Archive for year: 2014

Air and water temperatures have dropped, Fall Turnover has occurred and the fish are snapping!  The past week had everyone tense with anticipation as periods of quiet trolling were interrupted by total chaos.  Throughout the weekend, the fish took their time getting happy but once they turned on and started biting, excitement and big catches ensued.  Hooking six to fourteen fish simultaneously has become commonplace lately.  It’s a blast watching all of my customers in the back of the boat cranking in  two fish on every rig.  This is my favorite time of the  year, and there’s not much season left.  The boat cabin is enclosed and heated so don’t be a sissy about the weather 😉  Call or email today to book one “Last Hurrah” for 2014!

With less than a month and a half of season left, we were all frustrated with this weekend’s weather.  North winds 25-40 kts. made fishing impossible all weekend and we lost two days that we cannot get back.   Before the front came through, catching was superb in a few different locations.  The grade of fish ranges from 17-inch throwbacks to 30+plus inch beauties.   Breaking fish and diving birds are common lately.  I caught several keepers the other day jigging light-tackle spinning gear.

Time is running out but Last Hurrah Charters still has a few prime dates left to fill.  The boat cabin is heated and fishing action is hot.  Call or email today to book your Fall adventure on the Chesapeake.

“Life moves pretty fast.  If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.” ~ Ferris Bueller.  It’s hard to believe that it is October already.  The 2014 Maryland Striped Bass season ends on December 15th and that will be here before you know it.  Give Capt. Scott a call or email today to reserve your Fall Chesapeake Bay fishing trip before it’s too late.  Fall can be a magical time on the Bay with breaking fish, diving birds, and intense angling action.   We are still utilizing light-tackle and bait to catch limits of Rockfish every day but we will soon switch to trolling and  jigging.  On the most recent 65 trips, we have boxed full Rockfish limits on 60 of them.  We are still catching some decent Bluefish too.

The last week provided comfortable temperatures and hungry rockfish.  Most days, the rock limits came quickly and the bluefish were either scarce or in great supply.  I received reports  about acres of breaking bluefish eating everything in their path earlier this week.  Each charter boat caught 50-80 of them.   Unfortunately, we were off that day!  We did catch a few large  Spanish Mackerel recently but they are likely on their way south.  Our schedule is starting to open up a bit and we are currently booking the rest of Sept. through Dec. 15th, which is the season finale.