The water temperatures have hit the 60’s and it’s “Game On” at Nags Head. The sound has been delivering trout to 23-inches and red drum to 30-inches and lots of them, says Capt. Reese Stecher with beachbumfishing.com.
“We’re also catching some nice bluefish from 2 to 6 pounds,” Reese said.
The past three years have been phenomenal for trout and pups in the Roanoke Sound and this year promises to be even better.
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TW’s Tackle reports that the weather at the tail end of April has not been cooperative, but the fishing was good last weekend.
There were good reports of lots of drum being caught at the Point over the weekend. If you weren’t there, you missed out. On the other hand, Freddie Kuhn caught a 32-inch drum on Jennette’s Pier. Looks like drum are on the way. Blow toads, trout, and bluefish continue to bite in the surf.
While it was a little choppy, the offshore boats came back with good catches of yellowfins and dolphin.
Virginia Saltwater
Tautog fishing is at its peak. Sheepshead are being caught side by side with the togs.
Large red drum are feeding on the shoals at the mouth of the bay, near the north end of the CBBT. Smaller Puppy Drum are available in the shallows inside Lynnhaven, Rudee and Little Creek Inlets and in rivers.
Black Drum are prowling the shallow channel ledge from Fisherman’s Island to north of Cape Charles at prime spots like Kiptopeake and the Concrete Ships.
Flounder, speckled trout, and bluefish are starting to bite inside local inlets. The best flounder catches are still coming from Wachapreague, Oyster and Chincoteague on the Eastern Shore. A few flounders have been caught along the CBBT.
Virginia offshore anglers can target sea bass, blueline tilefish, golden tilefish, snowy grouper.
Freshwater
Bass fishing is red hot now on the James and Chickahominy rivers. Crappie have spawned out on most larger lakes and are moving to open water.
At Lake Orange, water temperatures have climbed to the mid 60s. Crappie and bass are in all phases of the spawn – some post, some pre- and some still on the banks. Catfishing remains throughout the lake. A few walleye have been caught on harness rigs tipped with nightcrawlers and minnows.