Healthy Grin Sport Fishing

Capt. Max King is one of the top anglers for trophy-sized rockfish anywhere. He will be speaking at the November meeting of the Peninsula Salt Water Sport Fisherman’s Association. Meetings are free and open to the public. The meeting is at 7 PM, Tuesday, November 16.

Capt. Jerry Thrash

Queens Creek Outfitters

Patriot Charters

804-725-3889

www.queenscreek.com

Jerry@queenscreek.com

Fishing Report 11.15.10

Water temps are still in the mid-50s and stripers are biting for short periods each day. Trollers caught a few larger fish in the 30″ range around R1 and north of Buoy 42. School-sized fish were caught in Fleets Bay. There is still no big influx of fish as waters remain warm enough to hold bait to the north. Stretch-25 type lures caught some of the fish this past week. Umbrella rigs with small shad worked better than big baits. Bucktails tipped with Gulp Jerk Shad and
Calcutta-type soft plastic weighted baits also worked.

Schooling fish were seen under birds in the Rappahannock around the Whitestone Bridge and fish were caught upriver near Towles Point.

Those fishing at night around lighted docks and bridges had the most consistent action.

Tight Lines,
Jerry

Capt. Jerry Thrash

Queens Creek Outfitters

Patriot Charters

804-725-3889

www.queenscreek.com

Jerry@queenscreek.com

Fishing Report 11.8.10

Water temps are in the mid to upper 50s and stripers to 24″ are starting to school. When the winds allowed anglers could find small fish to cast to on Windmill Bar and along the flats from Cherry Point to The Hole-in-the-Wall and southward. The greatest activity is at the break of dawn and the last two hours before dark. Bucktails tipped with Gulp Jerk Shad and Storm-type soft plastic weighted baits work best.

Stripers were also available in the Rappahannock around Towles Point.

Live spot on fishfinder rigs are also producing keeper stripers around structure.

There are bluefish in the area to 20″.

A few Tautog are being caught on hard iron ore bottom.

Tight Lines,
Jerry

It is cold and windy. I just caught a 21-inch rockfish off of my dock. Pulled off 2 others. I ran the fish up to the house, up the stairs, into my bedroom, and woke Tricia up with it. She did not seem nearly as impressed as I expected. Something about me being insane and for me to go the bleep away. Maybe if I go wake up the gaggle of 12-year-old girls sleeping over in my daughter’s room, I’ll get a better response to the fish.

Wes fished the Elizabeth River Wednesday while the rest of us were slaving at work. He caught 7 speckled trout. No monsters yet (nice keepers). He is also catching a couple of catfish each trip.

Dr. Ken Neill, III
IGFA Representative
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www.pswsfa.com
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Capt. Jerry Thrash

Queens Creek Outfitters

Patriot Charters

804-725-3889

www.queenscreek.com

Jerry@queenscreek.com

Fishing Report 11.1.10

Water temps are in the low 60s. When winds allowed fishing open waters, trolling for stripers along and north of Windmill Bar and on irregular inshore bottoms with bucktails and shad type baits was hit or miss this weekend. They did bite at the edge of dark and were best caught on live or cut bait or Gulp baits on structure. Fish were available in the Rappahannock around Towles Point. When temperatures drop to the mid-50s schooling should begin in earnest.

Gray Trout continue to be caught off Gwynn Island and in the mouth of the Rappahannock.

The speckled trout bite slowed in the Piankatank and the bite in the lower Mobjack continued but no citations registered this week.

Tight Lines,
Jerry

Capt. Jerry Thrash

Queens Creek Outfitters

Patriot Charters

804-725-3889

www.queenscreek.com

Jerry@queenscreek.com

Fishing Report 10.24.10

Water temps are in the low to mid-60s.

Spot are still being caught in Rappahannock near the Whitestone Bridge, Butlers Hole, at the Spike and off Gwynn Island.

Good sized schools of Gray Trout continue to be found off Gwynn Island and in the mouth of the Rappahannock.

Medium sized speckled trout have shown up in the Piankatank and the bite in the Mobjack has been good with 3 citations registered this week.

Some school stripers are being caught trolling along and north of Windmill Bar and on irregular inshore bottoms on bucktails and shad type baits. They are also being caught on live or cut bait and on jigged soft plastic or Gulp baits on structure.

Bluefish to 20″ are roaming the bay and can be had on spoons at 3-5 knots.

CITATIONS:

Speckled Trout:

5 lbs, 4 oz, 24″ caught by Keith Nuttall of Gloucester in the Ware River on 10/20 on a Mirro-Lure.
24.5″ and 24″ releases by Ed Lawrence of Gloucester on 10/20 and 10/19, respectively in the Mobjack on D.O.A. baits.

Tight Lines,
Jerry

My offshore crew was off somewhere. It was just Wes Blow and myself. Wes had never caught a citation-sized bluefish before so we headed out to the Triangle Wrecks again. Today, the bite was on the jig. Those bluefish flat wore us out. Wes ended up with 3 citations. Wes caught a half-inch short flounder on the jig. Sore from all of the bluefish, we switched over to flounder. We caught a number of short fish and then moved to the Brass Spike where we caught 4 really nice flounder to finish the day.

Rick Wineman was out there at the Triangles also. They also clobbered the bluefish on the jig.

Ric Burnley was inshore of us, trolling for bluefish outside the Chesapeake Light Tower. Instead of bluefish they caught 200-pound class thresher sharks on Stretch 30s. Broke off one and caught two. Ric has some great photos of the threshers at: http://www.fishcrazy.info/home.html Lot of stuff going on from the Light Tower to the Triangle Wrecks.

Dr. Ken Neill, III
IGFA Representative
www.igfa.org
www.pswsfa.com
www.vbsf-hookedup.net/healthygrin/

I ran Tricia out to the Triangle Wrecks to get into the bluefish action we had found the day before. We did not get out there until three o’clock in the afternoon. Tricia has some weird thing about getting all of your chores done before you go fishing. I have no idea how she has gotten her priorities so messed up. Anyway, when we finally got out there, the bluefish were waiting. There were a lot more than the day before but the average size was smaller. Every one we caught on Sunday was citation-sized. Tricia got to catch a good number of 12-pound fish. I did not fight any. I just drove the boat in circles and made helpful comments like. “After you get that fish unhooked, there is another one on that rod over there”. It was constant action. The one bluefish she kept weighed in at 17 pounds. I had a half-dozen spot in the livewell and some Gulp. After Tricia was done with the bluefish, we made a few drifts to try and catch a flounder. That is what we did. I caught a single, keeper flounder. The rest of the spot (and Gulp) went to medium sea bass that we released due to the little sea bass closure that is going on now.

Capt. Jerry Thrash

Queens Creek Outfitters

Patriot Charters

804-725-3889

www.queenscreek.com

Jerry@queenscreek.com

Fishing Report 10.18.10

Water temps are near 65 degrees.

Yellow bellied spot were being caught in Butlers Hole, at the Spike and the Mudhole and off Gwynn Island.

Good sized schools of Gray Trout continue to be found off Gwynn Island and in the mouth of the Rappahannock.

Medium sized speckled trout have shown up in the Piankatank.

School stripers are available on live or cut bait and on jigged soft plastic or Gulp baits on structure.

CITATION: We registered a 48.5″ red drum release citation from the Buoy 42 area. The huge drum was caught 10/12 on live spot by Cliff Canada of Whitestone while fishing with Kenny Forstmann of Hudgins.

Tight Lines,
Jerry

Steve Martin and I ran out to the Triangle Wrecks today looking for big bluefish. We found them. The action was not hot and heavy except for spurts. We caught the fish trolling Stretch 30s and Rapala Magnums. We did very little jigging. Steve caught a sea bass (released) and I had one bluefish bite on a jig but did not boat it. At one time, I was fighting a fish on a Stretch and Steve had fish on a Rapala. When he got it up, he had a fish on the back hook and another on the front hook and there were a bunch more trying to get the lure away from the other two. Somehow, Steve managed to not land any of those fish. My Rapala was cracked right down the center. We each kept a single fish to weigh in and came in early for the football games.

Dr. Ken Neill, III
IGFA Representative
www.igfa.org
www.pswsfa.com
www.vbsf-hookedup.net/healthygrin/