About us

Fin Gaddy was awarded Top Tagging Angler for Pacific Sailfish in 2022 by The Billfish Foundation. He began fishing with his family out of Morehead City at the age of 12. In 1983 he caught his first billfish on his father’s boat, the Sea Dart, with Captain Peter DuBose. For the next five years, Fin and Peter fished together aboard the Sea Dart. In 1989, Fin moved to Nags Head and began mating for Captain Hank Beasley aboard the Top Billin' and the Hit N Run. After this, he joined Skip Fellar on the Hustler. In 1997 Fin moved to Hatteras and began his charter operation aboard the Qualifier. In 2003, Fin returned to Nags Head and began fishing out of the Oregon Inlet Fishing Center. He has fished around the world including the Azores, Bermuda, Cape Verde, Costa Rica, Venezuela, and Central America. Fin is a board member of The Billfish Foundation, the only non-profit organization dedicated solely to conserving and enhancing billfish populations around the world.