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We trolled the SE Lumps area today. At first light, we had a tuna explode on a ballyhoo/blue-white Ilander. Hunter fought the fish for almost an hour before the hook pulled with the fish near the boat. Shortly after getting … Continue reading →

Yesterday, Charles Southall drifted eels near Plantation Light. He caught a chunky, 44-inch rockfish. Hunter Southall was in the Elizabeth River. They caught about 20 speckled trout to 28 inches long. Today, Charles took me back over to Plantation. We … Continue reading →

We ran out after sea bass yesterday. We wanted to catch some before the season closes at the end of the year. We started seeing working birds about 20 miles from the beach. Then we saw bluefin tuna crashing the … Continue reading →

PSWSFA CHUMLINE DEC 2013

The Healthy Grin has gotten a bit larger. With 8,000 hours on the engines, I knew I was going to have to do something in the not too distant future. My first Albemarle was a 265 Express. I used up … Continue reading →

We ran the Healthy Grin out to the Triangle Reef. We tried for big bluefish. We caught little bluefish. These were turned into flounder bait. Flounder fishing was excellent. We caught 17, keeping our 12-fish limit. We left them biting … Continue reading →

It was gorgeous out on the ocean yesterday. The Albemarle ran great. We caught fish. Life is good. We had a good catch of nice sea bass and tilefish in the Norfolk Canyon area.

PSWSFA CHUMLINE NOV 2013

Caught small speckled trout and puppy drum this morning. It was almost too windy to fish from the dock. Lost a nice striped bass last night. “Nice” means about 20 inches, there is a different size scale when fishing off … Continue reading →