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Gunter with a keeper flounder off the surf.
Lucky Chucky with a keeper red drum off the surf.
Lucky Chucky with a keeper red drum off the surf today with a 5/0 mod ff and mullet.
Mark Gaskins with one of his 2 rockfish caught on the bayside.
Fishing the backside of the island has been producing flounder on the Assateague Channel. There have been plenty of small seabass in the Chincoteague Channel and snapper bluefish have been scattered around the bay. In the surf a few more kingfish are being caught on shrimp. Bluefish have also been consistant on cut bait out there. Your best bet for srum is cut bait with a mod. fishfinder rig and or 6in fishfinder rig. The Fall hours are now in effect for the beach 5am-8pm. You can get a free lifetime overnight fishing permit at the Visitor's Center all you need to do is sign in and sign out when you leave. I took a ride to the beach today and there are plenty of crabs being caught at the Refuge. Tonight we got in fresh bunker. Thats report for now. Good Luck Fishing!
Speckle trout caught by Joe B. from De. he had 10 last evening using artificials in the surf.
Kingfish caught off the surf using cut bait you can use cut bait, shrimp, bloodworms, or squid to catch these fish on a double hook surfball rig.
My first flounder using artificials off the surf 17''.
It hass been really windy here lately. Johan from Md. did the best I heard with a few blues, a throwback flounder, and a little red drum. Make sure to take out some heavy surf sinkers and or sputniks as the beach has been strong currents and winds lately. The rockfish have been hitting mostly at night on swimbaits. Crabbing has been really good Blue's Crew is in town and had over a bushel handlining. Tomorrow is Oyster Fest so the island is getting busy once again. We have in fresh bunker brought in tonight. Thats the report for now. Tight Lines!
We have fresh mullet and fresh bunker!
Linda, Tammy, and Crystal with 3 keepers caught yesterday in the back bay. They also had a bunch of throwbacks and bluefish too.
Flounder on a 5/0 mod. ff rig there were also blues and kingfish caught yesterday on cut bait(mullet) and shrimp.
Our new reel jackets come in 4 colors they help protect your reels from sand, sun, and the elements.
In the last 2 days there were a few blues, kingfish, flounder, and 1 drum by James Chenault caught off the beach. Today was really windy so sputniks were the only things that held out there. It was tough fishing due to the weather. Crabbing has been really good mostly females but there are plenty of crabs around. Crabs are usually heavier this time of year getting heavy and ready for the winter season.
James from Md. with his first shark caught and released off the surf. He had some snapper bluees and some kings fishing with uncle Jay.
Mark Stewart from Conn. with his keeper flounder 20.5 inches off the surf he and his wife Janet had a wonderful vacation. They caught plenty of bluefish, Janet had a monster ray on too. Today they had 9 flounder off the beach, casting and retrieving squid. This is their first vacation to Chincoteague Island and not to be their last. They also had the dolphin put on a show for them and were amazed by the wonderful scenery.
The weather has been great around here. There are still blues and sharks and even spot and kingfish on the surf. bay there are flounder, seabass (seabass season is closed so it is illegal to keep seabass now). The good news is that the striped bass are back, we are using swimshads and swimbaits to take these fish. Falling tide is generally better cast and retrieve slowly and structure helps. We usually pitch towards the pylons of a bridge and retireve for best success. We have in fresh mullet brought in today and live minnows. Thats the report for now. Good Luck Fishing!
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