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Chesapeake Bay and Florida Light Tackle Fishing Guide. |
Beautiful Fall Light Tackle Jigged Striper
Current Walk-On Trips -updated 3 november at 8 pm
Thursday, 6 Nov14- 1 spot available
Saturday, 8 Nov 14- booked solid
Sunday, 9 Nov 14- booked solid
For trip details and my latest Newsletter go to:http://www.icontact-archive.com/vPmWQS8mpdRnLJA5MkMWcsEDmr7fYbCr?w=3
37″er caught on a plug over shallow structure……4 feet of water!
Fishing over the last two months has been great in the islands of the eastern shore. It’s different than the last 3 years. Specks and Reds were the stars of the show with stripers being secondary. With zero Reds and just a few specks around, Stripers are again the star of the show. They have shined hugely for my crews this month and in the last week I’ve had some HUGE light tackle fish in real skinny water. Stumps, rockpiles and current rips have been producing well.
Mike Wissel nailed this 37″er on a crank bait in about 7′ of water near the western shore in the wind and current……awesome fish on light tackle!
Some days I don’t get any big fish but most days have had a good number of fish to 25″ or so. I’ll take that any day! However, on Saturday, 25 September I had a crew of “first timers with me” and man did they hit the light tackle, surface plugging JACKPOT! We ran into a pod of the biggest fish I’ve had in numbers ever in the eastern shore islands. I do many many trips over there and many times never see this size fish……may never again! I trip over one here and there but on this day several for some reason was over a shallow water structure spot and they all wanted our surface plugs real bad! We caught a few…missed a few and lost a few….the hits were just unreal! Here are some of the fish……
I’d love to say I could make this happen every day……but….I can’t!
twin whoppers!
These are the 4 over 28’s we kept…….caught and released other big ones……left them biting…….unreal!
just awesome surface plugged big fish!
Here are some other recent shots of nice fish caught in the skinny!
you go Henry!
Windy day…….hard fought nice fish in the skinny!
beautiful day…great fish!
Great fighter on a light stick! Good stuff!
ya….I oopsy poopsied into this one a few days ago……..it was a mistake!
I’ve been paying great attention to subtle mud lines outside of points. Stumps have certainly been holding some great fish….especially with good current over them. On windy days I’ve been ducking into guts, nooks and crannies and picking away at nice fish. My power poles have been really helping me succeed in catching in many situations this year in the islands…..can’t live without them now….I”m spoiled! All in all some great stuff going on…….come on out and give it a shot!
Tony with a nice 32″er recently….caught on a yozuri crystal minnow
Todd and a really big skinny water Striper!
I even get lucky on occasion!
I’ve been catching fish on the western side of the bay but mainly fishing in the eastern shore islands has been REALLY good! Over the last month and a half most places with current/structure and 4′ or more of water has held Stripers. I cover lot’s of area looking for better fish. Everyday is different for sure. Water clarity, wind, current and water level dictates where I fish every day. I usually don’t do the same thing two days in a row. Changing conditions make me shift gears daily to stay on quality fish. I’ve been real lucky getting some unbelievable light tackle fish on the boat!
LIfe is good!
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WIll be posting a new report soon! Lot’s of good stuff going on right now!!!!
Sam was the HOT STICK on Wednsday!
Some REALLY big light tackle fish lately! Had a couple of the fattest 32″ fish I’ve ever seen! They were as big around as they were long….well not quite but pretty darn fat! They were full of menhaden and little crabs. Don’t know what the future holds but lately (last month and 1/2) the fishing has been off the hook good! Here are the two super fatties caught in the last couple of days…..
Tony G. with a great light tackle caught striper!
my buddy mike caught this one on a surface plug……BANG! Released to see another day!
The big fish lately were in a very (hit and miss) place. Sometimes some great fish are there and sometimes they aren’t. Nature of the beast…….Over in the islands it’s been pure hit! Huge numbers of great fish. Lot’s of keeper size fish in the mix and some big fish also……..
Todd with a 35 1/2 inch local whopper……released to swim many more days!
30+ inch stump fish! Good stuff!
Booked solid on Sunday, 12 October……..weather outlook is PERFECT for fishing the islands. If interested give me a call at 703-395-9955 to reserve you spot!