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	Outer Banks head boat tips June 15 at 7:00 am • Check the weather before you go. Wind direction affects water clarity that can determine the fishing. For example, flounder bite better with clean water, while croakers and sea mullet bite better when the water is stained to dirty.

	Oregon Inlet charterboat releases blue marlin estimated at more than 1,000 pounds June 13 at 9:49 am A big catch on Sunday just a little north of the tournament boundary has competitors in the Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament salivating. Capt. Tom Krauss of the Hooker, an Oregon Inlet-based charterboat released a blue marlin estimated at 1,000 pounds or more.

	Bottom fish on a budget - Head boats cater to Outer Banks anglers throughout the summer from several ports of call June 01 at 7:00 am Outer Banks anglers on a small budget can fish from the largest boats in the harbor.

	Bonito are popular fly-rod targets May 15 at 7:00 am Although most anglers use spinning or baitcasting tackle for bonito, fly-rod fishing has become popular in recent years — probably because false albacore will hit the same flies as bonito.

	Bonito are best on the dinner plate May 15 at 7:00 am Atlantic bonito are probably the only member of the Scombridae family caught from Atlantic Ocean waters that anglers will prepare as food. And anyone who accidentally has tried an albacore, thinking it was a bonito, understands the difference.

	What’s ‘The Point’? May 15 at 7:00 am The Point is 34 to 42 miles southeast of the Oregon Inlet sea buoy, at 35.32.57 to 35.33.00 (north) by 74.50.67 to 74.84.00 (west). It appears as a box canyon where the deep shelf has eroded into the upper shelf, as though a chunk was removed from the slope. Start searching for a steep drop-off once you’ve reached the 560-590 line and dropped from 40 to 50 fathoms. The bottom of the “box” is 400 fathoms and appears suddenly.

	How to identify bigeye tuna May 15 at 7:00 am Bigeye tuna school with their own or with other tuna, including skipjacks, true albacore and yellowfins.

	One ‘app’ for two functions May 15 at 7:00 am Bluefin and bigeyes are the only tuna with a warm-blooded circulatory system that allows them to recycle oxygenated blood one more time before sending it to the gills for re-aeration. The difference is, bluefins use a complex of blood vessels lying in close proximity — the ‘rete mirabile’ — to warm them in cold waters, and as a result are the only tuna that regularly inhabits cold water. Bigeyes use the rete mirabile to feed in oxygen-depleted cold water beyond the scattering layer, and are the only tuna that can do it.

	Bigeye facts May 15 at 7:00 am Dr. Craig Brown, chief of the highly migratory species branch of NOAA Fisheries in Miami is an expert on bigeye tuna biology. Here are some of his observations:

	Hatteras offshore action turning on at opportune time May 14 at 9:03 pm The offshore fishing out of Hatteras has been consistently good all spring, and it’s ramping up another notch heading into this week’s Hatteras Village Offshore Open tournament, with a variety of tuna, a growing number of dolphin, good wahoo and some hungry billfish in the baits lately.

	Offshore fishing excellent out of Atlantic Beach. May 12 at 10:02 pm The offshore fishing out of Atlantic Beach appears to be reaching one of those points when it is about as good as it gets, according to Capt. Mike Webb of Pelagic Sportfishing.

	Bo(nito) knows - They aren’t around long, but North Carolina anglers shouldn’t miss a shot at an Atlantic bonito. May 01 at 7:00 am A beautiful, spring morning became Wayne Crisco’s best bonito fishing adventure, and the Holly Ridge-based saltwater guide didn’t have a client on his boat. “It was absolutely gorgeous on the ocean off Onslow Beach,” Crisco said. “You could see for miles because the seas were only 1 to 2 feet. I had brought my wife, Karen, with me but no clients. “The first thing we noticed was schools of Spanish mackerel hitting baitfish out of New River Inlet. We were about 2 1/4 miles outside the inlet at the ledges where rocks are spread out across the bottom, and bonito were blowing up on schools of baby cigar minnows — not glass minnows like you’d expect.”