Flounder are being caught around the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel as well as in local inlets such as Lynnhaven and Rudee.
Trout and redfish are biting in Broad Bay and in the rivers.
Spanish mackerel and bluefish are available along the oceanfront and well up into the Bay. Target them with trolling spoons, Clarks, Drones, behind in-line sinkers, or diving planer boards. Pier anglers can cast metal jigs, jerk jiggers, or gotcha plugs to them when they are feeding on the surface.
Cobia is one of the most sought-after fish in the bay, and they are biting well up and down the bay. Eels, live croaker, and spot are the best baits. Shallower water is typically better for chumming, while sight casting is the way to go in deeper water.
Red drum schools are popping up around the islands of the CBBT. The Spadefish bite has slowed, but they are still around the Light Tower, buoys, the CBBT, and the Cell. Use small pieces of clam or squid on a small hook and chum lightly to attract them.
Sheepshead are at the CBBT and on the Norfolk side of the Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel. Tautaug are a possibility on the reefs. Blue crabs are the best bait.
Spot and Croaker are being caught from the piers on bloodworms, squid, or shrimp on a two-hook bottom rig.
Tarpon are usually caught by anglers fishing for other species, but they are targeted in their summer feeding areas, such as behind Cobb Island on the Eastern Shore, or in our southside rivers.
Offshore fishing is very good right now. There are plenty of blue marlin, white marlin, and sailfish being caught on trolling rigs with ballyhoo or artificial lures. There has also been a good run of yellowfin tuna. Mahi catches have been steady as well. You can also find wahoo, king mackerel, tilefish, grouper, and sea bass on the offshore grounds.
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The billfish bite is on fire, with many boats flying multiple flags at the end of the day. You can also expect to find plenty of dolphin, tilefish, and yellowfin tuna in the offshore waters.
The sound side is also producing some quality fish, such as big, speckled trout, sheepshead, black drum, bluefish, and slot puppy drum.
Surf anglers are are catching Spanish Mackerel, bluefish, sea mullet, spot, and pompano. The piers are also hot spots with a variety of species including sea mullet, spot, flounder, croaker, pigfish, bluefish, Spanish mackerel, sea bass, king mackerel and cobia. You just never know what you might hook on a pier.