Despite a lack of offshore action, Horseplay leads the Dare County Boat Builders Tournament, followed by Secotan, and Freestyle. The tournament continues through Saturday.

As the Dare County Boat Builders Tournament gets underway, mahi mahi, tuna, and wahoo are prevalent in offshore waters. Elsewhere, drum, sheephead, and speckled trout have been reported. 

Though it was a cloudy day, excellent numbers of blackfin tuna, mahi mahi, and citation bigeye tuna were reported offshore. Inshore and surf reports remain steady.

Tuna, mahi mahi, wahoo, and a few sailfish were reeled in offshore yesterday, with nice numbers of speckled trouts being reported in the sound. 

Offshore action out of Oregon Inlet this weekend resulted in both yellowfin and blackfin tuna, mahi mahi, and even a few billfish releases. Closer to the shore, red drum, ribbon fish, speckled trout, and croaker make up a good portion of the variety!

Offshore fishing remains slow with no action reported on Thursday, but catches remain promising closer to the shore. 

Not much offshore action recently due to rough conditions, but Jennette's Pier sees action from those fishing near the shore.

Those fishing offshore hit the mahi mahi jackpot, as well as bottom fishing that resulted in an abundance of tile fish. Near shore, Spanish mackerel, blue fish, and ribbon fish were caught in excellent numbers. 

Bigeye tuna, yellowfin tuna, and mahi mahi are being reeled in offshore, where inshore drum, speckled trout, and sheephead are among the variety. 

Most boats were laid up today due to breezy conditions, but a couple ventured out for catch and releases with some returning with the variety of catches seen frequently this week.

Ribbonfish join the variety being reeled in near shore, while sporty conditions are being reported out of Oregon Inlet.

You couldn't ask for better fishing across the Outer Banks! The variety continues offshore out of Oregon Inlet and near the shore with speckled trout, Spanish mackerel, blackfin tuna, red drum, and sea bass to name a few.

A meat fest offshore with plenty of variety in the surf as well!

Fish galore! A colorful variety of wahoo, mahi mahi, yellowfin tuna, blackfin tuna, sailfish, and blue marlin are frequenting waters off Oregon Inlet with sheepshead being reeled in off surrounding bridges! 

There were plenty of fish to be caught on Independence Day with anglers reeling in a spectacular variety of Blue Marlin, Sailfish, and Mahi Mahi, and even more closer to the shore!

Mahi Mahi and yellowfin tuna continue to dominate the offshore fishing realm, as well as tilefish, Spanish mackerel, speckled trout, and a few croaker closer towards the shore.

Starting offshore, mahi and yellowfin tuna are being caught—Nearshore, seeing Spanish mackerel and speckled trout in the sounds.

The Hatteras Marlin Club's tournament wraps today, and Jody has a full rundown of the rankings and releases!

Yellowfin, mahi, wahoo, and a few blue marlin being caught today!

A look at the 65th Hatteras Marlin Club's tournament today!

Not a ton of fishing activity yesterday, but seeing some nearshore catches of bluefin and red drum.

Mahi mahi and yellowfin tuna offshore, speckled trout in the sounds, and gaffers near Hatteras today.

Lots of mahi and yellowfin tuna coming in offshore, seeing speckled trout in the sound along with drum, and seeing sea mullet and blue fish in the surf.

Offshore, seeing mahi mahi and yellowfin tuna. Inshore and nearshore, Spanish mackerel, and speckled trout.

Offshore, seeing lots of mahi and tilefish action. Amberjack, seabass, and even red snapper closer to shore! Speckled trout is prominent in the Sounds.

Father's Day Weekend saw lots of mahi and tuna action offshore. Inshore, speckled trout and bluefish!

Nice yellowfin tuna, mahi mahi, and seabass catches offshore. Nearshore, Spanish Mackerel and Seabass action.

Yellowfin tuna catches along with blue marlin and blackfin tuna were the name of the game over the weekend offshore for the boats that did make it out during breaks in the weather.

Not much offshore action yesterday, but inshore, we're seeing nice numbers of cobia and Spanish mackerel.

Tougher offshore fishing yesterday, but inshore we're seeing some red drum, white and blue marlins, and various tuna.

Lots of offshore action yesterday with blue marlin and sailfish releases. Closer to shore, seeing cobia catches as well as ribbonfish and red drum releases.

Big yellowfin tuna, and mahi mahi action over the weekend, along with speckled trout, tilefish, and mackerel catches.

There were a few blue marlin and sailfish releases yesterday, and I also saw some yellowfin and wahoo catches. Inshore, seeing Spanish mackerel and cobia.

Lots of offshore action to be had mid-week up and down the Outer Banks!

Didn't see a ton of boats make it offshore yesterday due to the breezes, but those who did go out were rewarded with mahi and blackfin tuna catches. Inshore boats saw cobia catches, wahoo, and marlin releases. In the sounds, incredibly speckled trout fishing.

Good fishing over the weekend – for example, Oregon Inlet saw big eye and yellowfin tuna, along with some blue marlins and wahoo. Seeing bluefish, sea mullet, and speckled trout in the surf.

Yellowfin and blackfin tuna fishing action has been pretty good offshore, with speckled trout and puppydrum being caught in the sound.

Not much offshore fishing, but those who made it out saw blackfin tuna, wahoo, and king mackerel catches.

Lots of offshore action yesterday with the first blue marlin of the season and bluefish, sheepshead, and speckled trout being caught.

Fishing picked up at Oregon Inlet over the weekend, with lots of mahi mahi, wahoo, and blackfin tuna making headlines.

Weather was keeping things pretty quiet on the fishing front yesterday, but we should see the action pick up over the weekend.

Inshore fishing was pretty solid, with bluefish, speckled trout, and others making appearances.

Offshore action saw blackfin and wahoo, and inshore, we saw bluefish, red drum and even some sheepshead!

Speckled trout, puppy drum, and even a 24.5-inch blackfin were caught yesterday! Here's a look at the day in fishing action.

A tale of two days this weekend – we had some boats make it out before the rain set in, but the second half of the weekend was somewhat of a washout. Nice week ahead and we should see some good fishing again!

Great fishing came to a standstill yesterday, but weather-dependent, we may see things picking up again!

Offshore fishing finally picking up in a big way! Mahi, bluefish, yellowfin, blackfin tuna, and more.

Offshore fishing is picking up, and seeing some dolphin, wahoo, and even amberjack!

Skates, dogfish, blowtoads, and a few speckled trouts have been seen around the northern Outer Banks, with the drum action being seen around the more southern areas.

Seeing nice catches of puppy drum, varieties of tuna, and even a sheepshead down near the Point over the weekend.