I'm back to the shop after a weeklong vacation to Southern Florida. There were some more drum and stripers brought in off the surf today. We also had a citation flounder brought in today pictured below caught by Bob. We have in live peelers, fresh clams, and the largest selection of frozen baits around too. We have been keeping busy as the store has been remodeled once again Tom, Pete, Carol, and the Admiral did a great job. Its mostly on the beach supply and souvenir part the store is a lot more open now. We have been getting some nice live minnows in with our new live bait holding tank which has been working great. Our hours of operation are now 7 AM to 10 pm see you around!
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Bob from Lancaster, PA with his biggest flounder a 7.1 pound citation measuring at 28 inches caught this morning May 26th in the Chincoteague Bay.
/IMG_3056-750.jpg "Lucky Chucky with a striper and a black drum taken off the surf this afternoon caught with a mod. fishfinder rig and peeler.")
Lucky Chucky with a striper and a black drum taken off the surf this afternoon caught with a mod. fishfinder rig and peeler.
/IMG_3060-750.jpg "Ron and Ron Jr. of York County, PA with one fish at 23.5'' and three at 19.5''. They wanted to tell Shane \"This is what they look like!\"")
Ron and Ron Jr. of York County, PA with one fish at 23.5'' and three at 19.5''. They wanted to tell Shane "This is what they look like!"
Brian Mister from Hebron, Md. with a 20'' flounder caught fishing with David Snyder aboard the Flounder Master.
Ron Poff, Steve Poff, amd Barry Humbert from York, PA Ron's fish was 23.5'' 4.12 pounds They had 28 fish with 3 keepers
Mike Elicker, Mike Jacobs, and Chuck Jacobs from York, PA with 7 keepers ranging from 18.5 inches to 22.5 inches caught on they "Big Jake". The also wanted to say "HI KENNY"
Ray Layton and crew from Berlin Md. with a nice striper taken off the surf.
Mike from NOVA with a striper taken off the Assateague Surf.
Jay also displays another striper caught off the surf.
Pennsylvania Paul with a healthy striper caught surf fishing.
This Mako was caught by Tony and Glenn on the boat Hindsite on Saturday, May 22, 2010 on the 20 fathom line.
Josef caught this Mako in about 120 ft aboard the Lady B with the good looking mackerel we picked up from Captain Steves. As always thanks for the fresh bait and the secret coordinates for mako, enjoy the pictures.
This is Jim Norman with 3 nice flounder he caught Friday morning. He would have had his limit of 4 but the captain missed the fish with the net and it jumped out of the water and is down there now waiting to feed someone else. Jim is from NOVA and has a place here so we see him a lot. He had a long spell without any fish to take home but he made up for it today.
PAPA LOUIE AND HIS 1ST MATE BARB PULLED IN 6 NICE ONES TODAY AND 1 BLUE THE BIGGEST WAS 20 1/2" CAUGHT ON SQUID AND MINNOWS 05/20/2010.
Ann and Ed Brunell from Fairfax, VA with Ann's 19 & 22"er's. Ed was cheering her on as they were coming over the rail because he was tired of chicken for dinner. Ed made the "Catches" report last month but Ann out fished him today. Water is clear and there's a lot of flounder and some blues have shown up, too.
Here's some long time Chincoteague visitors from Lititz, PA (Jessica's hometown) John Hanna, Judge Wayne Hummer, Bill Binzen, and Grant Hummer, with the 21" keeper that Bill had on Sunday. It was pretty cold and breezy but we all laughing so much we couldn't feel the bites so we didn't have a lot of fish.
Peanut Brown with his first keepers of the season.
This is Kristen Black from the Richmond area with a flounder she caught Saturday afternoon that will feed the Tom Black family from Richmond, VA. They have a place here but haven't been able to get down for a few years. They said the last time they fished flounder had to be 15" to keep and were surprised to see those fat 17 & 18" fish being thrown back. Ahhh, the good old days!
/05222010RobJacobJimcaptcharlie-750.jpg "Little Jacob out fished Mom and his Dad Rob from Manchester, MD by catching two keeper flounder 18.5\" & 19.25\" and the most flounder. Jim Scott from Laytonsville, MD had two keepers 18.75\" & 19\" also and out fished his co-worker Buck Gillispie. We only had 12 throwbacks today so the keeper ratio was much better!")
Little Jacob out fished Mom and his Dad Rob from Manchester, MD by catching two keeper flounder 18.5" & 19.25" and the most flounder. Jim Scott from Laytonsville, MD had two keepers 18.75" & 19" also and out fished his co-worker Buck Gillispie. We only had 12 throwbacks today so the keeper ratio was much better!
/05212010captcharlie-750.jpg "Johnny, Peter, Jim1 & Jim2 all from different parts of PA had a good day fishing with Captain Charlie on the Island Queen. All 3 groups took home flounder for dinner! Sizes were 18.75 to 22\" We only had 10 throwbacks but the clearnose rays at the end of the tide were numerous. I have seen cownose rays caught also.")
Johnny, Peter, Jim1 & Jim2 all from different parts of PA had a good day fishing with Captain Charlie on the Island Queen. All 3 groups took home flounder for dinner! Sizes were 18.75 to 22" We only had 10 throwbacks but the clearnose rays at the end of the tide were numerous. I have seen cownose rays caught also.
/chandler05202010-750.jpg "Bonnie, Jim and daughter Caroline from Cincinnati, OH had never fished for flounder before and it was their day for the keepers, four of them from 19.5\" to 22\" with Captain Charlie on the Island Queen. This was their first time to Chincoteague Island and I believe they will be back! We also had 23 throwbacks.")
Bonnie, Jim and daughter Caroline from Cincinnati, OH had never fished for flounder before and it was their day for the keepers, four of them from 19.5" to 22" with Captain Charlie on the Island Queen. This was their first time to Chincoteague Island and I believe they will be back! We also had 23 throwbacks.
Dogfish Frank limiting out and a personal record at 42 in. 25.14 lbs using Capt. Steve's 7/0 Moidified fishfinder rigs!
