tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46372321092327822442024-03-14T06:03:00.391-04:00Rock Solid FishingFish aboard the Rock Solid, the Carolina Blue, or the Southern Run for light tackle charter fishing on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. We customize trips for families as well as the experienced angler. All bait, tackle, rods, reels and licenses are included. We'll get you rigged up!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1037125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4637232109232782244.post-91377391487499813412018-11-13T17:49:00.000-05:002018-11-13T17:50:21.820-05:00
Been good fishing! Y’all come on!
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4637232109232782244.post-38209628608502286062018-02-20T22:11:00.001-05:002018-02-20T22:19:45.536-05:00
Great day on the water today!! Love some summertime weather in February!!
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4637232109232782244.post-11570833824800640952018-02-20T20:20:00.000-05:002018-02-20T20:20:38.966-05:00We're BACK!!!
Rock Solid Fishing captains will be posting regular reports right here from the 2018 season on!!
Whoo hoo! Going into our 19th season in 2018!
Definitely ready for summer!!!!
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4637232109232782244.post-17785347428281543952014-07-04T15:29:00.001-04:002014-07-04T15:29:22.230-04:00Awful Arthur!Well got a day off at least... Hope this hurricane breezes by with nothing more than a few hurricane hangovers! Just got finished on a long day hauling boats and prepping for the storm. Had to run Rock Solid up twenty miles so I brought some of the critters and skipped them along. Why not let them have fun gotta burn the fuel anyways! Thanks to everyone for the concerned calls Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4637232109232782244.post-44891948523377527952014-06-28T16:20:00.000-04:002014-06-29T00:08:34.975-04:00No such thing as too much fun!
What an awesome week! It was a nice treat to have some long time locals fish this us! Thanks to Tim Willis & the guys, Dustin Carter, James & Derrick & of course John & Sharon Newbold. Made some new friends & was able to catch up with some old ones while enjoying the beautiful weather & catching several fish too! Lots of drum of all sizes hanging around & Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4637232109232782244.post-21652568179070725992014-06-26T23:06:00.001-04:002014-06-27T05:53:50.331-04:00So much cooler online!!!I am not really cool in real life but did get my annual hair cut so least I don't look like joe dirt anymore! Still getting a bite or two!! Fishing is not consistent I have no idea what's gonna happen and what the water is gonna do but we are gonna load up try hard and catch what comes our way in a fun laid back atmosphere! Check out Jim catching a cobia sight casting off that stick Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4637232109232782244.post-87947235678914253592014-06-24T21:45:00.001-04:002014-06-24T21:45:11.477-04:00Fishing on!Made next day on the Carolina Blue with Kevin Lesser caught four. Next day southern run went cobia fishing got 12 cobia with Kevin. Next day back in the rock solid !! Thanks to Dockside Diesel, blue water, Winky, and whiskey!! You guys made it happen and happen quick!! Did not miss a day are ya kidding me! Then Bob and Caleb and crew picked up my truck and met me at the inlet. Windy but we got a Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4637232109232782244.post-29079786952467981612014-06-21T12:05:00.001-04:002014-06-21T15:48:04.433-04:00One Fish, Two Fish, Redfish, Bluefish...
Okay, so I don't have but one picture of a bluefish, but certainly plenty of redfish! It's been a great couple of weeks! Had the pleasure of getting to know some great groups of people from all over the country. Also, there have been a lot of lady anglers on board. Fun to see them out-fish the guys! Thanks to everyone who fished with us on the Carolina Blue!
Jack Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4637232109232782244.post-42772582405007959012014-06-18T22:15:00.001-04:002014-06-18T23:02:42.541-04:00Holy Snikees! Cobia wins!Ok I will try to catch you guys back up on my end! Thanks to everyone for coming back and fishing time and time again!! I am especially sorry to the Yowell crew for taking them to debacleville! We ran forty miles to find the big ones and well tore up the clutch and spent three hours getting to know everyone better bobbing waiting for a tow! Thanks to Capt Amanda for running down and Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4637232109232782244.post-57092007587950459442014-06-15T22:56:00.001-04:002014-06-15T22:56:57.118-04:00Happy Father's Day!Hope you enjoyed your day hopefully with your dad! I miss mine,my buddy and great fisherman! Sorry been fishing everyday and been slack on updates but man we have been stringing them along. (Days in a row fishing) Been trying weather, and hit or miss fishing but working hard and catching a few!! Congrats to Debbie and Jerry for your anniversary giant cobia you seem to get every year! Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4637232109232782244.post-48586145328469434472014-06-05T14:32:00.000-04:002014-06-05T14:32:16.270-04:00Crankin' It Up a Notch! Summertime is here and so are the fish! Great cobia fishing for the last couple weeks & lots of critters inshore too. There are a few shots in here from some nice fish caught in Hatteras & some caught last week outside Oregon Inlet. Pretty work Brandon & Gary on their 78 pound piggy! Fun times!! We took still shots from our Go Pro footage on the Carolina Blue while Capt Kelly Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4637232109232782244.post-7567807898380378652014-06-01T08:45:00.001-04:002014-06-01T09:03:16.847-04:00Cobia keep coming and Carolina Blue not so Blue!! And a sturgeon?
Whaaat?!Pic here of the Johnson party with a limit if fish and plenty of released! Also Scott owner of Blue moon beach grill ( killer eats if you never been there ) and capt John Sheets with a nice catch of cobia with couple real nice ones. One weighing In the 80s! That makes five over 80 this year wow been a good run! I gaffed Scott's piggy in the head somewhere on a deep shot and blood went Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4637232109232782244.post-2205677917770827212014-05-27T10:11:00.001-04:002014-05-27T10:16:22.977-04:00Under the SeaWhump Whump Whump. Crawling outta the tower yesterday weeeee there goes my iphone bouncing off the washboard and then fluttering to the depths like a clark spoon carrying numbers, pics, cool vids, and tons of cool cobia pics that will never make it! That is a real bummer because I been über slack about getting three weeks of great cobia fishing up. So sorry guys, I lost your Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4637232109232782244.post-40562306511350508112014-05-25T23:54:00.000-04:002014-05-25T23:54:28.017-04:00Finally Feeling Like SummerHi Folks!
Had a great time last week making some new friends and catching a few fish! In the process of getting a few crab pots ready for a busy season. Sunday Funday with the family is always fun too! Thanks Everyone!
Fun Times with the Fam
John's Ditch Catfish...
Dave the sea mullet master!
Tonya showing the boys how it's done
Tonya, Johnathan &Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4637232109232782244.post-53227548112639073532014-05-25T22:59:00.003-04:002014-05-25T23:00:14.500-04:00Happy Memorial DayGot a few nice cobia today up to 81lbs. Congrats Darren and crew. Got more pics coming hope everyone enjoys their families this holiday!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4637232109232782244.post-68920313094085586632014-05-24T08:50:00.001-04:002014-05-24T08:50:37.060-04:00Cobia fishing!Plenty of pics to update. Hope everyone has a great Memorial day weekend! Cobia have been cooperative for the most part! Thanks everyone for the interest and fishing! Cool pic of some guys that cast to and landed a nice cobia the other day with me on a squid jig Lama poured and sold to them over five years ago so the meathog has roots!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4637232109232782244.post-91812585713768155392014-05-22T10:54:00.001-04:002014-05-22T10:55:23.254-04:00Ling a ling a ling a ding dong!Promise to get updates up soon! been going hard try to get caught up tonight!!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4637232109232782244.post-71715212521141498802014-05-18T20:48:00.001-04:002014-05-18T20:48:12.635-04:00Good fishing wish you were here!I promise I will catch up all the great fishing just been real busy and trying to keep what is was an awesome fishery from turning into the rockfish fiasco! Hula girls, meathog punisher rods, and meathog custom jigs! Core! Thanks everyone for fishing! Got some openings with our two new great captains!! Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4637232109232782244.post-84454796114915021392014-05-12T07:25:00.001-04:002014-05-12T16:25:24.115-04:00Cobia biting?!Weeeeee cobia are starting to show! Reports of fish being seen from the Oregon inlet tide line to Harkers Island. Maybe weather will stay pretty and let the fish show up the beach so we can toss all these beatutiful buck tails at em! We have landed a few so far! Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4637232109232782244.post-54466288037661136642014-05-09T17:55:00.001-04:002014-05-11T20:33:22.246-04:00Puppy drum, meat hog cobia jigs, and emu dinnerCapt Dillion out yesterday put the Ianello party in some redfish action. Young man Mason was jacked up and had a ball. Love it when kids have fun! Rock solid is in hatteras fishing, Carolina Blue, southern run, and captain Dillion's rig on the obx. I got a decent shot of drum swimming with us yesterday. Nice to see so many pretty fish swimming up top! Picture of the lama wagon loaded Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4637232109232782244.post-34686501826754418382014-05-07T07:44:00.001-04:002014-05-09T18:00:58.638-04:00Ladies kicked my buttFished the sound for a few hours the other day and all three ladies got a fish except the captain. Oh well trout, striper, and nice slot red. The red came home for dinner, trout and rock are closed as of the moment! Thanks!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4637232109232782244.post-40831175313221688092014-05-07T07:39:00.001-04:002014-05-07T07:39:17.262-04:00Fun times thanks guys!!Capt Allan Hastbacka from got stryper charters came down with some of his crew and landed some bosco blacktips and jack crevalle! Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4637232109232782244.post-5075954147456474792014-04-27T17:29:00.001-04:002014-04-28T20:50:05.236-04:00Moving fast forward!!Chris and Conner fished hard. Chris one shot one cast one cobia on the deck . Pretty cool when your clients have been learning cobia fishing and they can get it done! Not sitting on there butts not engaged but actively looking and figuring it out with you and you trust Them ! To put the cast where and how it needs to be ! Ten hours one shot one cast on point bam you kidding me?!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4637232109232782244.post-33233418509967321662014-04-27T16:55:00.001-04:002014-04-27T18:02:19.370-04:00All the kids with the pumped up kicks!!
Just fishing catching all kinds of exotics. Last week! Myers got a nice trip. (Short for tripletail in cocoa. ). (by the way they taste terrible and you should give them all to yer captain !!) Also another nice flapjack hit the deck. Kids out we had little sheepshead, lady fish, snappas, reds, Spanish, gobies, whatever fun stuff!! Lockdowns are cool sorry did not Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4637232109232782244.post-74693587771102585122014-04-24T22:28:00.001-04:002014-04-25T22:21:54.379-04:00Costa del mar 580 try these 680 meat hogs!!Ok cat outta the bag. We all know and love costa del mar 580 lenses for sightcasting! The clear optics insane. The 400 lenses were good, great in fact. Then I got away from the polycarbonate lense and really fell on love with the glass lense. Then 580 lenses ahhhhhhhh in copper, vermillion , whatever cobia started popping out! I like the flat lenses the best Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0