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Nov.
26, 2011
- I wrapped up my season on the Middle Peninsula today with some
beautiful marsh backcountry fishing. The best catch over
the last couple weeks was a 40" striper which we had to chase
down as it dashed across a shallow flat! We even had
a few specks which is rare for late November. For the
remainder of the fall & winter, I will be a nomadic fishing
guide - following the fish wherever they might be. I am
not taking any advance bookings, but I am compiling a list of
anglers to contact on short notice when the weather and fishing
are good. Please let me know if you'd like to give it a try.
When conditions are right, the late season fishery can provide
world class action with acres of breaking stripers and the
possibility of the trophy of a lifetime!
     
Nov.
10, 2011
- Working the shallows has rewarded us with up to 30 rockfish
per morning. The speckled trout are high-tailing it south
for the winter but a few stragglers have made it to the net.
Fishing shallow water is about to end as the stripers head for
deeper water to spend the colder months. Other than a few
sporadic pods, working birds and breaking rockfish have yet to
materialize. Hopefully, we will have some fun chasing
these schools in open water for the rest of the year!
      
Oct. 26, 2011
- Striped bass continue to provide non-stop action. Many
days, fishing for them is literally every cast with the best
morning producing over 60 by one fly angler. Speckled
trout fishing has been hit and miss with a couple good mornings
but mostly slow going for nice sized specks. There are a
tremendous number of "spikes" this year. If we are blessed
with a warm winter, these juvenile specks will provide great
action next year when they have grown to 16-20 inches.
Looks like a few more blow days will keep me at the dock for the
rest of the week. I've been neglecting my camera duties so
not many pictures this time.
 
Oct. 17, 2011
- Most mornings, we're still finding the shallow water slam of
rockfish, specks and puppy drum. As is typical for this
time of year, weather fronts and wind have caused me to cancel a
few charters. When mother nature cooperates, however, the
action is hard to beat!
       
Oct. 12, 2011
- The rain has me stuck indoors this morning, but my cut up
hands need the rest after landing all the fish of late!
We're still catching nice speckled trout to 22 inches but they
have thinned out compared to the fast and furious speck action
we had for a couple weeks. The best thing going has been
striped bass on poppers. It's great fun seeing these
rockfish crash topwater flies or lures. We have been
averaging 40-50 stripers per morning. I still have
openings later in the month - now is the time to fill that
shallow water fishing urge!
       
Oct. 7, 2011
- Just more fabulous fishing! Big reds, specks and
stripers on fly & light tackle. We have caught two
speckled trout with North Carolina tags. One was a 23.5"
fish that was tagged on the Neuse River and the other was a
16.5" fish tagged in the New River. They had traveled 214 and
281 miles respectively - some of the longest speckled trout
migrations that have been recorded. I have Oct 11th open
if you'd like to get in the action.
       
Oct. 1, 2011
- I just finished a video,
September
Slammin' , that recaps the fishing we enjoyed last month.
Be sure to watch it in full screen to experience the explosive
action!
Sept. 30, 2011
- We're still getting 20-30 big specks per trip along with lots
of stripers and a stray puppy drum or blue. It has been an
awesome spell of fantastic fishing. The wind associated
with this weekend's cold front will keep the boat at the dock
for a couple days, but then we'll be back at it next week.
I somehow still have Oct 4th (start of striper season) open.
If you want some rockfish for the dinner table, let's give it a
go!
       
Sept. 27, 2011
- September continues to provide world class fishing on a
daily basis! Today, we pulled off the Chesapeake Bay
"super slam" of big reds, specks, striper, flounder and blues.
The tally for the morning was well over 75 fish to the boat!
       
Sept. 25, 2011
- The arrival of autumn has ushered in the best couple
days of speckled trout fishing that I've seen in a couple years.
After a poor spring and summer for quality sized specks, I was
about to lose hope on them for the fall. However, the
last two days have brought epic speck fishing for my anglers not
to mention all the stripers and blues that we could handle.
In a combined 5hrs of speck fishing between the two days we
landed over 50 quality trout ranging from 16-22" in size.
Yesterdays catch was all on the fly rod including many fish that
inhaled topwater crease flies. You never know what to
predict when it comes to speckled trout on the Chesapeake Bay.
I've got my fingers crossed that they stick around for a while
longer!
      
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