Miss Oregon Inlet II Head Boat Fishing

For the average family, an ocean fishing charter is a distant dream – private, luxury and expensive! Many people travel to the Outer Banks understanding its incredible maritime beauty, but few ever see it up close from the bow of a ship. While fishing on the Outer Banks is an amazing experience...
Miss Oregon Inlet II powers out of her OIFC mooring twice a day during the summer for fishing trips and, like her predecessor, also takes folks out for sunset cruises, wedding-related parties, private events and burials at sea.
Pigfish. Puppy drum. Pufferfish. Pin... No, this is not a chant! It’s just a few of the 20 or so species of fish you might catch on a fishing trip on the Miss Oregon Inlet headboat.
What time of day do you associate with the Outer Banks? Maybe you’ve never thought about it before, but as you do now you might envision a bright, sunny afternoon on the beach.
The Outer Banks offers so many ways to catch so many different fish in so many different places. There’s bottom fishing for triggerfish...
Picture a kid back in the mid-1950s. He’s about 9, and his passion, his obsession, really, is fishing. He’s grown up – so far – in Elizabeth City, which certainly gives him waterways where he can bait a hook, but he knows that the real fishing is on the Outer Banks, which isn’t that far away...
The day begins with the rising of that amazing orange globe for those who are up that early. On a day like this – one that will include a first-time-ever experience, even the teenage kids are up and ready to go. Where? On a half-day fishing trip on board the Miss Oregon Inlet head boat.
Bob talked up the calm water, brilliant sun and balmy weather, and Debbie agreed to go. A serene cruise wasn’t all Bob had planned, however. To the accompaniment of Captain Randy Frees’s tongue-in-cheek rendition of Sinatra’s “Fly Me to the Moon,” Bob proposed to Debbie. She said...
Oregon Inlet Fishing Center was the first marina to acquire and operate a headboat on the Outer Banks, and it is home to the headboat...
Have you ever kissed a fish? Chances are the answer is yes for those of us who have been aboard the fishing head boat Miss Oregon Inlet. The captain and mates will tell you that it’s bad luck not to kiss the first fish you catch, but don’t worry, it’s all in good fun!
The 65-foot, red and white boat dubbed Miss Oregon Inlet has been running in Oregon Inlet for about 30 years and was the first head boat in the area. She is no stranger to fishing excursions and comes with three crew members at the ready — the experienced Captain Frees and two mates.