Or so said Yogi Berra, who also said when you come to the fork in the road, take it. Well, unfortunately, it is over – rockfish season that it. Went out on Dec. 31, but the last week produced fireworks. Loads of 50-plus pound fish were reported, most caught on live eels near Cape Charles. But while rockfish season is over in Virginia (except the ocean season), it ain’t over in North Carolina … [Read more...]
Super Sea Bass
Amidst all the bally-ho of big stripers from the ocean come reports of outstanding sea bass action on the ocean wrecks. Parties aboard the Rudee Head Boats out of Virginia Beach are hammering the large and tasty sea bass - in my mind, the best eating fish in the ocean. The season for sea bass closes December 31st. Currently, any boats that can find decent weather to make the run out to the wrecks … [Read more...]
Big Stripers Moving In Bay Waters
The water temps in the Bay are in the lower 50s and the big boys have moved in. Big stripers, that is. They like it cold – cold weather bunches up the bait. Reports of rocks pushing 50-inches are on the rise. It should only get better as we approach the season’s end on Dec. 31.The rivers are still giving up good numbers of medium size fish in the 24 to 28 inch range. Umbrella rigs in the lower … [Read more...]
Saltwater Happenings
Speckled trout anglers have been doing quite well. Even very young and very cute speckled trout anglers. Lynnhaven Inlet has been especially good. Over the recent Thanksgiving break David Dick registered a 24 ½ inch trout release, Jerry Snyder weighed a 5 lb. 9 oz fish, James Robinson a 5 lb. 4 oz. fish, Tony Masciangelo released a 24 ¾ inch fish, Richard Parmelee a 24 incher, Todd Sturtevant … [Read more...]
Warm Spell Triggers the Bass Bite
The warm spell we had last week stimulated the bass fishing. Warm afternoons pushed bass up on the flats. Lake Anna is now a hotspot for bass, stripes and crappie. Stripers are eating lures from the Splits on up into the rivers. Bait is starting to bunch in tight schools. A nice bag of bass weighing over 19-pounds won a weekend tournament out of Sturgeon Creek Marina. After a 3-inch … [Read more...]
Thankful for The Specks
Just a few years ago, they shut down the speckled trout fishing entirely in Virginia because a late freeze had decimated populations. But what a comeback! Not only are there now plenty of speckled trout in the bay and our tidal rivers, they are big. Really big. Like the 6-1 beauty above caught by Bob Caudle. The trout are being caught in a number of locations - inside Lynnhaven Inlet, Rudee … [Read more...]
Striper Action Heating Up
In Virginia waters, striper fishing has been excellent inside the Rappahannock River. Stan Cobb at Greentop says that multiple presentations are working now. Stretch baits, umbrella rigs rigged with 4-6 inch baits, lipless crankbaits, and jigging bucktails are productive. The Whitestone Bridge area has been very good, as have areas for several miles upriver. Anglers fishing the Hampton area of the … [Read more...]
That’s A Nice Opah
You don’t see an Opah fish like this one very often. In Virginia, it’s like never. But last week a bunch of fishermen out of Hampton ventured out to the Norfolk Canyon, some 80 miles off Virginia Beach and tried their hand at swordfish. No luck on the swords, but just as they were ready to call it a day, they had a bite. A big bite. It was a 143-pound Opah, sometimes called a moonfish. … [Read more...]
Give Thanks for the Outer Banks
In years past, lots of Virginians packed their bags, stuck rods and reels on the front of their trucks and headed for North Carolina’s Outer Banks for Thanksgiving. In this, the year of the Chinese Virus, it may be a good time to go again. Capt. Reese Stecher of Beach Bum Fishing says that the fishing in his neck of the woods is on fire. “We are catching specks, grey trout, puppy drum and lots … [Read more...]
A Good Day’s Fishing
Capt. David Wright and crew aboard the charter boat, High Hopes, had an awesome day last week. They caught a limit of blueline tilefish, four of which were citations. They also landed some beautiful black sea bass, and then topped the day off with two swordfish, one 78 pounds and the other 201 pounds. I’d call that a good day’s fishing. Elsewhere in Virginia’s saltwater, speckled trout and … [Read more...]
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