WaterDog Guide Service

WaterDog Guide Service Since 2003, I've been guiding you through the North Carolina waters with our light-tackle and fly-fi Looking to add some adventure to your vacation?

That exactly what I provide you with my light-tackle and fly-fishing services! As an experienced fisherman myself, I’m confident that I have the knowledge and the skills required to make sure that fishermen of all levels can enjoy their time with us. Because I work so closely with nature, I ensure that all techniques used during your trip won’t negatively harm the environment in any way. So pick up your rod, give us a call, and get ready to spend time with nature in a whole new way.

09/04/2026

Another sailfish from an offshore trip last week. We had two crash the spread at the same time. The first threw the hook but this guy stayed buttoned up@and came in nice and green for me 😂

Just a reminder to folks - it’s prohibited by law to remove billfish from water unless you are harvesting them. Billfish are “ram ventilators” which means they have to be moving forward to oxygenate. With extremely high oxygen requirements, time out of the water creates a high oxygen debt that can be insurmountable in almost no time. Every minute out of the water makes their mortality sky rocket. Research indicates that fish fought properly and left in the water can have a mortality under 5%. For 1-3mins out - over 40%.

09/02/2026

Late August is when the bait really starts flowing out the inlets on the full/new moon tides and when you really start to get good action at breaking fishing. Lately it’s been excellent Spanish mackerel, big bluefish, false albacore, all sorts of jacks, big ladyfish…yet everyone is all worried about flounder 😂

This is one of the best eating fish in the ocean BUT the story behind this 35lb African pompano is even crazier… ...
09/01/2026

This is one of the best eating fish in the ocean BUT the story behind this 35lb African pompano is even crazier…

Finally a few showing up. On the planer and on the surface. Very good blackfin tuna bite as well.
08/27/2026

Finally a few showing up. On the planer and on the surface. Very good blackfin tuna bite as well.

Paul with a nice scamp he caught with me recently. There a been a bit of an uptick in scamps and they are welcome “bycat...
06/01/2026

Paul with a nice scamp he caught with me recently. There a been a bit of an uptick in scamps and they are welcome “bycatch” while targeting gags. I’ve had also had a lot of luck jigging them this year.

In my opinion they are the best eating grouper we catch in the south Atlantic.

Been a minute since I posted a fishing repot - about time I get to it again.Marsh caught this stud cobia bottom fishing ...
05/29/2026

Been a minute since I posted a fishing repot - about time I get to it again.

Marsh caught this stud cobia bottom fishing with me the other day. It hit on one of our first drops and after a long tussle with the oceajigger it popped up to the surface with another clearly legal (upper 30”s) follower. I immediately grabbed a rod, a menhaden and went to hook up the follower. Then Marsh said something that’s one of my favorite moments of this year.

He looked over at me, rod doubled over, and said (and I’m paraphrasing a bit) “we don’t really need a second one…let’s focus on this one and get it on the boat”

While that gave us both a great laugh it’s also a moment to sit back and remember a few things. That we don’t need to be greedy and be happy in the moment. Also, get the guys PB cobia over the gunnel first.

Well done buddy - this fish made for a bunch of fine means I am sure. We also got our boat limit of gags, scamp, graysby, vermillion, triggers, jacks, grunts and all types of bottom fish.

I have plenty of openings all summer. Inshore, nearshore and offshore.

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Find the sniper….and be careful where you step. Video incoming.
04/24/2026

Find the sniper….and be careful where you step. Video incoming.

I was fortunate to get a glimpse of the SpaceX launch. It was honestly even more impressive in person.
04/15/2026

I was fortunate to get a glimpse of the SpaceX launch. It was honestly even more impressive in person.

Phew it’s been a while since I’ve posted anything….but it’s been a busy year. Maybe I’ll just start dumping a years wort...
09/09/2025

Phew it’s been a while since I’ve posted anything….but it’s been a busy year. Maybe I’ll just start dumping a years worth of content.

For the last several years I have a photo of posing with a wahoo this time of year. While we couldn’t make that happen this year, instead her dad is the stand in for this years photos. We blistered the wahoo, landed two big sailfish and blackfin. Literally constant action. Killer day in beautiful conditions.

Inshore is decent, offshore trolling is 🔥 and good bottomfishing. Great mackerel nearshore.



Juvenile gag grouper caught along a estuarine grass flat. Gag , like many offshore species actually spend the earliest ...
09/10/2024

Juvenile gag grouper caught along a estuarine grass flat. Gag , like many offshore species actually spend the earliest part of their lives growing up in estuarine environments among the grass flats and oyster beds. This is to say that healthy estuarine ecosystems are critical to the health of so many species, even those we consider to be primarily offshore deep(er) water fish. This is why clean water and protections for critical habitat like our our shallow water submerged aquatic vegetation environments are so critical for healthy and diverse ecosystems, both inshore and off.

Juvenile gags are not an uncommon catch this time of year, but many of us have been seeing a lot more the last 2-3 years so we can be hopeful that rebuilding efforts are working for this important species.

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