Chris Bait & Tackle on the Eastern Shore says the wait is over. The Big Mamas are in the Bay and some nice fish are coming to scales.
The big stripers have shown around Plantation Light and the area between the CBBT and Cape Charles. The larger fish are taking drifted live eels.
Anglers trolling the oceanfront for ocean stripers, do not be surprised by a giant blue fin tuna encounter. They are in our waters right now! Theses giants are being hooked from Virginia Beach down to Morehead City NC.
With striper season wide open, tautog fishing has taken a back seat, but the bite continues to improve for anglers targeting them.
Speckled trout fishing has been outstanding inside Lynnhaven Inlet for several weeks. Long Bay Pointe Bait and Tackle has weighed in specks up to 7-pounds and registered citation fish measuring up to 27-inches. Most fish have been caught jigging or on Mirr-o-lures. As the weather continues to cool, Mirr-o-lures retrieved very slowly work best.
Fishing along ocean structures has been excellent for sea bass, triggerfish, and chopper bluefish. The tilefish have been cooperating for those running offshore to deep drop.
Outer Banks
Capt. Reese Stecher was back in action on Tuesday of this week and found stripers at the Oregon Inlet Bridge right off the bat. “We picked at them at the bridge, first thing. Then we picked up a couple more around the corner at the honey hole. All were just short except for one keeper. We then voted and made the decision to make the wide loop into the Albemarle Sound. Thirty minutes later, the wide loop was not going so well. We went back to the bridge, but took a different path back and a beautiful thing happened. Bob spotted them. Da Birds! Mary took care of business from there. We caught them good until it stated raining and they disappeared. Wish we had taken the go home loop on the way. Will do that next time. Anyway, the fish are there. You cannot catch them if you don’t go.” Contact Reese Stecher at www.beachbumfishing.com
Elsewhere on the Outer Banks, some nice mullet were caught along the Nags Head beaches, plus a few trout and bluefish. The Buxton area had an excellent red drum blitz. Lots of big reds were beached.
The OBX offshore fleet is catching lots of meat fish, including yellowfin, blackfin, dolphin and wahoo.
Hatteras Harbor Marina said that one offshore charter sailed on Monday morning and returned early with 650 pounds of King Mackerel, so the bite is picking up!
