The fabulous Hatteras Winter Bluefin season is a short one, but a great one. Call well in advance to book a Giant Bluefin or Yellowfin trip during the late Winter or early Spring aboard the JULIA III before our remaining open dates are filled.  For the past two seasons we done exceptionally well with both Giant Bluefin and School Yellowfin in Hatteras, and we're hoping to continue on into next year. Fight large school bluefin tuna that can range from 250 to 350 pounds with the occassional true 700 pound giant bluefin showing up once in a while.  Multiple daily hookups are often the rule at Hatteras rather than the exception.  With our unlimited rods and 130 class Penn Internationals, you will normally fight the fish for 30-45 minutes from the chair.  We then tag and release all Bluefin.  National Marine Fisheries Service Tags are used to track a fish's travels as well as his growth.  It's a great program and I like to see our anglers participate.  We are licensed to fish for and land all legal Atlantic Tunas, and we're especially experienced with big fish.  The JULIA III is well-equipped to handle these monsters... so we challenge you to get into the fighting chair and wrestle with a giant!  This is an unforgetable experience that cannot be described!

Later in the Spring the Yellowfin fishing is very good, and the Bonitas literally jump into the boat.  King Mackeral are also running during this same time, so they make a nice alternative.  We also have scored with nice-sized Wahoo, which are excellent table fare, and a fantastic fighting fish.  So count on bringing home some delicious fresh Yellowfin Tuna steaks, maybe some Wahoo or Mackeral, and lots of great pictures to show your friends!  The first Blue Marlin of the season is usually landed in mid-April, so the possibility of billfish is real.  Hatteras Village Marina offers a complete fish cleaning & filleting service right at the docks so when you get home you just pop the fish onto the grill.  There are also several very reasonable resturants and motels nearby, and several of these resturants will cook your catch!  Diamond Shoals, the hottest fishing grounds in North Carolina's winter tuna fishery, is only 26 miles from our dock, much closer to Hatteras Inlet than Oregon Inlet Fishing Center, so save time and fish with us now!