The water temps in the Bay are now in the 50’s and that means one thing: rockfish are moving in from the ocean. Anglers are starting to hook up with some big fish off Cape Charles. Live eels are the ticket for the larger fish. Swim shads and bucktails are also working along with umbrella and tandem rigs. Fishing for speckled trout and puppy drum continues to be good in the shallows and inlets. … [Read more...]
Flying to Hawaii
In order to get to Hawaii in a reasonable amount of time, you pretty much have to fly on a plane. The thing about flying on a plane is that the very best you can do is touch down at your intended destination on schedule with all your body parts intact. The worse thing is that the Coast Guard is out searching for Delta Flight 255’s little black box at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. … [Read more...]
Stripers at Nags Head
As the Virginia saltwater striper season heads into its final month, the striper action at Nags Head has been awesome. Capt. Reese Stecher (beachbumfishing.com) has been hammering the stripers back in the sounds – nice fish at that. For the last few years, the average size of stripers in the sounds has increased dramatically – fish up to and exceeding 10 pounds. Anglers are finding tons … [Read more...]
What’s A Saugeye?
A piece of sausage with a bad eye? Of course not. Sausages don’t have eyes. A saugeye is a fish, a member of the perch family and a Virginia state record saugeye was recently caught by Michael Miller from Nathalie, Virginia. Miller’s 6-pounder caught on a crankbait in the Staunton River on September 23. The fish measured 26 ¼ inches with a girth of 14 inches and was officially weighed at … [Read more...]
More Specks and More to Come
In Virginia saltwater, speckled trout are inside all the local inlets, creeks, and tidal rivers near the bay. Fishing on the Eastern Shore bay-side and on the Peninsula has been especially good. Captain Todd Beck, Knot Wish’n Charters says the water temperature in Rudee Inlet is a little above normal. So far the trout are small with very few gators available. Quality should improve as … [Read more...]
Rockfish Beginning to Stir
Warm weather has kept the rockfish bite from exploding. The big stripers like the water colder, low 50’s, for example. However, rockfish are still being caught within the small inlets, but are moving out towards the mouths of the inlets, along the main river. On the Rappahannock River, boats are picking up fish by trolling and jigging. Tandem rigs with 4- to 6-inch baits are taking … [Read more...]
Drum On the OBX
If you are fortunate enough to have planned a fall escape to the Outer Banks, your timing could hardly be better. The fishing has been sensational. The big red drum that have abandoned northern waters are feeding along the OBX coast and surf fishermen and pier fishermen are both taking advantage. Pier fishing has been good the past couple of days with a handful of big drum pulled … [Read more...]
Trout Stocking Underway
The hatchery trucks are on the move. Though streams are a bit low, trout will soon find their way from the hatchery raceways to the gurgling currents of mountain brooks. Let the fall trout fishing begin. Virginia contains over 3,500 miles of trout streams, in addition to numerous ponds, small lakes and reservoirs. The total includes over 2,900 miles of wild trout streams and about 600 … [Read more...]
Speckled Trout Are Everywhere
Speckled trout are beginning to pop up everywhere in Virginia waters – from the bay inlets to the oceanfront. The piers around Hampton and Virginia Beach are also reporting nice catches. Puppy drum, too. The specks are going for live bait, like shrimp and spot as well as Mir-o-lures, jigs and topwater baits. Spot are abundant now, moving into inlets and cruising the river bottoms. … [Read more...]
A 10-5 Flounder
The flounder bite has been good. Ask Ty Martz. He drifted along the CBBT and picked up a 10-5 flatfish. That’s a lot of flounder filets. The CBBT is also good place for red drum. Drum of all sizes are showing up in the surf along the Oceanfront to Sandbidge. Large spot are now on the move, netters are catching plenty inside the first island. Speckled trout are attacking baits inside … [Read more...]
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