Spanish mackerel tonight for dinner!

Took a half-day charter this morning along the pristine Ocracoke Island coast aboard this 25-footer, the Hook Up.

The captain, Rudy Gray, has put in many a year commercial fishing along the Outer Banks in addition to showing tourists like me and my family a good time during summer.

We landed close to a dozen small Spanish mackerel amid warm, calm seas full of frolicking porpoises.

Thanks for a fine morning and some good fishing, Capt. Rudy!

Spanish mackerel in the box. Wesley Loy photo