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Trolled the oceanfront yesterday. Tagged and released a couple red drum and a cobia. Did not get a king bite. Those trolling for Spanish and sight-fishing for cobia in the area did well. Lots of bait, birds working, surface feeding … Continue reading →

The shrimp made a showing at our dock last night. I went out after work today to try to turn last night’s shrimp into today’s puppy drum. It worked for the most part. It turns out that other things like … Continue reading →

We had a VMRC meeting today. I don’t think we did anything too controversial. After the meeting, I slipped on out to the flats. I tagged and released puppy drum until I ran out of peeler crab.

Trolled plugs along the oceanfront this weekend. Caught cobia and ribbonfish.

I went chumming for a few hours in rainy and breezy conditions today. Caught a few cobia and a few sharks. Got a little wet.

I trolled for king mackerel this weekend. I caught ribbonfish, cobia, and a 5-pound Spanish mackerel. There are 37 or so citation-eligible species in the Virginia Saltwater Fishing Tournament. All have been registered on the Healthy Grins…except for pompano. As … Continue reading →

It was a lot of ribbons, a couple cobia, pulled off a drum, no king bites kind of Saturday. Some really nice kings are being caught. Not a lot but a couple a day.

I spent the weekend trolling plugs along the oceanfront for a king mackerel. I did not catch any. A couple were weighed in (35 and 36 pounds). I did catch Spanish mackerel, a cobia, and a whole bunch of ribbon … Continue reading →

Fished a bit this weekend. Caught some bait and went to the Eastern Shore to try for tarpon. I caught sharks. I did see some tarpon rolling, so they are here. Don’t know if any have been caught yet…probably. Those … Continue reading →

I left the cobia alone and tried for an early king. I caught cobia. I also caught ribbonfish and big red drum. I had four of those hooked at the same time…that was fun. I was only trolling plugs. Those … Continue reading →