Nov 02 2018
Long Bay Pointe Fishing Report Virginia Beach – Speckled Trout action is peaking! The specks are available inside Lynnhaven Inlet, Rudee Inlet and the Eastern Shore creeks. Anglers are using soft plastics and Gulps! Along with the trout, an occasional puppy drum. Pictured below is Kathy Cooper and her husband Chad, they enjoyed a beautiful …
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Oct 23 2018
Long Bay Pointe Virginia Beach Fishing Report Speckled trout action is picking up inside Lynnhaven Inlet, Rudee Inlet and in Virginia’s Eastern Shore creeks. Anglers are catching a lot of undersize fish but there are keepers mixed in. Leadheads matched with a twister tail or Gulps are the most popular bait, however topwaters seem to …
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Oct 09 2018
Long Bay Pointe Report Virginia Beach, VA – The king mackerel bite gets top billing this week! Virginia anglers are landing them in the 40 to 50 pound class … Pretty work! The offshore bite has been excellent. Anglers are landing some wahoo and releasing a good number of white marlin and a few blue …
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Sep 24 2018
Long Bay Pointe Bait and Tackle Report Hurricane Florence has passed and local anglers are back at it! And the cobia and red drum have not disappointed. Fishermen are encountering schooling fish on the move; Craig Paige, Paige 2 Charters caught some large citation reds this week. Sheepshead are plentiful around structure. Beth and Kevin Synowiec …
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Sep 15 2018
By Connie Barbour, Steve Wray (Long Bay Pointe Bait and Tackle) Hurricane Florence has stirred up our local waters, once things settle down anglers will again have to locate the best fishing action. A couple of days before the blow there was some outstanding cobia fishing happening. Boats were finding large schools with dozens of …
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Sep 03 2018
By TH Spangler | Connie Barbour (Long Bay Pointe Bait and Tackle) September is typically the best month for Flounder. The bite inside the bay has been picking up. The bridge tunnel is the most popular area for bay flounder. The Cell is also a good spot. Ocean structure is still producing as well. A …
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Aug 25 2018
By TH Spangler | Connie Barbour (Long Bay Pointe Bait and Tackle) September is just around the corner! And that’s peak fishing in Virginia! The offshore waters will load up with white marlin. The whites school up off the Virginia coast until the first good autumn blow, or until a tropical storm stirs the cooler …
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Aug 18 2018
By TH Spangler | Connie Barbour (Long Bay Pointe Bait and Tackle) Only a few more days remain until school starts and the college football season kicks off. As the end of summer approaches, GREAT opportunities continue for local anglers! In fact some of the best fishing of the year is happening …. now! Lots …
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Aug 06 2018
By TH Spangler | Connie Barbour (Long Bay Pointe Bait and Tackle) The weather finally gave us a break and anglers taking advantage were rewarded! Those fishing the lower Chesapeake Bay found plenty of sheepshead along the CBBT. Spadefish are on just about all structure. Nice Spanish mackerel are feeding in the tide rips. Big …
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Jul 29 2018
By TH Spangler | Connie Barbour (Long Bay Pointe Bait and Tackle) The weather hasn’t been our friend recently. The rainy breezy conditions have slowed fishing activity. There are plenty of cobia around but they are hard to spot in choppy, overcast conditions. Chumming was the most effective method last week. A few nice fish …
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Jul 22 2018
By TH Spangler | Connie Barbour (Long Bay Pointe Bait and Tackle) Flounder catches are on the rise! They’re being boated along the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel and on rough bottom in the Bay. Many of the larger fish are being taken around near-shore wrecks and artificial reefs. Rudee and Lynnhaven inlets are also holding flounder, …
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Jul 16 2018
By TH Spangler | Connie Barbour Cobia Cobia Cobia! Just in time for the Monarch Cobia Classic! There’s lots of big ones in the lower bay, some topping 70 pounds! Anglers are chumming up fish and then using live eels or croaker as bait. Some of the best action is coming from York Spit …
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Jul 09 2018
By TH Spangler | Connie Barbour Doormat flounder have arrived in the lower Bay. Large flounder are also being caught around seaside wrecks. Remember when fishing for flounder the general rule is large baits attract large fish. The coastal wrecks are also holding sea bass and triggerfish. Spadefish and sheepshead are holding on structure. …
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Jul 02 2018
Flounder activity is improving, some nice fish have been caught on inshore and ocean wrecks. There has also been an upswing in flounder catches at the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel, but the wrecks have been much more consistent. Sea bass are also on coastal wrecks. Sheepshead and spadefish are around structures like the CBBT, …
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Jun 24 2018
With the Virginia Beach Tuna Tournament playing out over the weekend 97 boats turned their attention to tuna. Here are the tournament results from their website. First place went to Reel Emotion with 172.4 lbs, second to Wired Up with 160.2 lbs and third went to Reelin’ N’ Dealin’ with 154.8 lbs. Largest single tuna was …
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