Virginia Beach Fishing Rundown

Lots of Chesapeake Bay pompano? Yep, you read that right. Last week, Long Bay Pointe Bait and Tackle recorded a bunch of citations for pompano caught near the CBBT Islands. Garland Anderson 3lbs 1oz, Robert G. Whitten 3lbs 9oz, Preston Cochran 3lbs 7oz, Kaleb Underwood 2lbs 8oz, Jack Limroth 3lbs 3oz and William Watts Blomdahl 2lbs 4oz.

Dr. Ken Neill

The cobia bite is still red hot and large schools of red drum continue cruising the lower bay. Catch a school on the surface and you can catch and release a bunch.

Spadefish catches are good. Most catches are coming from around the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel.

Sheepshead are feeding on the pilings of the Bridge Tunnel.

Ocean Pearl Charters

Spanish mackerel and ribbon fish catches continue to keep the inshore guys and gales busy. Captain Steve Wray and the Ocean Pearl crew was on them last week.  It’s almost time for some king mackerel to show up along the oceanfront.

Some nice flounder limits were had this week. Jigged buck tails are producing, but drifting with live bait entices larger fish. The hot spots are along the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel and near the Cell. There are some keepers inside local inlets as well.

Gray Trout should show in their usual holes over the next few of weeks.  Look for larger fish deep near the islands of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel and along channel edges. Most grays will be in the four to eight pound range.

The backwaters of the Eastern Shore barrier islands are holding some tarpon.

Speckled trout are in inlets and on grass flats. Topwater action will pick up next month.

We are getting closer to the yellow belly spot run. It usually occurs the end of August or during the first part of September. They love blood worms.

High Hopes Sportfishing

Offshore anglers are finding dolphin, wahoo, yellowfin tuna, blue marlin and white marlin and a few sailfish.

Deep dropping for tilefish has been productive. On a recent trip Captain David Wright and crew onboard the High Hopes caught 6 citation blueline tiles. They also picked up a nice yellowfin tuna and lost a white marlin.

Until next week, remember to book a VBSF sponsor and send us your pictures for our next report.

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