About Captain Jim
Some of my earliest memories are of fish and fishing.
I count myself lucky to have been born on an island where you could not get further than 12 miles from saltwater. My grandparents had a house within sight of the Great South Bay and my summers were spent fishing, clamming, on its waters (mostly fishing). I would wake up every morning early before the rest of the house and walk down to the water and fish as long as I could. 
My grandfather would make periodic trips throughout the day to bring me food, drinks, and make sure that I was still around. Today I know that I have the “fever” and it still burns as hot as it did in my childhood.
As I grew my methods and skills also grew. From those early days of snapper blues, flounder, and weakfish I moved up to the pelagic species. I went for sharks, and tuna, spending the time fishing in tournaments and commercially fishing for giant bluefin tuna. After spending the days on the blue water I would spend nights surfcasting for striped bass and bluefish, trading a warm bed for the cold cab of my pick-up. At this time I was working in a tackle shop and saltwater fly fishing was becoming popular and it overtook me. I stopped chasing the big boys and got down to catching fish on the fly. It was a great time and roundabout brought me to my present career.
In 1997 I came down to Wrightsville Beach for the first time and while fly casting from the beach I caught a few Spanish mackerel and decided that this area would be my home. Two years later I was here and a year after that I was working for another captain, the following year I began to run my own boat. It has been a great adventure that gets better every day. I hope that you can come along with me and share my love for the sea, catch a few fish, and get a glimpse of what makes some people want to follow the water. I look forward to guiding you to a fun filled day on the water
Captain Jim Sabella
PLAN 9 Fishing Charters
Hampstead, N.C.