain and mate. Mostly trolling in the sound or right off the back of beach half days $490.00.There are also wreck fishing trips available near shore. Species of fish depend on time of year, blues, spanish mackerels, stripers, cobias, flounder, puppy drum, and albacore. Full day trip/ Intermediate $980.00 you can go further out for deep drop bottom fishing for black sea bass, tiles, king mackerels and grouper. Offshore Fishes year around weather permitting. These boats can accommodate 6 people max. You have a captain and mate. Goes out 20-30 miles to the Gulf Stream. All day trips only, at a rate of $1750.00. Species of fish depend on time of year. Yellowfin tuna, bigeye tuna, bluefin tuna, blackfin tuna, dolphin (mahi-mahi), blue and white marlin, sailfish are some of the normal catches.

Fish We Catch:

Marlin

Blue Marlin June - September, March - November
The Atlantic Ocean's premier gamefish. Many are caught each year in excess of 700 pounds.
White Marlin July - October, March - November
These acrobatic marlin are caught frequently off our coast with multiple hookups occuring often.

Bluefish

Big Bluefish October - December, March - May, February - June, September - December
These large fish are hard fighters and many reach 20 pounds. Delicious when smoked.
Taylor Bluefish May - September, April - November
Scrappy fighters and better eating than their bigger relatives when fried, broiled or grilled.

Sailfish

Sailfish May - October, March - November
This spectacular billfish is highly prized as a mount. Mounts can be obtained without killing the fish.

Yellowfin Tuna

Yellowfin Tuna September - May, Year-Round
These hard fighters are excellent table fare and are a year-round resident of our waters.

Dolphin

Dolphin June - September, March - November
One of the most beautiful of all gamefish and delicious with a firm, white, flaky meat.

Fishing Report:

We had one boat go offshore today and returned with a catch of a dozen blackfin tuna.

Today was a great day of fishing. Three offshore boats went out and two returned with their limits of yellowfin, seven blackfin tuna, a 34lb. wahoo and an 80lb. mako shark. The third boat caught sea bass, three big bluefish and tilefish, one of which waass a 10lb. citation.

Our offshore fleet reported in early with a couple of limits of yellowfin tuna and a few blackfin tuna.

An inshore charter brought in a 51 inch 50 pound striper along with a slightly smaller one fishing around the Bonner Bridge Sunday morning. Good sign for the beginning of striper season.

Our offshore fleet had a good day of tuna fishing. We had catches of both yellowfin and blackfin tuna reported, with the majority being yellowfin tuna. There were also a few wahoos bought in to the dock as well, and a mahi, mahi.

Offshore the tuna fishing has been a little slower, with a nice catch of wahoo. Our inshore fleet had catches of tautogs and sharks. The nearshore fleet definitely had the most varitey in their catch with seabass, tautogs, weakfish, and a few pig fish.

There have been some scattered yellowfin tuna and a few blackfin tuna caught along with a few gaffer dolphins on our offshore fleet. A citation blue marlin was caught and released on 11-21 as well. Our nearshore boats brought in some nice sea bass, triggerfish, bluefish and a flounder. Our inshore boat brought in a very nice 25 lb. striper. Nice to see any fish but especially nice to see the striper coming in to the inlet. Come on down to the fishing center and see our catches of the day between 3 & 5.

Yesterday was truly a great day of fishing for our offshore fleet! All of our boats that fished offshore had their limit of yellowfin tuna (3 per person). Along with yellowfin tuna the offshore catches consisted of blackfin tuna, a release white marlin, a release sailfish, and a couple of lost gaffer dolphins. Inshore light tackle had great bite as well! Quoting one of the inshore captains, “…tons of blues, sea bass, and sheepshead.” If you would like to get in on the bite stop by the Oregon Inlet Fishing Center, book online, or give us a call at 1-800- 272-5199.

Since the sea finally calmed down we had a great day of fishing. Inshore light tackle charters reported tautogs, sheepshead and spade fish. Several of the sheepshead were citations weighing in at 11 pounds and 10 pounds 8 ounces. Our offshore fleet had some limits of yellowfin tuna brought in to the dock. We also had a blue marlin release reported by one of the offshore fleet. To see our catches of the day come by the fishing center between 3:00 and 5:00. Just in case you want to get in on the fishing action come by the booking desk to book your very own charter. If you do not have a party of 6 don’t worry we put together make up charters. To get on our make up list fill out our make-up charter request on our website at book a make-up charter or stop in and fill out the forms at the booking desk.

Inshore light tackle charters out in the sound and around the inlet have brought in some nice speckled trout and a few sound stripers. Offshore from Oregon Inlet, catches have been wahoo, blackfin and some yellowfin tuna. One nearshore fishing trip brought in lots of bluefish. All day wreck fishing trips have brought back to the docks some sheepshead, tautogs, black drum and a lost hake which is a type of cod.

Today we had some inshore light tackle charters out in the sound and around the inlet. There were some nice speckled trout caught and a few sound stripers.

We had a couple of offshore boats go out today and there were three wahoos caught, a few blackfin and some yellowfin tuna. There was a nearshore fishing trip that brought in lots of bluefish today and our inshore boats went out for all day wreck fishing trips and brought back to the docks some sheepshead, tautogs, black drum and a lost hake which is a type of cod.

Offshore fleet had some nice catches today. There were several blackfin tuna with two citations of 32 lb. & 26 lb., some yellowfin tuna and a few scattered dolphin. One of our offfshore boats caught and released a 500 lb. blue marlin. Our inshore fleet caught some sheepshead and some tautogs. The Miss Oregon Inlet brought in a few keeper flounder.

There was a flip in the tuna dominance today, with more yellow fin than black fin tuna brought in by the offshore guys. Along with the tuna caught there was one white marlin release reported today. Nearshore bluefishing was good, taylor blues mostly. Our light tackle boats had a few keeper flounders and sheepshead.

Inshore open boats are catching sheepsheads. speckled trout, tautog, trigger fish, puppy drum and black drum. There were some striped bass caught in the sound and puppy drum. There are some good size sheepheads. We finally saw some diversity in our near shore catches with the appearance of king mackerel. Along with king mackerel there were also some albacore caught by the near shore fleet. Black fin tuna fishing is good for the offshore fleet, with scatted yellow fin tuna, wahoo, and the occasional white marlin release.

Yesterday our offshore boats brought back yellowfin tuna, several blackfin tuna, a few gaffer dolphin, and a couple of wahoo with one being a citation. There were two sailfish caught and released. Our inshore boats caught blues, speckled trout, puppy drum, flounder, lots of sheepshead and lots of tautogs.

There were catches of bluefish for our nearshore fleet today and speckled trout and bluefish were caught by our inshore fleet. Our headboat caught fair bluefish and some pigfish this morning. The sea was a little too rough for the offshore fleet today

Offshore catches consisted of three main species, blackfin tuna, yellowfin tuna and dolphin (both bailers and gaffers). Some boats had all of one kind others combinations of two or three different species. In addition two white marlin were caught and released. The twins are Charles and Brown Gaddy, Captain Gaddy is in the background. Most of the fish caught in the lead picture were caught with medium weight spinning tackle. Inshore one boat had good tilefish fishing on the bottom and false albacore trolling. Miss Oregon Inlet caught sea mullet and pigfish. I had a chance to visit the catwalks on Bonner Bridge. There were a lot of people fishing. A strong outgoing tide created a lot of current. No one was fishing the west catwalk. People fishing the east catwalk caught spots and small black drum. There were several people wading off the South end on the East side I saw a nice size puppy drum caught by one of the waders. People fishing a big eddy formed at the South West end caught spots. I was only there for a half hour.