Author Archives: admin

Tricia and I celebrated our 28th wedding anniversary yesterday on into the night. I had every intention of sleeping in today and not fishing. The dang cat decided I was not sleeping in and when I checked my phone there … Continue reading →

I went over to do a bit of work on the boat today. Afterwards, I did a little trolling along the beach. I caught a really fat red drum and a ribbon fish.

I went fishing with Charles Southall today. Cobia fishing was very good. We caught and released 10 cobia up to 53 inches long. We tagged and collected DNA from 9 of them. Very close to us was Wes Blow and … Continue reading →

I drove over to Rudee after lunch today. Put two baits out right outside the inlet and immediately both rods went down. Landed both. No other bites. There were some cobia caught and a king.

We ran out to the Norfolk Canyon yesterday. We went out to try new-to-us live-baiting for marlin. We started out trying to catch tinker mackerel. We caught the heck out of the sea bass and blueline tilefish. We struggled with … Continue reading →

I went out this afternoon to catch bait for the Flounder Bowl. I got distracted. Caught 3 cobia and came in for the captains meeting.

There has been a very good blue marlin bite going on off of Virginia the past couple of weeks. There seem to be a lot of fish everywhere. They are being caught out past 100 fathoms but also in as shallow … Continue reading →

Richie and Dylan Moore had never caught an amberjack and had been asking to be included on a trip for the past couple of years. Yesterday, we took them to the South Tower and they caught all the jacks that … Continue reading →

I fished for cobia Saturday and Sunday mornings, home for lunch each day. Saturday, I fished by myself and caught 3 cobia plus a bunch of sharks. Sunday, I fished with Charles and Hunter Southall. The sharks were waiting and we … Continue reading →

Doug Olander, Editor-in-Chief of Sport Fishing Magazine contacted me about coming to Virginia to do a story. Sure, what are you interested in catching? Well, they were not interested in tautog (better article for their sister publication, Salt Water Sportsman) … Continue reading →