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Haven’t Been Fishing This Week…….Darn Wind! A look ahead……Walk-On Trips Open!

Posted on April 23, 2015 by Walleye Pete

Some great post spawn fish in the shallows to come!

Well folks……the wind has kept me off the water. The “Trophy” season is in full swing. Charter boats are trolling up “hopefully” post spawn fish. I’m not seeing huge numbers coming back to the docks. The main line charter boats are getting their limits. The weekender folks aren’t fairing as well. Last year everybody and their uncle were trolling up big fish. I think the majority of fish are up rivers right now doing their thing. Shouldn’t be long and many fish will find their way out of the rivers and get into some skinny water stuff over in the eastern shore islands. Last year starting this coming week I did real well at the power plant early then running south to the islands. On a few trips over in the islands I’ve caught fish well on nice days….not so well in NW wind. As the spawn winds down good numbers of nice fish should happen. All a blast on the light sticks! Hopeful to pop a Speck or two while fishing the shallow structure in the islands. All my trips coming up will probably start at 0-dark 30 at the power plant. After a hopeful good start at the plant I’ll run south and east to the islands to cover some incredible water and catch good numbers of nice fish. Here is what I’m talking about……

Island Nook and Crannies

Pretty shallow water island fish

LIght tackle stump’in!

: Big Fish in shallow 2014, 2015? Hoping!!!!

pretty stuff, exciting fishing!

post spawn light tackle 2015

WALK-ON TRIPS Available Now!!!

The half-day walk-on’s are done for this year. Now I’ll be doing full day walk-on’s out of Solomons, Beacon Marina. I’ll be at Beacon Marina until the fish figure where they are going to hang out at for the summer bite. The upcoming walk-on’s will consist of heading to the power plant at daylight to target some big fish early. The eastern shore will be the target after the plant. The trips will be 90 mile trips or so….we will cover lots of water. If weather cooperates I know the fish will…….last late April/May was good stuff! I’ve got all new custom Rods from Shore Tackle for you to use and a Rack of Costa Sunglasses for folks to wear. Come on out and give it a shot!

TRIPS AVAILABLE NOW-will update available spots often!

SUNDAY, 26 Apr 2015-booked solid

Tuesday, 28 Apr 2015-2 spots available

Thursday, 30 Apr 2015-3 spots available

I’m fishing out of Beacon Marina in Solomons right behind the Comfort inn at 255 Lore Rd, Solomons, MD. If you want a room at the Comfort Inn let them know you are fishing with me and you’ll get a room at a great discount. Hotel is clean and Anglers Restaurant is right there also……it’s newly renovated, great service and the food is great!

Here’s the deal:

Cost: $130 each….I provide all baits/tackle/licensing and bottled water. Feel free to bring your own sticks if you want!

I have a Rack of COSTA sunglasses for you to wear, come on out and give’m a shot!

Costa’s for you to use!

Launch at 530am from Beacon Marina A DOCK and return around 3pm or so. I will fillet any fish we keep.

We will cover lot’s of territory and when the day is done we will cover around 90 miles……..lot’s of great water!

Last late april/may was good stuff! Think we’ll have another good run this year!

Great way to learn some new tricks and meet some great folks…… walk-on trips have been great fun!

My Judge 27 Chesapeake is a great boat to run the bay and the remote beauty of the islands.

My Judge is ready to rumble! Power Poles are awesome in the islands!

If you are interested in going give me a call or text at 703-395-9955 to reserve your spot or spots!

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Mid-April is here, BIG fish still available on light tackle!

Posted on April 14, 2015 by Walleye Pete

Nasty Day, great fish!

Mid March to early April was certainly the bulls eye for huge fish at Calvert Cliffs. Now until the end of April huge fish are still possible but not quite as consistant as the prior weeks at Calvert Cliffs. Water temps over in the eastern shore islands is certainly heating up great on sunny days. The Bishops Head Buoy is reading over 60 degree water temps on sunny days. A couple days of chilly and no sun drops the temp down to the mid- 50’s. I’ve ventured over to the islands a couple times this week and have caught fish both times. Nothing earth shattering but fish none the less! Catching over there is a wonderful thing.

First eastern shore striper of the year!

As fish start to spawn and move into the post spawn mode more fish and larger fish will start to set up camp in the shallow water of the eastern shore islands. Historically Speckled Sea Trout move into the islands as well. I’m not very optimistic about Speckled Sea Trout this year because of the huge winter kills of trout down in Virginia waters. The kills were caused by extreme cold and Speckled Sea Trout inhabiting shallow water. The extreme cold shocks the fish and they die. Sad but a natural occurance. What we need is about 4 normal winters in a row. Would sure love for those big specks to be hanging out in our part of the world. Time will tell! No doubt some trout will be around but numbers will more than likely be on the low side. Stripers on the other hand should be very abundant and willing to hit a number of offerings.

Eastern Shore water starting to hold fish!

A couple of days ago I had the pleasure to fish with Amanda and Mike for the first time. They drove in from DC and arrived before daylight to head out to hit the early bite. Having fishing experience is good but the power plant current just before daylight can be a challange if you haven’t done it before. Mike and Amanda were up for the challange. On the way out I tried to explain the technique as clearly as I could to the Rips first timers. No sooner than we were out there with lines in Amanda hooked up with a great fish! Her Striper was a real good one! I’ve been known to make a fish look a bit bigger than it may be for obvious reasons. Amanda surely makes them look big! Hers was a good 33″er and a real nice fight…..she did great!

Amanda fighing a good one at daylight…….good stuff!

She did a spectacular job on the fight. Quickly brought the nice fish to the boat where I lipped it, handed it to Amanda for a nice shot!

A great light tackle caught Striper for Amanda…..way to go!

A couple drifts later light was taking over the sky and Mike started hooking up on a regular basis. He caught several nice fish but couldn’t quite beat the good one Amanda brought to the boat.

Good one mike!

It didn’t take long and Amanda hooked another big one. Lot’s of drag screaming, a really bent stick and an excited lady made for a great scene! Amanda again topped the 30″ mark. Not bad for a first timer at the rips!

34″er for Amanda….you go girl!

A great day indeed! Decent weather, not to many boats and a reliable bite for a few hours equaled a great morning of catching Stripers on light tackle. Every fish caught on this day lived to swim another day, nothing better! Mike and Amanda did a great job slinging jigs loaded with Bust’m Baits. Hope to see you folks again some day!

Fishing couple extraordinare!

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Strong Start……it just keeps go’in! Best Rips Fishing Ever on My Boat! Some new walk-on’s!

Posted on April 9, 2015 by Walleye Pete

It’s a 50″ it’s a 50″! This fish touched 50 inches and it wasn’t weighed before releasing. This fish swam fast away as it was gently released after this pic! Good Stuff! Out of 2783 fishing trips I’ve only had a handful of 50″ fish on my boat…..this is the first one in 4 years! Whoop whoop!

2015 at Calvert Cliffs will turn out to be the best big fish stint of fishing I’ve experienced and I don’t know why. Years of old certainly produced plenty of big fish but this year I’ve seen more over 40″ Stripers than I’ve ever had in my 16 years of guiding. I’ve had great anglers and some good timing along with fishing in some “blustery” weather. These things have resulted in my boat landing 97 Stripers over 40″, 9 over 45″ and one at 50″. I’ve been getting these fish on 1 1/2 and 2 ounce jigheads loaded with 7″ and 10″ bust’m baits and 10″ BKD’s. Baits worked near the bottom with some good twitch have been the most effective. The key is holding near the bottom while putting on a great twitch and maintaining a snug line. Not one of these large fish were deep hooked, none were dropped and all released at boat side to swim away strong! Nothing better to me than to see a huge Striper freely swim away! The memory is kept forever by each person who has been lucky enough to catch one of these light tackle trophies! Every big fish is a great adventure and I love every one of them! Here a are a few of the big fish caught and successfully released…….would like to tell a story about each one but just don’t have the time right now……here it goes!

48″er….huge!

47″er caught on a 10″ Chartruese Bust’m Bait

John Fox with a 45″er

a fatty for jon!

46″er for the LT.

First cast 47″er for this guy! Wow!!!!

good one scott!

just awesome! Way to go Jim!

Whew……lot’s of great fish and that’s just a small sampling! Great stuff for sure and none of the big fish died being caught and released! That makes it even better……

WALK-ON TRIPS

Big fish are still around and available on light tackle at the power plant. I did roll to the eastern shore today to see whats going on over there…..we did catch a couple fish! It won’t be long and that fishing should fire up real good! A few days of a little warm and sun will do it! Right now however the power plant is still happening so I thought I’d open up a couple walk-on dates!

Tuesday, 14 April, 230pm till 7pm – booked

Thursday 16 April, 6am till 11am -booked solid

Tuesday 21 April, 6am till 11am – booked solid

-Cost is 90 each for the walk-on

-I provide all rods, baits and tackle. License is also provided

-all catch and release right now

-will have heat on the boat if it’s chiilly

-we will launch from Flag Harbor Yacht Haven at 6am for the morning trips and 230pm for the afternoon trip

-if you want to go on one of the trips give me a call at 703-395-9955 to reserve your spot!

nothing better!

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HUGE beginning to the annual “Catch and Release” Trophy Striper fishing!!!!

Posted on March 22, 2015 by Walleye Pete

Big time bent sticks!

Folks, the game is on right now at Calvert Cliffs! So far 4 out of 5 trips has hit it big. Had one tough trip but still produced a big one. The power plant is a place that can be incredible one minute and vacant the second. The best chance to catch a true giant is here for sure. Between now and mid-april or beyond can produce incredible stripers on light tackle. Even though it’s catch and release only……..a picture will last a lifetime! I’m using 7″ and 10″ Bust’m baits in chartruese and Albino. BKD’s in the same colors work great too! Tipping your plastic with a garlic dip can’t hurt either. All in all great stuff for sure! Every one of these fish are hooked with a single hook in the mouth and just inside the mouth. Fish are handled properly. Successful release of these incredible fish allow them to strongly take off to continue there journey up the bay. Cold water catch and release is great! Incredible adventure and conserving the resource while making a great memory……..nothing like it!!!!!! Here’s a few shots from the last three trips! Just Awesome!