Category: VBSF Reports

Virginia Beach Fishing Report

The fall speckled trout bite continues. They are being caught throughout the lower Bay, in all three inlets and in the surf along the oceanfront. Anglers working similar locations are finding a few puppy drum. Most of the large red drum have moved south to OBX waters. Striped bass are being caught throughout the lower …

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Virginia Beach Fishing Report

trout

Specked trout and puppy drum action is picking inside the inlets. Topwater baits or popping corks baited with fresh shrimp, fresh cut bait or soft crabs will do the trick. Captain Beck and his Knot Wish’n Charter crews have been catching them inside Rudee Inlet. Long Bay Pointe Bait and Tackle registered several Virginia State …

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Virginia Beach Fishing Report

rock fish

Virginia’s rockfish season opened October 4th and will remain open until December 31st. Anglers are catching them around bridge pilings, piers and under lights at night.. Regulations allow one fish per angler per day with a 20 inch minimum and a 36 inch maximum length. Ocean charters are still successfully targeting spanish mackerel and king …

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Virginia Beach Fishing Report

As October rolls in the big red drum start rolling out. Look for large schools on the surface exiting the Bay. Anglers surf fishing along Sandbridge have been successful, mostly at night. Frank Marble beached two at 48 inches and several over 40.  A number of release citations have been recorded by Long Bay Pointe …

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Virginia Beach Fishing Report

Puppy drum, speckled trout, rockfish and spot are in the local inlets. Recently Shawn Sawyer and his buddy Jason won the Lynnhaven Puppy Drum Round Up tournament. They caught over 60 redfish and lost some big ones. Their longest fish was 30 inches. Anglers are encountering large red drum in the Bay schooling on the …

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Virginia Beach Fishing Report

spanish mackerel on the OP

Summer is winding down; the kids are back in school and the college football season is here. Anglers are looking forward to cooler temps and lots of migrating fish. We’ll be posting our fishing report twice a month, from now until March, most likely on the 1st and 15th. Spanish mackerel fishing picked up in …

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Virginia Beach Fishing Report

The Spanish mackerel bite picked up between 2nd and 3rd islands of the CBBT last week . Some bluefish were mixed in. This is king mackerel season along the oceanfront, look for some smokers to show up at the scales. The Flounder bite is still good on ocean wrecks and has been increasing at the …

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Virginia Beach Fishing Report

As the end of summer approaches opportunities continue for local anglers! In fact some of the best fishing of the year happens now! Spadefish and sheepshead are on Chesapeake Bay structure. Kayakers have been catching lots of large sheepshead around the piling of the CBBT. This time of year there are nice flounder in the …

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Virginia Beach Fishing Report

Offshore billfish action is heating up just in time for the local tournament season. Boats have been catching multiple white marlins and occasional blue marlins. Mahi mahi are being found around inshore seamounts like the hot dog and a few wahoo are being caught along with an occasional tuna. Swordfish are available to those targeting …

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Virginia Beach Fishing Report

The outstanding fishing continues along the Virginia coast … with a lot of species available. Large red drum schools are popping up around the CBBT islands and along the coast. Captain Todd Beck, Knot Wisn’n guide service said the spanish mackerel and bluefish action slowed a bit last week. But ribbonfish are all along the …

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Virginia Beach Fishing Report

Our July fishing has been great and it will only get better in August! The question this time of year is which species to target. Typically, in August huge schools of red drum start surfacing daily in the lower Bay. As long as no one spooks them angers can sight cast them for hours some …

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Virginia Beach Fishing Report

Connie at Long Bay Pointe Bait and Tackle reports that spanish mackerel are plentiful off Cape Henry. Anglers are slow trolling small spoons behind a planer or inline sinker. King mackerel are a possibility along the oceanfront for those pulling larger spoons, lures or deploying live bait.  And Lynnhaven River anglers are catching flounder, spot, croaker and …

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Virginia Beach Fishing Report

ribbon fish

This is peek fishing season in Virginia! ….. There’s a nice class of spanish mackerel available along the oceanfront, near the CBBT and as far north as the York Spit area. Charter boats are trolling small Drone or Clark spoons behind small planers.  Ocean Pearls Charters has been loading up on their morning and afternoon trips. …

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Virginia Beach Fishing Report

spanish mackerel

The best spanish mackerel fishing of the season is occurring along the oceanfront and in the lower bay. Trolling Clark and Drone spoons will do the trick. Those pulling larger spoons are catching plenty of ribbonfish. Areas to our south are having an outstanding king mackerel season. They are catching lots of 40 pounders. Look …

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Virginia Beach Fishing Rundown

The Virginia Beach Tuna tournament took place this weekend and the fishing was awesome! 102 boats entered the three-day event. They were allowed to fish one day out of three, captain’s choice. A lot a nice tuna were weighed in. The crew onboard the Piped Piper landed the largest tuna at 206.9 pounds. The crew …

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