Jun 21 2021
Red drum and cobia are scattered along the oceanfront and in the lower Bay. Our cobia capture season opened June 15th. Look for them from the oceanfront to the Rappahannock River. Watch the surface around structure, over wrecks, around buoys, piers, pilings or rocks. Chumming while anchored will draw them near your boat. Bucktails and …
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Jun 12 2021
Water temp along the oceanfront and in the lower Bay jumped to 75 degrees this week. With it came a nice spanish mackerel bite. Spanish are along the oceanfront and spanish and spadefish are at the Chesapeake Light tower. Captain Todd and Jake Beck, Knot Wish’n Charters kept their guest happy with some nice Spanish …
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Jun 01 2021
Virginia’s summer fishing season is picking up. The water temp along the oceanfront is up to 69 degrees and Bay water is up to 71. Red and black drum catches continue to increase. Most are coming from along the Eastern Shore, both seaside and bayside. The cobia season opens June 15t but that’s not stopping …
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May 22 2021
The Chesapeake Bay’s world class big red drum season is heating up on the Eastern Shore shallows. The fish are increasing daily in both size and numbers. Captain Todd Beck of Knot Wish’n Charters says, “schools are also scattered along the oceanfront.” While anchored for reds on shoals, peeler crabs or blue crabs are the …
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May 08 2021
The water temp along the Virginia Beach ocean front is up to 62 degrees. In May, look for the best bite to come from black drum, bluefish, flounder, grey trout, red drum, sea bass, speckled trout, striped bass and tautog. The offshore, boats will be targeting tilefish, sea bass and maybe the first tuna. Black …
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May 01 2021
NOAA Fisheries is adjusting Atlantic bluefin tuna daily retention limits for recreational fishermen. The adjusted limits go into effect on May 2, 2021, and extend through December 31, 2021, unless modified by later action. NOAA LINK What is changing? The table below summarizes the changes to the bluefin tuna retention limits. Vessel/Permit Type Default Retention Limit …
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Apr 24 2021
Tautog fishing remains good to excellent. Look for them around underwater obstructions like wrecks, reefs, rocks and the pylons of the CBBT. The Virginia season closes May 15th, so you need to go ASAP! VBSF sponsor Captain Craig Paige, Paige II Charters did some successful togging last week catching fish to 7 pounds. The first …
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Apr 11 2021
The big news over the weekend was the sighting of schooled, large red drum off Rudee Inlet. Some have already entered the Bay. Anglers fishing the Eastern Shore breakers near Fisherman’s Island have caught the first of the year. There are many more fish on the way up from Carolina. Hatteras Inlet filled up with …
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Mar 28 2021
Connie at Long Bay Pointe Bait and Tackle says as Bay water temperatures rise, so do tautog catches. The temperature is up to 54.7 degrees at Thimbles Shoals. Ocean wrecks usually produce first, but now the bite has moved into the bay. Look for taugs anywhere there’s structure. Popular areas include the CBBT, Back River …
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Mar 14 2021
For a couple weeks puppy drum and sea mullet have been caught from the surf on Hatteras Island. And now with 60 degree water, and a new moon on the 12th , the big red drum arrived at The Point. Game on! Giant bluefins are feeding off Oregon Inlet, it’s catch and release though. There …
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Feb 28 2021
The Virginia Special Black Seabass season is coming to a close. Fishing was great. Don’t forget ALL permit holders are require to report all fishing trips even if you didn’t catch. If no trips were taken you still have to report “no activity”. This helps scientist understand the condition of the species and to maintain …
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Feb 15 2021
Virginia’s sea bass fishery is open until the end of the month, it’s a special one-month fishery. A no-cost permit is required by the boat captain, reporting is mandatory and you must tell VMRC when you are fishing so they have the opportunity to have a biologist meet you when you return. Please do not …
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Feb 06 2021
We ran out for sea bass today during the special February season. It was just like the good old days. Fish were abundant and large. We had a 4-person limit by 8:30 AM and made it home by lunchtime. We also caught some bluefish. The head boat got there not long after we did. As …
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Jan 30 2021
Virginia’s February recreational black sea bass fishing season starts February 1st and ends on February 28th. The Feds and VMRC have done a good job managing this fishery, there are some really large ones available now. Below is a link they’ve provided to learn about the required permit and reporting requirements that are critical for …
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Jan 20 2021
A 597-pound swordfish, caught September 25, 2020 by Nicholas Kontodiakos of Norfolk, VA, has been certified as the new Virginia State Record by the Virginia Saltwater Fishing Tournament. Kontodiakos’ catch surpasses the existing record of 466-pounds, caught on August 16, 2019, by Tony Gower Jr. of Virginia Beach, VA. The record setting catch was made …
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