http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com Light Tackle Fishing Reports & Information Thu, 26 Jan 2012 19:55:08 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2011/08/28/surveying-the-damage/ http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2011/08/28/surveying-the-damage/#comments Sun, 28 Aug 2011 16:01:53 +0000 Shawn http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/?p=4189
Share Tweet Most of the damage here on the island came from falling trees.  Since the wind is still gusting into the 40 mile-per-hour range, and the ground is completely saturated, more trees could fall.  I’ve heard of a few houses and stores that were hit by flying debris, tree limbs, etc. but it sounds [...]]]> http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2011/08/28/surveying-the-damage/feed/ 4 http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2011/08/27/hurricane-hike-the-wind-builds/ http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2011/08/27/hurricane-hike-the-wind-builds/#comments Sun, 28 Aug 2011 01:57:00 +0000 Shawn http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/?p=4166
Share Tweet The Bay Bridge is now closed due to sustained winds of 62 miles-per-hour and gusts from 72 to 80 miles-per hour.  That was at 7:30 PM and the wind continues to build. We’ve lost a few big limbs from trees around the house, and we can hear trees coming down back behind our [...]]]> http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2011/08/27/hurricane-hike-the-wind-builds/feed/ 3 http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2011/08/27/high-water/ http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2011/08/27/high-water/#comments Sat, 27 Aug 2011 21:46:46 +0000 Shawn http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/?p=4155
Share Tweet As Hurricane Irene gets closer our biggest issue remains heavy rain.  It comes in waves, sometimes pouring so hard it completely restricts visibility.  At other times it almost looks like the sun could pop out.  The wind continues to build steadily. I’ve heard of 50-miles per hour gusts in Annapolis.  Thomas Point Lighthouse [...]]]> http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2011/08/27/high-water/feed/ 1 http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2011/08/27/a-state-of-emergency/ http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2011/08/27/a-state-of-emergency/#comments Sat, 27 Aug 2011 17:11:34 +0000 Shawn http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/?p=4137
Share Tweet It started raining on Kent Island about 8:30 AM, and has been coming down steadily since. The wind is coming up now, but it’s still little more than a rainy day here.  As of 1:00 PM, wind speeds are 22-knots from the northwest at Thomas Point Light House near Annapolis, and 34-knots at [...]]]> http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2011/08/27/a-state-of-emergency/feed/ 0 http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2010/06/09/site-104-is-alive-and-well/ http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2010/06/09/site-104-is-alive-and-well/#comments Thu, 10 Jun 2010 03:52:30 +0000 Shawn http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/?p=1755
Share Tweet I like to think I have a pretty good arsenal of fishing spots around Kent Island, but If you’d asked me a few weeks ago to point to Site 104 on a Chesapeake chart, I couldn’t have. In fact, until recently I’d never heard of the place or the environmental controversy that once [...]]]> http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2010/06/09/site-104-is-alive-and-well/feed/ 8 http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2010/03/15/give-me-back-that-filet-o-fish/ http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2010/03/15/give-me-back-that-filet-o-fish/#comments Tue, 16 Mar 2010 03:42:45 +0000 Shawn http://chesapeakelighttackle.com/?p=1402
Share Tweet Spring, glorious spring has made her eloquent arrival to the snow-weary Mid-Atlantic.  The peepers are peeping, the red buds are budding, and yesterday, through the morning fog, I caught a glimpse of an osprey soaring high above the Bay Bridge.  There are a lot of reasons why fishermen look forward to the arrival of [...]]]> http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2010/03/15/give-me-back-that-filet-o-fish/feed/ 8 http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2009/11/02/why-its-crocketts-reel/ http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2009/11/02/why-its-crocketts-reel/#comments Tue, 03 Nov 2009 03:52:33 +0000 Shawn http://chesapeakelighttackle.com/?p=1120
Share Tweet 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 [...]]]> http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2009/11/02/why-its-crocketts-reel/feed/ 20 http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2009/08/26/hooked-on-lure-making/ http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2009/08/26/hooked-on-lure-making/#comments Wed, 26 Aug 2009 20:55:47 +0000 Shawn http://chesapeakelighttackle.com/?p=749
Share Tweet I can’t remember when I first learned to make fishing lures, but it seems like I’ve always made them. Some of my earliest childhood memories include the times my brothers and I spent with our father in his garage workshop in the hills of Tennessee.  There were always lures lying around in various stages [...]]]> http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2009/08/26/hooked-on-lure-making/feed/ 13 http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2009/07/23/tip-bigger-fish-in-the-summer-blitzes/ http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2009/07/23/tip-bigger-fish-in-the-summer-blitzes/#comments Thu, 23 Jul 2009 20:35:37 +0000 Shawn http://chesapeakelighttackle.com/?p=563
Share Tweet I mentioned in an earlier “How-To” article that I would write about interesting jigging situations when I encountered them.  We’re in the middle of some amazing summer fishing.  I’ve been chasing breakers over hard bottoms on both sides of the Bay.  This is a typical Chesapeake hot-weather pattern which will usually last and even intensify [...]]]> http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2009/07/23/tip-bigger-fish-in-the-summer-blitzes/feed/ 4 http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2009/05/17/riding-the-wave-make-current-work-for-you/ http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2009/05/17/riding-the-wave-make-current-work-for-you/#comments Mon, 18 May 2009 02:30:46 +0000 admin http://localhost/wordpress/?p=144
Share Tweet Have you ever wondered why fish seem to turn on and off at different times during the day? If you’re like me you’ve probably gone for hours without catching a fish, hardly even getting a strike. Then, click, just like turning on a light switch every cast results in a fish. Fishermen refer [...]]]> http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2009/05/17/riding-the-wave-make-current-work-for-you/feed/ 5