http://chesapeakelighttackle.com Light Tackle Fishing Reports & Information Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:01:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://chesapeakelighttackle.com/2010/03/09/thunder-road/ http://chesapeakelighttackle.com/2010/03/09/thunder-road/ #comments Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:30:11 +0000 Shawn http://chesapeakelighttackle.com/?p=1387
If the tail slaps of big rockfish can be compared to the rumble of a Chesapeake storm, I spent this past weekend riding on thunder road.   We’re seeing the first signs of spring on the Bay resulting in some fun fishing. The good times this weekend were especially sweet because I just took delivery of [...]]]> http://chesapeakelighttackle.com/2010/03/09/thunder-road/ /feed 2 http://chesapeakelighttackle.com/2010/02/26/hillbilly-honeymoon-or-finding-fearsome-fish-in-foreign-lands/ http://chesapeakelighttackle.com/2010/02/26/hillbilly-honeymoon-or-finding-fearsome-fish-in-foreign-lands/ #comments Fri, 26 Feb 2010 18:31:59 +0000 Shawn http://chesapeakelighttackle.com/?p=1343
We interrupt the Mid-Atlantic’s snowiest winter on record with a tropical interlude in hopes it might at least warm a few spirits while we wait for spring.  Dianne and I are just back from a week aboard the good ship Norwegian Dawn, cruising to Belize and Costa Maya, Mexico.  Like any respectable redneck honeymoon, we [...]]]> http://chesapeakelighttackle.com/2010/02/26/hillbilly-honeymoon-or-finding-fearsome-fish-in-foreign-lands/ /feed 5 http://chesapeakelighttackle.com/2010/01/29/wintering-over/ http://chesapeakelighttackle.com/2010/01/29/wintering-over/ #comments Sat, 30 Jan 2010 00:52:06 +0000 Shawn http://chesapeakelighttackle.com/?p=1324
I’ve mentioned in previous reports that there are an extraordinary number of striped bass in the Bay this winter.  It’s never been unusual to find a few big fish here and there during cold weather, but each year there seem to be more nice fish wintering over.   I’ve managed a couple of trips this week with very [...]]]> http://chesapeakelighttackle.com/2010/01/29/wintering-over/ /feed 17 http://chesapeakelighttackle.com/2010/01/23/old-squaw/ http://chesapeakelighttackle.com/2010/01/23/old-squaw/ #comments Sat, 23 Jan 2010 19:26:38 +0000 Shawn http://chesapeakelighttackle.com/?p=1299
One of my favorite things about cold-weather fishing is seeing the many species of migratory waterfowl in the Chesapeake Bay. Although numbers have fallen in recent years, there are still plenty of sea ducks, tundra swans, and snow geese around.   There seem to be more this year than I’ve seen in my previous four [...]]]> http://chesapeakelighttackle.com/2010/01/23/old-squaw/ /feed 11 http://chesapeakelighttackle.com/2009/12/31/catch-release-season/ http://chesapeakelighttackle.com/2009/12/31/catch-release-season/ #comments Thu, 31 Dec 2009 05:07:36 +0000 Shawn http://chesapeakelighttackle.com/?p=1276
Gone are the fair-weather boaters with their blaring radios and boats bristling with broomsticks.  No more planer-board trollers claiming 300 foot right-of- ways, or obnoxious broadcasters insulting everyone with a VHF radio within 50 miles.  Catch & release season is the time of year when the one-man-one-rod concept reigns supreme.  It’s when you can run [...]]]> http://chesapeakelighttackle.com/2009/12/31/catch-release-season/ /feed 10 http://chesapeakelighttackle.com/2009/12/23/happy-holidays-from-clt/ http://chesapeakelighttackle.com/2009/12/23/happy-holidays-from-clt/ #comments Wed, 23 Dec 2009 20:30:39 +0000 Shawn http://chesapeakelighttackle.com/?p=1256 I hope to get in another fishing trip or two before the end of the year, but I want to take a few minutes to wish everyone a happy holiday season.  Even though I’ve been off the water for a while, I haven’t been completely idle.  I’m finally doing some serious boat shopping and narrowing my choices [...]]]> http://chesapeakelighttackle.com/2009/12/23/happy-holidays-from-clt/ /feed 9 http://chesapeakelighttackle.com/2009/12/14/the-turbulence-of-winter/ http://chesapeakelighttackle.com/2009/12/14/the-turbulence-of-winter/ #comments Tue, 15 Dec 2009 03:20:44 +0000 Shawn http://chesapeakelighttackle.com/?p=1230
While I’m still stuck slogging through the DC sludge, some intrepid light-tackle fishermen are braving the cold conditions in the Chesapeake and lighting up the winter hotspots.  My friends Nick & Shane got out in the Mid-Bay one morning this past week and found some nice fish including this 42 incher caught jigging structure with [...]]]> http://chesapeakelighttackle.com/2009/12/14/the-turbulence-of-winter/ /feed 3 http://chesapeakelighttackle.com/2009/12/06/a-december-to-remember/ http://chesapeakelighttackle.com/2009/12/06/a-december-to-remember/ #comments Mon, 07 Dec 2009 03:45:15 +0000 Shawn http://chesapeakelighttackle.com/?p=1212
Perhaps not for me, but for some fishermen this has been one of the best Decembers on record.  The mid-Chesapeake Bay has been red hot, especially at some of the more challenging jigging locations such as the Chesapeake Bay Bridge.  Check out this hawg.  According to the report I got, it was jigged up at [...]]]> http://chesapeakelighttackle.com/2009/12/06/a-december-to-remember/ /feed 4 http://chesapeakelighttackle.com/2009/11/21/an-unforgettable-fall/ http://chesapeakelighttackle.com/2009/11/21/an-unforgettable-fall/ #comments Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:14:24 +0000 Shawn http://chesapeakelighttackle.com/?p=1184
For fantastic fall fishing, you just can’t beat the Chesapeake Bay.  Unfortunately, I’ve missed most of November’s bounty due to work requirements.  Still, some of my fishing partners are enjoying a season to remember, and the few times I’ve been out have been memorable.  This is the time of year when you’re either pulling in [...]]]> http://chesapeakelighttackle.com/2009/11/21/an-unforgettable-fall/ /feed 5 http://chesapeakelighttackle.com/2009/11/02/why-its-crocketts-reel/ http://chesapeakelighttackle.com/2009/11/02/why-its-crocketts-reel/ #comments Tue, 03 Nov 2009 03:52:33 +0000 Shawn http://chesapeakelighttackle.com/?p=1120
Outdoorsmen are known to brag about their dogs.  Growing up in Tennessee, I heard lots of  stories about super hunting dogs.  Most were told with tongue squarely in-cheek and every tall tale ended with some magnificently exaggerated conquest by the narrator’s most accomplished canine. That tradition of boasting is also part of the fabric of the Bay.  In [...]]]> http://chesapeakelighttackle.com/2009/11/02/why-its-crocketts-reel/ /feed 19