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I spent the past two days, with Dr. Hamish Small, deploying tags in red drum. We were joined by anglers Charles Southall, Wes Blow, David Brabrand, and Stan Simmerman. The largest drum were fitted with satellite tags. Others got Virginia … Continue reading →

I took Dr. Hamish Small, along with Charles Southall and Wes Blow, out to tag some red drum today. Tricia Neill had caught us a bunch of spot for bait. Honey…we need more spot 🥹. We used them all. It … Continue reading →

I ran out to the flats this morning to greet the sun. No trout but the bluefish were there to give me my morning workout.

I was fortunate enough to fish on the Special Kate, out of Wanchese, today with Charles Southall, Hunter Southall, Wes Blow, and Steve Martin. It was National Geographic out there. I think we were in the vicinity of the Point. … Continue reading →

I fished with Capt. Sam Scott at Blue Ridge Musky today. The water was just cool enough to target muskie. I got two bites and caught them both. A bit of an improvement on my usual average. We saw other … Continue reading →

We went out today with Dr. Hamish Small, from VIMS, to tag big red drum. The drum were tagged and released. The cobia and flounder were neither tagged nor released. David Brabrand wants it known that he caught the largest … Continue reading →

Yesterday, I fished on the Special Kate with Charles Southall, Hunter Macon, Warren Worth, and 73-year-old, Rick Holland. Rick is an old duck hunter who had never been offshore. We started out catching a few tilefish. Maybe, we shouldn’t have … Continue reading →

Michael Wells asked if we could try for a sheepshead. I said, “sure, we can catch oyster toads ‘. Catch toads we did. We did have a handful of real bites that we managed to break off. The one I … Continue reading →

I got to fish on the Special Kate today with Charles Southall and Hunter Macon. We were joined by Warren and his daughter, Brooke. We had 5 marlin bites, all on the same rod: the short shotgun. We missed one, … Continue reading →

That was fun. I had never fished for smallmouth bass before. I have caught some while muskie fishing and while fishing for striped bass at Smith Mountain Lake. Today, I joined Sam Scott at Blue Ridge Musky to target them. … Continue reading →