Any of you ever went on an offshore trip out of North Carolina. My Dad has to move up there for a year and has a house very close to the coast in New Bern. I am thinking about putting together a trip out there. Wondering what is the best time, I know the Atlantic can get angry in the fall and winter.

I've been 30-40 miles out off both Cape Lookout and Wilmington when it was a sheet of glass, and when you had to wedge yourself against the gunnel to stand up to fish. I'm taking my bunch to Carolina Beach near Wilmington next week, and have a bottom fishing charter lined up. The surf predictions say 3.5 - 4 footers. My 12 and 6 year olds are excited to be out of the sight of land on their first big deep-sea fishing trip.

EDIT: Much like the Gulf, different targeted species will occur in numbers at differing times. Most charter webpages/Facebook pages will give a range of species active in the different months, and if they don't, drop the Captain a message or text.