Monthly Archives: August 2015

We went offshore with Dr. John Graves to target white marlin. He has a bunch of pop-up satellite tags to deploy. We failed miserably. We only saw two whites and did not get either of them. We did have a … Continue reading →

It was rough. I spent most of the day trying to stay on the bridge. We caught the one marlin we saw so our hook-up ratio was very good. I did not get any good photos of it as I … Continue reading →

On our last trip offshore, we were followed around by a whale shark. This weekend, it was a manta ray. We will see manta rays out there sometimes. This one was particularly large and it is the first one that … Continue reading →

It was too rough to go out in the big boat so I went out in the little boat. Chummed for cobia and caught 4. Danny Forehand was near me doing the same thing but with more success, catching 8 … Continue reading →

NFL Hall of Fame running back and former Washington Redskins great John Riggins fished with Captain Jorj Head, (757) 262-9004, last week. They caught five nice cobia. “The Diesel” participated in the Virginia Game Fish Tagging Program, collected DNA samples … Continue reading →

Roger Burnley has a new world record. His 4 pound 6 ounce Spinycheek Scorpionfish has been approved as the All-Tackle World Record by The International Game Fish Association. Roger was fishing at the Norfolk Canyon onboard the Healthy Grin. This … Continue reading →

We ran out to the Norfolk Canyon yesterday to give live-baiting marlin another try. Last week, we caught a blue marlin and some big sharks while watching the Rebel catch a dozen or so white marlin. We managed to not … Continue reading →