Weekly Report: 10/4-10/10

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I was out of town last week and apparently missed some good fishing and some poor fishing.  This week was also a tad hit or miss.  There are still some Spot around and some captains continue to live-line for Rockfish.  Others, including myself, have been trolling with good, albeit it inconsistent success.  There are some big Bluefish still in the area and several “overs”  (Rockfish over 28-inches).  As the water temperature cools, more and more big Stripers are appearing.  It’s only gonna’ get better.  Shockingly, I still have prime dates for October and November.  Call now to book!

Weekly Report: 9/20-9/26

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The Rock-Fishing was a bit hit-or-miss this week.  The Spot are still available for live-lining and there still a few Spanish Mackerel hanging around.  The Bluefish continue to be caught in strong numbers.  There were occasional pods of breaking fish creating jigging opportunities.  

No doubt the bite will get right again very soon!

Weekly Report: 9/13-9/19

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Good catches of Spot, Rockfish, Spanish Mackerel and Bluefish!  On Tuesday, I fished with a friend and his son.  The friend happens to also be a professional mate so that helped our success.  We caught about 60 live Spot in no time.  Before we could reach our targeted fishing grounds, we located diving birds and breaking fish.  We caught our limit of Rockfish in short-order by live-lining the Spot.  First-grader, Zach Jr., was in charge of craking in fish.  With our rock limit in the box, we put  the spining gear away and broke out the trolling rods.  We caught 14 Spanish Mackerel, a dozen Bluefish and released several keeper-sized Rockfish all before 10:00 a.m.!    Saturday was little tougher with boat traffic and finicky fish, but we ended up with 9 Rockfish in the 20-24 inch range and 8 bluefish. 

 The Spot won’t be around much longer, so if you want to try live baitfishing for Rock, book a trip now!

Weekly Report: 9/6-9/12

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This was an interesting week as The Last Hurrah saw some surprising species!  On Wednesday evening, the guys from BGC hooked two monster Red Drum almost simultaneously.  The fish ripped line off the reels and within a few seconds, they were down to the knots on the reels!  I quickly fired-up the engine and began the chase.  The first redfish, broke the 14-pound test line within a minute or two.  However, the second fish engaged us in a battle that lasted over 1-hour and 45 minutes!  We saw the beast several times alongside the boat.  It was easily 50+ pounds and full of raw power.  Eventually, the light line snapped before we were able to net and release it.   We also had a 14-inch menhaden get wrapped around a line, and caught a silver-side and a juvenile black drum while bait fishing……Crazy week!!  The rockfishing saw both good and slow days and the Spanish Mackerel and Bluefish continued to be good-sized.

Weekly Report: 8/30-9/5

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Nice mix of keeper Rockfish, Bluefish, and Spanish Mackerel this week!   My friend, Capt. Karl, fished with me on Tuesday and we found some breaking Rockfish with some monster-sized Macs hanging with them.  Live-lining continued to be good with trolling getting a nice variety of species.

Weekly Report: 8/23-8/29

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Fishing was good to excellent all week until Saturday when the tide refused to move and the fish shut down temporarily.  The bait-fishing was wide-open and live-lining Spot for Rockfish provided limits each trip.  There are lots of Spanish Mackerel and Bluefish around as well and trolling produced a mixed bag.   All in all, a solid week of fishing!

Weekly Report: 8/16-8/22

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Another week full of  “Chesapeake Slams”.  (Rockfish, bluefish and spanish mackerel in the same day.)   There were a few slow days mixed in, but for the most part all of the species cooperated nicely this week.   Some breaking fish provided light-tackle jigging opportunities as well.  Good numbers of mackerel were boated by the fleet.  If you like catching multiple species, now is the time to go!

Weekly Report: 8/9-8/15

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The fishing was good just about all week with some days being excellent!  Most of the rockfish were caught on light-tackle using live Spot as bait.  Bluefish and Spanish Mackerel were trolled up after limits of rockfish were boxed.  Now’s a great time for catching muti-species.

Weekly Report: 8/2-8/8

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This week started out great for rockfishing with the cold front making things a bit more challenging by Friday.  I caught some nice Spanish Mackeral over the weekend.  As always, they were a blast to catch.  Now is a great time to catch rockfish, bluefish and spanish mackerel all during the same trip!  Bottom fish such as croaker, white perch and spot are also availible in good numbers.   Call now to book a trip!

Weekly Report: 7/26-7/31

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The rockfish were schooled up and hungry for the most part this week.  Live-lining and trolling were the ticket.  I had a cancellation on Saturday, so I went by myself.  Caught stripers to 30-inches on light tackle with topwater plugs and then trolled up bluefish and my first spanish mackeral of the year.  It won’t be long before the mackeral are thick.   Fishing is good and the weather is cooling down.  I still have some dates—call or email now to book a trip!