This report is about the Virginia Beach Billfish Tournament. We fished this tournament last week, and what a great time. The fishing was good, but the weather was even better! Whenever you get to have good fishing and good weather, then everyone's mood is always good.

We got there on Wednesday, and went fun fishing on Thursday, we went one for one on the white marlin, and caught a dolphin or two. The first fishing day for us was Friday and we saw birds working, bait fish on top along with white marlin cutting through the bait. Once the bites started, we had steady action for a few hours, and ended the day going 3 for 5 on the bites and saw several other fish in the area. One of our three was a blue marlin, which was a pleasant surprise, and the other two were white marlin.

On board was Clyde, L.O., Pete, Parker, and the mates were Justin and Thomas. The crew was 100 percent on their hook ups, but due to unlucky events we were not able to complete the release on two of the fish. Still it has been awhile since we have had that kind of action, and I look forward to next years event.

Finally had another trip, and it was a good one. Charles had this one scheduled for a long time. A little choppy, but not too rough, they managed to do a great job. We bailed a few dolphin early, and despite Mark feeding them instead of catching them the rest of the crowd took up the slack. Catching 20 or so. We then shifted gears and tried for something different, and managed to catch 4 wahoo to go with the dolphin. I tried to tell them wahoo were not very good, but Jamie had too much experience to go for that old trick.

I had a blast with this group, and hope next time we can find a marlin for them.

WHAT A DAY! Chris and I chatted several times, and I told him that the first two weeks of July can be very special around here. With all of that said this year has not been the best billfish season so far. Chris and his crew however timed it perfect! We went 3 for 8 on the sails and white marlin. Severel other boats did very well as well. We had a great day with a great crew and I look forward to the next trip with Chris and his friends and family.

Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament is now over and despite a lack luster fishing week, there were some remarkable achievements during the week. The first of which was the Citation boat catching a new record for the tournamment on the very first day of the week! 883 lbs shattered the old record. The Miss Judy on day two was the only boat to even release a blue marlin and they released two. That is something that has always baffled me, how can fishing be so slow, yet one boat out of 100 boats catch two, and no one else catches one? The Carnivore caught a nice fish that on most tournaments would have won, but not this year. Their 528 lb fish was only good enough for second, and then third fish was 460 lbs caught on Friday for the Wet and Wild.

Our party was with Mech Works and they were GREAT! I will try to list everyone that fished with us, but I am not sure I can remember all of the names, as Ron and Andrew invited different people through the week to fish. Ron, Andrew, Richard, Freddie, Trapis, Kieth, Winsor, Kyle, Kyle, (not a typo)Teddy, Mike, Judson,and others that I am struggling with remembering. They showed a lot of patience and we fished hard, but it was just not meant to be for us this time around. We had a blue marlin take a swipe at a plug on THursday, and jumped a white marlin off on Friday, but that was about the extent of our tournament. However good times were shared and stories told during the week, and I hope to see these guys again real soon.

On our lay day we took radio personality Donna Kelly fishing and actually did some radio things while fishing in the action during Wednesday. We caught some dolphin and even cleaned and ate a couple for lunch.

We had great weather during the week, and today we are off to Hatteras to fish the Marlin Club Tournament, and have some great food. I hope the fishing picks up for this week. After this we are back home for regular charters, and we have many open dates, so call for days available and details.

My apologies to John Daniels, Martin Senell, and Ben Fields. I took these guys fishing over a three day period from May 20th, 21st, and 22nd. John and his friends had a good catch of dolphin, and a blackfin tuna or two. Martin and his crew decided after catching a few dolphin it was time to get off the porch and look for a blue marlin! We managed to catch 11 nice dolphin, but were not able to find the elusive blue marlin. Ben and his rowdy bunch had a great day also, and cought a mess of fish. I think in total we caught 16 fish which included dolphin, amberjacks, wahoo, and false albacore.

Justin and I had a fantastic time with all three parties, and truly hope they all decide to come again. I have some pictures to put into the "media gallery" from Ben's trip thanks to Tony. We have many open dates in July, and the last week of June, so please call for details 252-241-3353.

Our friend Rick, and his sidekick Dave brought along a couple of friends. By the way nice job Mike. Mike fell early in the morning, but made a full recovery and was able to take his turn at bat. That was a great thing because someone had to take up the slack for Rick! I am just kidding, because Rick only needs to lift his foot, and he could crush me like a bad tomato.

The fishing was awesome, with lots and lots of dolphin in the ocean. We ended the day with around 22 dolphin. What a great day on the water, and what a great day of fishing with a great crew!

Danny made his third trip with us in as many years. Clark, Danny and the rest of the crowd did a fine job catching lots of dolphin, and blackfin tuna. The weather was nice, and warm. We have many dates available for the summer, so please call for details.

I am awaiting some pistures from Danny so we can post them here on the site. Danny tell John he better get it together for next year. Really I hope he can make it.

Finally a new report! We are back in the water and gleaming! We have a new look, and a new attitude. We have made one trip this season and that was with Chris Stanley and his group for Reelin for Research tournament friends. What a great cuase. These fisherman along with many others raised quite a total for childrens cancer research. We did not have a lot of luck until late in the day and then we caught 2 wahoos out of three bites. However the weather was picture perfect for these guys, and our new paint job.

Check out these pictures of the new look, and then come join us for some relaxing times on the water.

BIG ROCK BLUE MARLIN TOURNAMENT IS STILL OPEN! For info please call 252-241-3353.

I wanted to inform you all, that there is a change coming. The Diamond Girl will have a new look for 2010. The hull will be a darker blue than it is now, and the rest of the boat will be Snow White. Perhaps some other more subtle changes will also be implemented. She is out of the water and the paint crew is working hard on here makeover.

Despite her new looks, she is still available for charter, and we are accepting bookings for 2010 now. We hope to be up and running sometime before mid March. We are also still open for the Big Rock Tournament, among others including Ducks Unlimited, Barta, Wrightsville Beach, and the Wahoo Challenge. Please call for info on a regular fishing charter as well as tournament information.

I look forward to hearing from past customers as well as new. However most of all I hope 2010 is a very good year for everybody.