http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com Light Tackle Fishing Reports & Information Wed, 28 Jul 2010 05:48:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2010/07/28/summer-trophies/ http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2010/07/28/summer-trophies/#comments Wed, 28 Jul 2010 04:18:23 +0000 Shawn http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/?p=1985
The world rolls along Unaware of the dance Except for a few Who venture a glance Toward those down below Who’re casting upstream Waltzing the current In search of a dream I wave when they blow Or hold up a fish I know how it feels To look down and wish . . That it was my turn For that perfect cast Close by the piling To raise my rod fast Tune in [...]]]> http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2010/07/28/summer-trophies/feed/ 6 http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2010/07/25/thats-why-they-call-it-fishing/ http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2010/07/25/thats-why-they-call-it-fishing/#comments Sun, 25 Jul 2010 15:25:26 +0000 Shawn http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/?p=1955
As the old saying goes, if we caught fish every time we went out, they’d call it catching instead of fishing.  So, I guess my Friday evening/Saturday morning over-nighter to southern Maryland was a fishing trip, because there wasn’t a lot of catching involved.  Striper fishing has been pretty good around the Bay Bridge and [...]]]> http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2010/07/25/thats-why-they-call-it-fishing/feed/ 2 http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2010/07/14/thunder-under-the-bridge-video/ http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2010/07/14/thunder-under-the-bridge-video/#comments Wed, 14 Jul 2010 18:31:37 +0000 Shawn http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/?p=1905
With Rhonda Vincent singing “Sweet Summertime” on the satellite radio, it was already 7:00 PM when I pulled into the Matapeake parking area.  Due to a heavy work schedule, I didn’t think I’d get to fish at all tonight, but a welcome window of opportunity opened when rush hour traffic inexplicably parted like the Red Sea [...]]]> http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2010/07/14/thunder-under-the-bridge-video/feed/ 11 http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2010/06/20/summertime/ http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2010/06/20/summertime/#comments Sun, 20 Jun 2010 04:04:29 +0000 Shawn http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/?p=1793
Summertime, And the livin’ is easy Fish are jumpin’ And the cotton is high If I could add a line to George Gershwin’s song, it would be “and the piling bite is on.”  This week marked the start of the summer pattern around the William Preston Lane Jr. Memorial Bridge.  The migratory fish are long gone, the bluefish are [...]]]> http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2010/06/20/summertime/feed/ 12 http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2010/05/09/seven-bridges-road/ http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2010/05/09/seven-bridges-road/#comments Mon, 10 May 2010 01:19:23 +0000 Shawn http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/?p=1627
When I first learned I would be moving to the Bay Bridge region of Maryland I read as many books as I could hoping to learn as much as possible about area fishing spots. A recurring theme in everything I read was, there is good fishing around the Chesapeake Bay Bridge. I remember my son [...]]]> http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2010/05/09/seven-bridges-road/feed/ 10 http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2010/04/12/structurescan/ http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2010/04/12/structurescan/#comments Mon, 12 Apr 2010 04:16:30 +0000 Shawn http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/?p=1501
I’ll never forget the first sonar unit I ever saw.  I was only five or six years old when my dad installed a Lowrance Fish Lo-K-Tor.  I was fascinated by the technology. It took two big six volt batteries with springs on top.  There was one knob on the front to adjust the gain and [...]]]> http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2010/04/12/structurescan/feed/ 3 http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2009/12/06/a-december-to-remember/ http://www.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://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2009/12/06/a-december-to-remember/feed/ 4 http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2009/10/01/string-music/ http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2009/10/01/string-music/#comments Thu, 01 Oct 2009 20:44:59 +0000 Shawn http://chesapeakelighttackle.com/?p=991
After a long weekend fishing and picking in the hills of East Tennessee, I finally got an opportunity to get back out on the Bay for a few minutes this morning.  It was a little tough to get up when the clock went off because we were out late last night in Annapolis. My son [...]]]> http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2009/10/01/string-music/feed/ 5 http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2009/09/08/running-against-the-wind/ http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2009/09/08/running-against-the-wind/#comments Wed, 09 Sep 2009 02:41:12 +0000 Shawn http://chesapeakelighttackle.com/?p=903
Lately I’ve been walking around with a big smile on my face humming Bob Seger songs. Fifteen knot sustained northeast winds with rainy, overcast skies since Saturday are enough to keep most people off the Bay.  If they only knew what they’re missing.  A low pressure system stalled off the Atlantic Coast is churning up [...]]]> http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2009/09/08/running-against-the-wind/feed/ 5 http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2009/08/29/whackin-em-with-danny/ http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2009/08/29/whackin-em-with-danny/#comments Sat, 29 Aug 2009 04:57:44 +0000 Shawn http://chesapeakelighttackle.com/?p=836
I thought I’d never get on the water today. Even if tropical storm Danny wasn’t offshore, a rainy day in August is hard to come by. Chesapeake Bay fishing is always at its best when skies are gray and there are big storms nearby. I lost sleep last night thinking about it. I had to [...]]]> http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2009/08/29/whackin-em-with-danny/feed/ 7