Earl Kulp from Lancaster, PA caught nice Speckled Trout and a good mix of blues using cut bait off the Assateague surf.

Earl Kulp from Lancaster, PA caught nice Speckled Trout and a good mix of blues using cut bait off the Assateague surf.

Jack Waterfield and Steve Berry caught 27 spec trout (7 releases). Each caught our limit . Biggest was 21 inches and 4 lbs.

Jack Waterfield and Steve Berry caught 27 spec trout (7  releases). They each limied out with the biggest was 21 inches and 4 lbs on the bayside.

Greg Adams from Dillsburg, PA with a big cownose while fishing the surf.

Greg Adams from Dillsburg, PA with a big cownose while fishing the surf.

Biggest blue for Tim and Harry they caught about 50 blues in 2 days.  About 2 strikes for each hookup.    Plus 16 inch flounder and 4 dogfish.  Not much fishing going, too much time spent catching. This is me, TIM Berlett, Lovettsville ,VA, and Harry Smith Herndon VA.  Remember hold the rod, these small guys don't usually hook themselves.

 

The last couple days we haven't seen as many people fishing but the bluefish have been doing well off the surf.  With a few speckled trout also in the mix.  Gene Brite, Joe. Barranco, and (Jimmy) fished the Chesapeake yesterday catching rockfish and 1 speckled trout on a fun day on the water with Capt. Walt.  We brought back 3 keeper stripers so that mean more fresh fish for another Capt. Steve's Dinner.  Around the bay we have had a few more stripers showing up, night fishing has been more productive especially with the full moon.  We are looking forward to another good weekend here on the island.  It is the 12th annual Chili & Chowder Cook-off will take place Saturday, Oct. 15.  That all for now.  Tight Lines!

Chincoteague has seen a busy holiday weekend with the Oyster Festival and the Summerlike weather.  In the surf the blues are still around in numbers hold your rod for increase catch rate.  We have also seen a few short stripers being caught off the surf as the water temperatures continue to get cooler the striper fishery will be getting better.  There has been a few keeper flounder caught off the surf, in the Fall is when we catch the most flounder surf fishing as they are heading out to deeper water.  Backbay fishing flounder are beaing caught along with bluefish and some striped bass which have been hitting mostly nights.  Come on in for the largest selection of soft plastics swimshads and plenty of hard body models too. We have in fresh mullet and bunker!

We have had some beautiful weather here on the island, you can not beat the nature of Chincoteague Island.

We have had some beautiful weather here on the island,  you can not beat the nature of Chincoteague Island.

Bob Ferenschak, Joe Shields, and Randy Conrad from NoVA caught tons of fish, fishing with Capt. John Chenault including black seabass, flounder, bluefish, and tautog. They had a great time fishing the wrecks with plenty of steady action.

Bob Ferenschak, Joe Shields, and Randy Conrad from NoVA caught tons of fish, fishing with Capt. John Chenault including black seabass, flounder, bluefish, and tautog. They had a great time fishing the wrecks with plenty of steady action.

Bob Ferenschak, Joe Shields, and Randy Conrad from NoVA caught tons of fish, fishing with Capt. John Chenault including black seabass, flounder, bluefish, and tautog.   They had a great time fishing the wrecks with plenty of steady action.

Vince Jeff and Rolo had a good day fishing on the fishface. Six keeper tautog and triggers fishing on the wrecks.

Vince Jeff and Rolo had a good day fishing on the fishface. Six keeper tautog and triggers fishing on the wrecks.

Capt. Bob and first Mate Henry “Mute” needed a little DinDin after the Oyster Festival. Capt. Steve’s Bait and Tackle set them up with all the good bait and rigs. The biggest flounder was 24’’ and weighed 5 pounds.

Capt. Bob and first Mate Henry “Mute” needed a little DinDin after the Oyster Festival.  Capt. Steve’s Bait and Tackle set them up with all the good bait and rigs.  The biggest flounder was 24’’ and weighed 5 pounds.

 

Drew Stowell with a keeper flounder fishing with his dad Capt. Mike who put him on the fish!

Drew Stowell with a keeper flounder fishing with his dad Capt. Mike who put him on the fish!

We have in fresh cobb mullet and fresh bunker!  Catches of snapper blues continue to do well in surf action.  Pink/Red surfballs seem to be the best colors for them.  The mullet rigs have also been producing some bigger blues.  In the back bay we have seen some more flounder being caught in the Assateaugue Channel.  Our store has also had another revamp with organizer Jerzey Rich putting some time in straightening everything up.  Crabbing is still going well in the backbays with the crabs getting fatter getting ready for this cooler weather.  There was a 24 inch short striper caught yesterday on a mod. ff off the surf.  The Oyster Festival is slated for Oct. 8th so people are showuing up ready for the festivities.  We hope everyone has a fun and safe holiday weekend. 

  Steve Snyder and his flounder caught in front of the light house

Steve Snyder and his flounder caught in front of the light house using a white east coast flounder rig.

Melissa from Old Orchard Beach Maine caught this Robin in the Assateague channel.

Melissa from Old Orchard Beach Maine caught this Robin in the Assateague channel.

Our front wall with over 100 cans of assorted sinkers and plenty of hooks and rigs.

Zippo lighters and a huge assortment of surf rods pictured above.

Knives, gunshells, rods, reels, and dry boxes some of the many products we carry.

We have a large assortment of swimshads and baits as the striped bass are starting to show up, we have the assortment of lures to catch them...

We have in fresh cobb mullet and fresh bunker!  Catches of snapper blues continue to do well in surf action.  Pink/Red surfballs seem to be the best colors for them.  The mullet rigs have also been producing some bigger blues.  In the back bay we have seen some more flounder being caught in the Assateaugue Channel.  Our store has also had another revamp with organizer Jerzey Rich putting some time in straightening everything up. 

We have in fresh bait, live minnows, bloodworms etc.  The last few days around here we have been catching some bluefish and kingfish off the surf.  Last night I got a chance to fish with Joe B. from Delaware and we ended up with about a dozen blues and a kingfish.  Make sure to hold your rod while you are out there for a better chance of hooking up with the blues.  For bigger fish you can deadstick your baits but make sure your drag is not set too tight.  In the backbays there are still a few flounder around, striped bass are hitting at night.  Offshore wrecks are producing some nice size seabass.  Capt. Walt with Capt. Walt's light Tackle Charters has been doing well on the bayside with speckle trout and stripers.  With the cooler weather coming in we will see more striped bass arriving.  I'll have some pictures to post and it looks to be a beautiful weekend for the upcoming Chincoteague Oyster Festival.