Tautogs, a delicious fish on the dinner table, are starting to bite. A cold-water favorite, the togs are beginning to peck away at baits along the CBBT. It will only get better.
Striped bass activity is picking up in the James and Elizabeth Rivers as temperatures fall. Speckled trout continue to provide plenty of action in the tidal tributaries, while bull red drum are making their seasonal move around the mouth of the Bay. There is a good variety of fish available now as spot, flounder, whiting and croakers are all biting.
Chesapeake Bay & CBBT: Spanish and bluefish are still cruising in the lower bay and along the bridge islands. Red drum are active along the ocean front and in shallow flats.
Offshore: It’s been yellowfin and bigeye tuna along with a few wahoo. Black sea bass and flounder action have been excellent on offshore wrecks.
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It was calm seas and great conditions on Wednesday along the Outer Banks. Red drum to 51-inches were hauled in during some night fishing. Blues and trout have been plentiful up and down the coast. Jennette’s Pier anglers scored big with drum, blues and specks. Blackfin tuna and King Mackerel have been biting for the offshore fleet.
