Monthly Archives: August 2020

Cobia and Specks

Trolled plugs along the oceanfront. Tagged and released 3 cobia. Back home, caught shrimp and turned them into perch and trout.

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Reds and Cobia

Trolled the oceanfront yesterday. Tagged and released a couple red drum and a cobia. Did not get a king bite. Those trolling for Spanish and sight-fishing for cobia in the area did well. Lots of bait, birds working, surface feeding … Continue reading

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Turning shrimp into pups

The shrimp made a showing at our dock last night. I went out after work today to try to turn last night’s shrimp into today’s puppy drum. It worked for the most part. It turns out that other things like … Continue reading

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Tagging Pups

We had a VMRC meeting today. I don’t think we did anything too controversial. After the meeting, I slipped on out to the flats. I tagged and released puppy drum until I ran out of peeler crab.

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Plugging Along

Trolled plugs along the oceanfront this weekend. Caught cobia and ribbonfish.

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Chumming in the Rain

I went chumming for a few hours in rainy and breezy conditions today. Caught a few cobia and a few sharks. Got a little wet.

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A First

I trolled for king mackerel this weekend. I caught ribbonfish, cobia, and a 5-pound Spanish mackerel. There are 37 or so citation-eligible species in the Virginia Saltwater Fishing Tournament. All have been registered on the Healthy Grins…except for pompano. As … Continue reading

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Ribbons

It was a lot of ribbons, a couple cobia, pulled off a drum, no king bites kind of Saturday. Some really nice kings are being caught. Not a lot but a couple a day.

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