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TIME OUT

As of  June 12, the J-MAR is getting a new head gasket set in the CATERPILLAR engine. Hope to be back on the water soon.

Spring Striped Bass

The trophy season was  productive if one was persistent. Chumming was not as good as it has been in past seasons.

SPRING 2009

We have been sneaking out on pretty days and trolling up some nice Catch-and-Release Stripers. As of Easter we havent gotten the Tautog to bite yet......but they will!

LIVE FROM VIRGINIA BEACH

Sunday was another pretty weather day. The fish had lock jaw in the morning, but when they got hungry it was GAME ON! Tim Pearson and the Harrisonburg Hog Hunters experienced the Smackdown at Cape Henry with everybody winding fish at the same time.

On Saturday Ralph Newman and the Shenandoah Valley Bass Busters enjoyed a day of spring-like weather and hungry striped bass.

The massacre has started! On Tuesday the Flavin Crew spanked the beastly stripers at Cape Henry.

November 20

The BIG Stripers have moved in about two weeks earlier than the last couple of years. The cooler weather may have something to do with it. We fished last Monday along the channel edge just north and south of Buoy GW1 and SPANKED 'EM!

NOVEMBER 5

The fall Striped Bass season is going well. It started with warm weather, warm water and tons of bluefish in the chum lines. The stripers didnt have a chance, 'cause the blues gobbled up the bait before the stripers had a chance. One day we had over a hundred blues and no stripers.

Now that the water has cooled, most of the blues have moved on (only one yesterday). Chumming, especially with live bait, is working well for limit catches most days. Yesterday we found some diving birds in deeper water and went jigging with light tackle and had a great time catching fish up to 30 inches.

If history repeats itself, striper fishing should just get better and better.

Still plenty of open dates, even weekends, and even for January ocean trips in Va Beach...
 

JUNE 9

Dave and Keith gave the striped bass a royal spanking with an ultra light rod. Using the ultra light proved to be more challenging and more fun than the heavier rigs.

May 19

The weekend was great! The weather was favorable and the Striped Bass were hungry!
Saturday we trolled in MD waters for the TROPHY Stripers. There are not as many TROPHY fish as there were last week, but we managed to get our share...most of them were around 40 inches and 20 pounds.
Sunday we went chumming for the first time this year at the Northern Neck Reef. David Stroop and family were aboard the J-MAR for an exciting day on the Bay. When we got to the Reef, there were only a few boats anchored up. The conditions were such that the current was running to the south and the wind was out of the southwest, but the current was stronger than the wind, so we were able to fish off the stern. :-) . It took a few minutes for the chum to lure the Stripers to the boat, but the action was fast and furious for several hours, until the wind and tide changed around and we got blown off the structure. It was a great first day at the Reef....and the fishing there will just get better as more boats chum there and draw more fish to the structure!
We have plenty of open dates from now until mid-June when the VA Striper season will end until October.
There have been a few big Croakers caught by the early bird Croaker anglers. The Croaler bite will be good by June 1, and last thru the summer.
Hope you can scrounge up enough gass to make the trip down to Reedville for a day of fishing!
 

MAY 3 - LADIES' DAY ON THE BAY!!!

These gals know how to have a good time!

Sherril (TX), Anne (NC), Angela (PA), & Ann (PA)

They showed up from all over the place with big smiles, great attitudes, good food.

We found hungry fish near Smith Point........and celebrated the great catch with Champagne!!!

YOU GO GIRLS!!!

MAY 2: Trophy Stripers in VA

May 1 marked the beginning of VA Trophy Striped Bass Season. As of May 2, there are plenty of mammoth Stripers around Smith Point. The best bite has been in the early morning.

April Trophy Stripers

There are some nice Trophy Stripers lurking just north of Smith Point in MD waters.

Tautog in April

When the Dogwood bloom, the Tautog bite

Took some clams for bait and went Toggin' on April 13. Tried a deep water wreck first. Got Mud Toads :-(

Moved to the Asphalt Pile and pulled three nice fat Togs and a stray Croaker.

MARCH MADNESS

Nope! Not Basketball....FISHING!

March 13 I went out on the Robin Sue in search of a Citation Catch-and-Release Striped Bass. This was the day 'cause the wind wasnt blowing. The big cow bass are migrating into the bay, and they are scattered out. There must be a lot of them because the gill nets are as far as you can see from north to south along the channel edge. We put lines out at the "Marsh Buoy", and trolled for a couple of hours. The first fish, caught by Preston Amburn, was over 50" and over 60 pounds. I got the second bass- just under 40 pounds and not quite 44" for a Release Citation.

January 11

 Clan  Pittman and Keith Workman fished aboard J-MAR today. We went south until we found the fish....all the way to False Cape (next stop North Carolina!). The birds, bait and fish were spread out for miles. Mate Bill "Gordy" Knapp set the lines as we were southbound. We almost had our limit on 38" to 42" fish in about 2 miles or one hour. A couple of slots were held for the BIG ONE. Once those slots were filled, we started trolling north. As fish fate would have it, we pulled a monster 45" fish that went back to swim for another day, but scored a Release Citation for angler Lance Pittman.

Lance Pittman and his Citation Striped Bass (Click on image to enlarge)

January 6

Dr Tony Z with friends and family attacked the trophy stripers off Cape Charles. We had a good bite first thing in the morning, followed by "nap time" for the weary, followed by a good bite in the afternoon. The weather was absolutely beautiful for January, and the fish cooperated.

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January 5

We fished WAY SOUTH and put Claude Poston and crew on a mess of mammoth striped bass. We were almose two hours from Lynhaven, so the mate Bill "Gordy" Knapp cleaned all the fish on the way home, hence no pictures. OOOOOOPS

January 4

Chilly morning, but warmed up when the sun came up. Ran to Rudee Inlet to pick up the party. Got out into the ocean about 8:30. Ran out to "the line." and found lots of bait so launched the lures. Had "fish on" in a few minutes. We did not have a big bite, but hooked them up one-at-a-time all day. Another Day In Paradise!

Had a little ice on the wash rail going to Rudee

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January 2, 2008

Yesterday was an awesome day of Atlantic Ocean Striped Bass Fishing!Jim Civitarese and friends from Northern Virginia fished with us aboard the J-MAR. We fished off Cape Henry with a great morning bite, a slow mid day, and a good afternoon bite. The weather was mild and the seas relatively calm. Dianne Potter caught her first ever Trophy Striped Bass (plural).

Dec 30

VIRGINIA BEACH

We have fished three days out of Lynnhaven Inlet so far. Thursday the water was as muddy  as I have seen the ocean due the nor'easter that had raged the three or for days prior. We caught an impressive number of fish for the conditions. Friday, the water had cleared noticeably and the bite was much better. It helps if the fish can see the baits! I took a picture of the Bill Flavin crew and their fish but it did not come out :-(  Saturday was a little windy and rolly, but the temperature was almost 70 in the late morning. We trolled off Cape Henry and had our limit of  Trophy Stripers up to 39 inches by noon.

Dec 20

Mr. Ken Murphy and associates joined us for a day of  trolling for trophy stripers. We started out east of GW1 trolling around bait balls with no hook-ups. Then we got a "bird report" from up north near Smith Point, so the lines were pulled in and we raced up to the best bird show of the month! Mate Jim Lindsay started putting out lines as we approached the beehive, but before he got half the lures in the water rods started going down: BAM...BAM...BAM....It didnt take long to get what we needed including two fish at 43"!!! GREAT WORK GUYS!!!

Dec 18

TEAM SPINE FIN

This motley crew FINALLY managed to catch a Striped Bass over three pounds!

Dec 15

The recent influx of of big Striped Bass has delighted anglers in the Reedville area this week. We have been fishing in 30 feet of water one day and 100 feet of water the next. The fish are moving in every direction, and seldom in the same place two days in a row. On Saturday December 15th, Mr Mark Debord brought his Junior Anglers and some of their friends to catch BIG fish.... and they did! All four Junior Anglers were awarded VCBA citations for the monster Striped Bass they managed to fight to the net. We will continue to fish here in Reedville until the fish move south, and then we will follow them to Virginia Beach. For the latest fishing reports and updates, check out the BAYFISH web site at www.bayfish.net

Dec 9

It just keeps getting better!

John Dean and friends fished aboard the J-MAR today. We trolled down east of the Cut Channel again today. The fish were still there. WE whacked 'em and stacked 'em. Biggest fish was 43". Good job guys!

Dec 8

BIGGER fish are coming up the Bay! John Melton and family and friends fished aboard the J-MAR today on the east side of the Cut Channel today and got eaten up by hungry MONSTER Trophy Stripers.

Dec1

The big fish have starter to show up. Ken Elshire and friends braved monster seas today to subdue a nice catch of whopper stripers

November 28

We started trolling for the Trophy Stripers after Thanksgiving. The warm weather seems to have slowed down the migration of the big fish, but we are now catching them regularly. Every cold snap should make the bite even better. When the fish start moving south in late December, we will move to Virginia Beach.

November 1

The chumming season started a little slow due to the extremely warm Bay waters. It has cooled down now and the Rockfish (Stripers) are biting nicely and we are getting out limits every day. Some days we are even getting a mess of Bluefish  to top off the cooler!

September 20

ALL the fish are here!

We have been trolling for Blues, Spanish, and Stripers (in MD waters)

Every now and then you get a surprise!

Two HUGE Red Drum caught while jigging for blues!

7.5 pound flounder  caught while bottom fishing!

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JULY 15

We are catching Croaker by the cooler full!

Spanish Mackerel are starting to show up down toward Windmill Point

Bluefish to five pounds are available trolling over near Tangier Island

Also catching sharks 2 to 4 ft long on the bottom.

Expecting great Spanish Mac fishing due to high salinity (no rain)

GROUND HOG DAY MASSACRE

Paul Rhoades and friends spanked the mammoth stripers. Paul landed the biggest: 43.5 inches and 39.5 pounds.

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Jan 19- Fishy Friday

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Had a crew of Northern neck anglers out for a day of catching BIG BASS

Jim Reed and his buddies whacked the Stripers on Jan 12

Miss Catherine Robinson and her dad show off her citation Striper

All in a December Day's work.

Bill Flavin and Crew and their impressive catch.

Jerry Smith and a hell-of-a-catch of Stripers and Blues. Whacked 'em and stacked 'em!!!

Miss Kelley (aka "KENTUCKY") proudly shows off her 36 POUND monster Striper. First Fish of the day, BIGGEST Fish of the day.

You GO GIRL!

Short Sleeves and BIG BASS in late December! Unbelievable!!!

This is some AWESOME fishing!!!

If you would like to get into this fantastic fishing, give us a call. It's only going to get better as the water cools.

BAYFISH runs ONLY full day trips. If it takes til dark to get your fish, we fish til dark!

Check out the web site at

www.bayfish.net

for the latest fishing report and available dates.

We have arranged discount rates with several motels in Va Beach (like $30/nite /room)

DON'T MISS SOME OF THE BEST STRIPER FISHING OF THE YEAR!!!

David Farmer and friends from Bowling Green spent a fantastic December day on  the 13th hauling in huge Striped Bass.

Brooke Taylor had the FIRST FISH and BIGGEST FISH OF THE DAY on Dec 3rd with this 38 inch monster Striped Bass!

On Dec 3 Rich Lister and crew fished  aboard the J-MAR . It was a beautiful winter day and they whacked the Stripers.

Team LENNY Bags Big Bass November 30

Beautiful windless 60-pluss degree last day of November. These avid anglers boated these 37 to 42-inchers plus numerous smaller fish in the release slot.

ROCTOBERFEST IN FULL SWING!

The Striped Bass/ Rockfish showed up at the Northern Neck Reef within a few days of the opening of the Virginia season. We have been catching plenty of Stripers from 18" to 24" and only a few undersized fish. There are also hoards of small to medium sized Bluefish (AKA "Hook-eaters) showing up in the chum slicks.
The water temperature dropped onto the upper 60s this week and the cool nights and frosty mornings will drive the water temperature down. This should cause the Rockfish bite to get better and better.

OCTOBER 4

First Day Of Fall Striped Bass Season!

We went "scouting" with metal jigs. It was a beautiful fall day and the fish were hungry. We caught a mixed bag of Sea Trout, Striped Bass, Bluefish, Croaker, Oyster Toads :-(  and sharks !

Suzy Amburn shows off her Sea Trout which weighed in at 3.5 pounds. Biggest Trout of the day!

Anne Branch with the biggest Rockfish.

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