What a year we had for cobia in 2020! From the looks of things, we’ll have another spectacular summer of cobia fishing. Even though the creel season doesn’t begin until June 15th, anglers are already sight fishing for what some call “lemon fish” on a catch and release basis. Virginia’s summer fishing season is really picking up. The water temperature along the oceanfront is up to 69 degrees and … [Read more...]
Stocking Catfish
By Alex McCrickard, DWR Angling Education Coordinator Every spring, the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources (DWR) stocks channel catfish at various urban impoundments across the state. This effort is part of DWR’s FishLocalVA initiative and is aimed at creating exceptional angling opportunities in urban metropolitan areas. It’s an effort that has a lot of moving parts, from acquiring the … [Read more...]
The Blues Are Back
On the saltwater scene, lots of anglers have “The Blues”, as in bluefish. Blues are surfacing on the lower Chesapeake, along the Virginia Beach Shore and at Nags Head on the OBX. Jenette’s Pier reported some nice catches of bluefish. Spanish were also taking Gotcha Plugs from the pier jockeys. Inshore boats were picking up blues, Spanish, a few Kings and some cobia. The cobia action … [Read more...]
Grey Trout Make A Showing
The water temp along the Virginia Beach ocean front is up to 62 degrees and things are starting to happen. Grey trout made a showing at Rudee Inlet this week. They should soon be biting along the CBBT. Big black drum are now in the shallows of the Eastern Shore. Red drum are there as well. Fisherman’s Island is a hotspot. The rockfish season kicks off on May 16, running until June 15. In … [Read more...]
Cobia Hit the OBX
The Cobia have arrived. Captain Ryan out of Manteo hit the jackpot as he was coming back to port and caught his limit of cobia. Not only are the cobia hitting, keeper-sized puppy drum are thick in the Albemarle Sound. Capt. Reese Stecher (beachbum.fishing) says that the problem often when catching puppy drum is that they are either too big or too small, the slot being 18-27-inches. … [Read more...]
Super Duper Mahi Action
Last Saturday was an exceptional day for boats patrolling the Gulf Stream out of Oregon Inlet. The Mahi Mahi fishing was on fire. One boat returned with 50 of these spectacular fighters. In addition to the dolphin catch, there were also yellowfin tuna, blackfin tuna, lots of king mackerel, wahoo and albacore gaffed and a sailfish release. At Nags Head, nearshore trips had catches of sea bass … [Read more...]
Trout in the South
There are lots and lots of trout now in the South River in Waynesboro. The state has stocked trout twice so far, and the local chapter of TU has added three more loads – plus, there were plenty of holdovers to start off with. Tommy at South River Fly Shop says the best shot at catching some of these nice fish is with a double nymph rig, but the sulphur hatch should happen any day. The run of … [Read more...]
They’re Back!
Red drum, that is. Big red drum. Over the weekend, schools of large red drum were sighted off Rudee Inlet. Some have already entered the Bay. Anglers fishing the Eastern Shore breakers near Fisherman’s Island have caught the first of the year. There are many more fish on the way up from Carolina. Hatteras Inlet filled up with feeding fish on the surface several days last week. Lots of black … [Read more...]
Game On
The striper bite is on back in the sounds at Nags Head. Offshore boats are returning with good catches of Yellowfin, Wahoo and Mahi and surf anglers are beaching pups, specks and blow toads at Hatteras. It’s game on in saltwater. Capt. Reece Stecher of Beach Bum Fishing has picked up on the good striper fishing in Albemarle Sound where he left off, when the water got cold. There are … [Read more...]
What a Walleye!
Tim Walts of Crozet caught and released this 29-inch walleye on the Rivanna River on Valentine’s Day. It was a sweetheart of a fish, that’s for sure. The Rivanna is an excellent but underutilized walleye fishery. Darrell Kennedy at Lake Orange says the walleye are putting on the feed bag there, as well. Smallmouth Bass The smallmouth bass are starting to feed on the North and South Fork … [Read more...]
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