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Welcome to the Home of Capt. Marty Moore and Top Water Charters.

I am a Coast Guard licensed 100 gross ton Master and an IGFA Certified Captain. I am also a Coast Guard licensed 4000 HP Designated Duty Engineer and currently work as a Chief Engineer with the NC Ferry Division at the Cape Hatteras Operation. Our work schedule is a week on-week off rotation that typically allows me to fish well over 100 days per year!

Most of my trips start from the Beaufort Waterfront and I fish the nearshore, inshore, and offshore waters from east of Bogue Inlet to the rocks and wrecks east of Cape Lookout. I have fished these waters extensively for over 30 years. In order to take advantage of great fishing opportunities, I frequently tow my boat to other areas on our coast. Some of these include Oregon Inlet, Hatteras Inlet, Ocracoke Inlet, and Cedar Island. Since I spend half my life on the Outer Banks, I spend a lot of time surf fishing at Ocracoke and Hatteras Island. I also do some surf fishing from Shackleford Banks and Cape Lookout.

I have a proven track record for producing outstanding catches and I am very versatile. I like to target a variety of fish and this area has a number of great species availiable. I also love catch trophy sized fish. Since 1988, I have been on a personal crusade to collect a NC Fishing Citation for each species that our state recognizes. In 2005 I landed my first Citation winning Gray Trout and Sea Mullet, numbers 26 and 27. Only 7 to go! All together, I have personally landed over 200 NC Citation-sized fish over the last 18 years. I have also landed all 5 Atlantic Billfish Species (including the elusive Spearfish and prized Swordfish), I am a 2 time member of the IGFA Inshore Grand Slam Club, I am a member of the IGFA 10 Pound Bonefish Club and have been on a winning King Mackerel Tournament team. I have fished commercially with rod and reel for Red Snapper, Grouper, King Mackerel and BluefinTuna. I have fished the entire NC Coast from Little River Inlet to Corolla. I have fished South Florida from Miami to the Dry Tortugas. I have also fished the South Texas coast, all the way to the Rio Grande.

I am currently fishing on a 23' Maycraft Center Console, powered by a 225 HP Honda 4 Stroke. This boat is easy to trailer, allowing me to be flexible in my pursuit of good fishing. This boat is also very versatile. It performs its job well, whether I find myself 30 miles offshore, on the shoals at Cape Hatteras or Cape Lookout, or in Pamlico Sound. I catch a wide variety of fish from this boat, ranging from a 300+ pound Bluefin Tunas to quarter pound Spots!