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Rebait Fishing
Charters ∙ 412 Pine Cone Court ∙ Kill Devil Hills, NC
27948 ∙ 252.441.9785
Oregon Inlet Fishing Center ∙ North Carolina ∙
800.272.5199 ∙ contact@fishingchartersouterbanks.com
Fishing Schedule
REBAIT Charters’ gulf stream
fishing season is generally from early April to Thanksgiving
Sunday. The fishing schedule below gives you an idea of what is
running and when. You may find it easier planning your offshore
fishing trip using the calendar (schedule below). I primarily target gulf stream meatfish: tuna, dolphin, wahoo, what ever is biting. If you’re
down for the week with your family on vacation, it sure would be
nice to catch all the seafood you can eat! Winter time striper
fishing trips are also available upon request. Call me at home
252.441.9785 anytime to schedule your day of fishing. Thanks!
Captain Jr.
April
April is one of the most weather
affected months that we fish, because sometimes we are still
dealing with our winter conditions. Yellowfin fishing is usually
pretty good when we get a stretch of fair weather and decent
water conditions. We have found that the water temperature does
not matter as much to the fish as it does us. We have found the
fish to be anywhere in 63.5 º to 73 º water. We tend to favor
the clearer pretty water, but when the fish are migrating they
can be found most anywhere. While fishing the warmer waters or
along the blue-green change, the edge of the Gulf Stream, it is
not unusual to catch scattered dolphin along with tuna. -Capt.
Junior Baum
 
 
May
Spring is here. As longer
stretches of warmer weather stick around, we have much better
fishing conditions. The Gulf Stream moves north to the area of
the Point, our House, creating a good blue-green change. Gaffer
dolphin, 8 to 30 pounders, is a primary fish of this month.
Either one at a time, or schools of 10 to 12, we generally can
depend on getting a good days catch. Using light or standard
tackle, it is fun and exciting. On any given day Yellowfin tunas
and scattered big-eyes will show up and add to the excitement.
-Capt. Junior Baum
     
June
June is our transition month from
spring to summer. Early in the month we still have cool weather
and water with changing conditions. Gaffer dolphin has been our
main stay for the last 5 to 6 years for the early part of this
month with the bailers showing the back half. Yellowfins are
showing more regular where we can almost depend on catching a
few each day with some days being very good and you never know
when the Big-eyes will pile in. The whales and porpoises have
arrived so there’s always something exciting to see while you’re
fishing. Warm Gulf Stream waters moving up
bring all kind of wonders with them, dolphin, tuna, seabirds,
whales, porpoises, and marlin. Blue marlin, white marlin, or
sails seem to always be around with anywhere from 2 or 3, 10 or
12 caught each day out of the fleet. You never know when it will
be your turn. -Capt. Junior Baum
           
July
July is our first month of summer
fishing. Spring tuna migration is over and the tunas that we
usually catch now are what we call resident fish. The ones that
stay here all summer long. It is not as consistent as our
earlier fishing, but on any given day it can be just as good or
better. With the yellowfins averaging 40 to 50 lbs and an
occasional big eye bite in the whale hole it makes for an
interesting day. When the whales gather in what we call their
hole, there can be as many as 500 that we fish around and large
schools of porpoises that make for great sight seeing. Our dolphin fishing is pretty good
on the grass and float that tend to make up along the current
edges around the Gulf Stream. They don’t always bite real great,
but with the right bunch you can get what you need. Adding to
the variety, we can catch a scattered wahoo or marlin to make
our day. -Capt. Junior Baum
         
August
August is the month that all the
fishing crews look forward to coming, it is our marlin month.
The tournaments have begun with the blues and whites showing up
northeast of the inlet in good numbers. With some double figure
catches and others averaging 5 to 6 per day, the flags fly.
Sportfishing at it’s best!
The meat fishing is not too bad
either. Bailer dolphin around float and scattered tuna out of
the busters that we see break up the day between marlin bites.
-Capt. Junior Baum
      
September
September starts out with the same
marlin fishing we had in August. As the weather turns,
northeasters come or maybe a hurricane, our conditions begin to
turn around from summer to fall. With these changes the fish
migrate south from the northern canyons, their summer grazing
pastures. With the grass and float coming down out of the bays,
some days dolphin fishing is good for everyone. It would not be
unusual to see 30 to 40 birds on a school of yellowfin tuna.
Last part of the month, after the
weather has cooled and the water up north has been stirred by
storms, we go back to our southern stomping grounds, the Ledges.
This is the time of the year when our tuna fishing begins to be
more consistent day in day out. Limits of yellowfin and
scattered big-eyes among the fleet make each day of fishing a
success. -Capt. Junior Baum
     
October
October is the beginning of our
fall fishing. The weather has cooled and along with it the
waters up north sending fish our way. Tunas, tunas, tunas often
times plenty to go around for everyone. It’s nothing unusual to
come home early with the box full, from now until I stop fishing
after Thanksgiving. If our hurricane season is not too bad, the
fishing will hold up from now until March. Wahoos, king mackerel, dolphin,
tuna, even marlin have been known to bite the hook. You never
know what you’ll catch. -Capt. Junior Baum
     
November
In the past 4 or 5 years, November
has become one of the most productive months for catching tuna.
With the unpredictable weather of the early winter months, when
we do get out fishing, you can depend on a good day’s catch. Big
eyes and yellowfins are the catch of the day.
Thanksgiving week is always one of
our busiest times. People down for the Holidays always plan to
catch some fish for Thanksgiving by going on Gulf Stream
charters for tuna or inshore trips for stripers. If you’re down
for the week with your family. -Capt. Junior Baum
  
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