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Retired Virginia Marine Police Officer, Keith Nuttall did his share for science today. We trolled for king mackerel while looking for cobia. No kings but we caught 3 nice cobia and a blacktip shark. All were released….the cobia with fancy … Continue reading →

I went out with Charles Southall this morning in a stiff NE wind. We did not fish long. We were back in about 10 am. We were very busy the few hours we fished. We landing 9 cobia and missed/pulled … Continue reading →

We ran out with Dr. John Graves of the Virginia Institute of Marine Science yesterday. He brought along PhD student William Goldsmith. Willie took the attached photos. After I checked that he would send them to me to share, I … Continue reading →

We ran out to the Norfolk Canyon yesterday to troll live chub “tinker” mackerel for marlin. We had to work at catching the tinkers. Better than the tinker bite was the squid bite. Our best squid catcher was Congressman Rob … Continue reading →

The past two months have been spent working on the Cobia Bowl and cobia fishing in the skiff. The Cobia Bowl is history and it was way past time to head back out to the blue water. The offshore tackle … Continue reading →

Went out with Charles Southall on Saturday. We caught 10 cobia and then left them to try for drum. We should have stayed with the cobia. No drum for us but we did quit early. Bite might have happened if … Continue reading →

I ran back after cobia this morning. Caught 4 and came in for lunch.

Fished for cobia again today. Wes was near me. He caught 6 while I dealt with tangled eels. I did not get a bite until Wes headed in. He must have special chum or something because after he left, the … Continue reading →

Caught 6 cobia today to 42 inches and a big stingray. Wes Blow was fishing the same area. He had almost the same morning: 6 cobia to 42 inches and sea turtle.

We ran back out after drum yesterday afternoon. We did not catch 32 this time. We caught 2 red drum and a cobia bonus catch. The cobia ate a clam. All of the fish were tagged and released and a … Continue reading →