Monthly Archives: February 2015

PSWSFA Awards Banquet

The Peninsula Salt Water Sport Fisherman’s Association held their annual awards banquet to celebrate the 2014 fishing season. Many awards were handed out. Of these, some of the most important are the special youth awards. They are the future of … Continue reading

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Slow Fishing

It thawed out enough to allow us to shovel out the remaining snow in the boat, break through the ice, and go fishing yesterday. We ran out in thick fog, big swells and when we anchored on the wreck, the current … Continue reading

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Chum Line

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Tautog Sunday

It was too rough. We went fishing anyway. Tagged and released 6 tautog, getting DNA samples from each. Then we decided that we had had enough and went in for lunch.

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Tautog Today

Hunter Southall and myself went out for a short tog trip today. We only caught 7 tautog up to 19 inches long. We collected DNA from each for VIMS.

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State Winners

The VSWFT Awards were given out last night. Two of the species awards were caught on the Healthy Grin. Stan Simmerman caught the largest wahoo in Virginia in 2014. Dr. Hamish Small caught the largest gray triggerfish in the state. … Continue reading

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Pending World Record

While we were fishing for tautog on Super Bowl Sunday, Johnny Boyd caught a hake. There are numerous species of hake and I cannot tell them apart. Typically, we clean the fish at the dock when we get in. Being … Continue reading

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Super Bowl Togs

Super Bowl Togs. We caught 16 tog to 23 inches today before running in early for the Super Bowl parties. We also caught sea bass and a nice hake.

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