Formerly Somerset Charters. Same great crew, just a new name!

Spend a day with family and friends on the beautiful Croatan Sound as Captain John Silver takes you to his backyard fishing grounds. You’ll catch shrimp and crabs and create memories that will last a lifetime. Plus, you get to keep what you catch!

Silver Charters offers specialized inshore crabbing, shrimping, and fishing charters. You’ll be fishing aboard the Silver Dollar, a 43 ft Donelle that can accommodate up to six passengers. The boat has all USCG-required safety equipment and offers a shade canopy and a Bluetooth stereo.

Captain Silver provides top-of-the-line gear and all fishing licenses and welcomes families and children. A crabbing and shrimping trip should be on your list of must-do’s for your Outer Banks vacation — the scenery is amazing, it’s a hands-on activity and, most importantly, it’s fun!

You can pick between 2, 3, 4 and 6 hour trips. Each trip is yours to choose what you would like to do, whether it be crabbing, shrimping, or fishing. For 2 hour trips, it’s recommended to pick just one of the activities. The 3 and 4 hour options will allow you enough time to try two or three of the fishing activities on offer. Let the captain know what you would like to do and he’ll make it happen!

SHRIMPING BEGINS THE LAST WEEK OF JUNE/FIRST WEEK OF JULY
To harvest blue crabs, you’ll will be using crab pots. Crabbing is consistently good from June through September! For shrimp, you’ll be using a trawl net. Shrimping begins the end of june/begining of July and lasts until September.
Keep in mind that, by law, shrimping is not allowed on the weekends between Friday at 9 PM and Sunday at 5 PM.

If you choose to focus on fishing instead, you’ll have the chance to catch a variety of different species of fish. These include bluefish, Spanish mackerel, sea Mullet, Spot, Croaker, Gray and Speckled Trout, Flounder, and many more species. The fish you catch aboard Silver Charters is yours to keep!