Marlin, Tuna and Dolphin

The Marlin are showing up gradually in larger numbers.  The fleet had a great catch yesterday with some boats releasing four for the day yesterday.  The Pelican has had great catches of Dolphin a few Yellowfin Tuna which have been nice sized and seen quit a few Marlin.  We are gearing up for the upcoming Pirates Cove Billfish Tournament starting with the Alice Kelley on the 14th.  Hoping for Marlin releases today!!!

Another Good Day On The Pelican!

They ended yesterday with a load of Dolphin and a Nice Blue Marlin release.  Excellent weather to boot!  The Blue Marlin put on a nice dance and really topped the day off.  Billy Haan and his crew did a great job getting these fish to the boat, nice release on the Blue Marlin too!

Exciting Action!

The Pelican had great action yesterday!  John Gordon and his crew landed eight Yellowfin Tuna, a Wahoo and released a NICE 300 plus pound Blue Marlin.  An awesome day!  Great job guys!  Today the weather is clear and wind is calm, I’m looking forward to hearing from Capt. Arch and what today will bring us on the blue water.  We’ll keep you posted!

Meat In The Box!

Today we rested after fishing just about everyday since the season started and have enjoyed every minute of it.  The fishing has been great, a little bit of everything has been caught which makes for a great mix while offshore fishing.  Monday, we ended the day with four nice Yellowfin Tuna between 15 and 45 pounds and forty five Dolphin.  Marlin fishing is just around the corner and we’re looking forward to a great August and September.  We are open this Friday and Saturday, the weather outlook looks good so far, it’s a great time of the month to take advantage of this fishing.  If your interested give us a call or email us arch@fishthepelican.com

Fish The Pelican You Tube Channel

Check out our You Tube channel for great  classic video of Capt. Arch when he was a mate aboard the Temptress with Capt. Chip Shafer courtesy of Mike Bailey and the crew aboard the Temptress  1985.  Just click the youtube.com icon at the bottom right of this page.  Thanks Mike for sharing these video’s.

Great Tournament!

Congratulations to  all the boats who participated in this great tournament!  We’ll see you all next year!  Yesterday was our final day and boy did we have some action!  We started the morning with a double on both flat lines, 2 White Marlin releases!  Then had another double and three singles.  We ended the day with three White Marlin releases and a total of six White Marlin releases for the tournament.  We just missed third place by time.  Not at all because we didn’t try!  We were all on our toes.  Great job to John, Dick, and Eric Bailey and a big thanks for having me part of the team!  I love a good Marlin challenge and had awesome action on the left flat!  Capt.  Arch and  our mate Lee Albarty are a fantastic team!  Working flawlessly by putting us on the fish and working the cockpit, first class.  More than $70,ooo raised for Dare County student scholarships…mission accomplished!

Lay Day Today, Intense Yesterday!

Hot and rough yesterday but we saw some action.  Two White Marlin releases and one Blue Marlin released has put us on the board with three hundred points.  John Bayliss on the Tarheel is in the lead for day one.  It’s the best two of three days of fishing.  We will be back out on Sunday to finish the Tournament.  Good luck to everyone!

Marlin Tournament Time!!

Seven White Marlin and six NICE Yellowfin Tuna has made the past two days successful!  We are now gearing up for fishing in the Dare County Boat Builders Tournament starting tomorrow.  This tournament is held to encourage and promote the historic and cultural heritage of Dare County boat building and support  educational opportunities through scholarships.  We invite you to connect with this great event by visiting www.dcbbf.org   I’ll keep you posted on our stats and give first hand experience as I will be joining Arch and the Bailey team for this tournament.  The last few weeks have led me to believe there is going to be great action aboard the Pelican!  Stay tuned to my tournament reports by connecting with the Pelican through Face book, Twitter and also receive our fishing reports directly to your inbox via RSS feed.  Join us for the EXCITEMENT!  We thank our Dare County Boat Builders Tournament Sponsors for being a part of such an important and great opportunity for our kids and supporting their educational future.  Stay Tuned!!

They Keep Us On Our Toes!

Across the fleet yesterday is was slower than what we have been used to this week.  We have actually been quit spoiled this year but it is not uncommon just really nice, consistent great catches.  The Pelican released three White Marlin and landed eight nice Dolphin, now that’s nothing to complain about and if we consider that a little slow, we are doing more than fantastic for July!  We’ve got the Boat Builder’s Tournament coming up this weekend and it looks like we will have decent weather (finger’s crossed).  This will be my second year fishing with our good friend John Bailey, very exciting….my husband has created a Marlin fishing monster in me, but what would we expect from Capt. Arch Bracher and his passion for fishing…he keeps us all wanting to come back for more!

It’s Getting Real Exciting!

The Pelican has released 19 White Marlin in two days!!!!  This is great news for July fishing!  Sunday, the Lipman crew saw great Marlin action, a few singles, doubles, then BAM!!!a quad at the end of the day, sending them into double digit releases, 10 to be exact.  Yesterday we went fun fishing and released nine of twelve.  We all released at least one, I hooked two, Phil hooked three, Nick Walke reeled one in and Uncle Nick and Jeff Albarty each caught one.  Loads of Fun!!!  The weather was awesome too, just couldn’t ask for much more other than seeing more White’s, but the numbers were close across the fleet.  On our trip yesterday, all but two were singles.  I have to say, as much as I enjoy catching in big numbers and the dance in the cockpit when we have multiples I enjoyed savoring the single bites, it gives everyone the opportunity to see how beautiful these fish are.  The way they come in behind the bait and eat, jump and dance and show their beautiful colors when they “light up”.  It’s amazing, it’s more than exciting, for some it’s indescribable the feeling you get when you catch a Marlin.  If you haven’t done it, you need to add it to your bucket list, it is a must do on the Pelican with Capt. Arch.