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/we-interrupt-this-hurricane-blog/ http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2011/08/28/we-interrupt-this-hurricane-blog/#comments Mon, 29 Aug 2011 01:55:08 +0000 Shawn http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/?p=4211
Share Tweet We interrupt this hurricane blog to bring you a fishing report.  Yes, this IS a website dedicated to light tackle fishing, and on most Sunday evenings, that’s what I do.  I spent most of the day singing the lumberjack song with chainsaw in hand, cutting up the trees and limbs that fell in [...]]]> http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2011/08/28/we-interrupt-this-hurricane-blog/feed/ 6 http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2011/08/04/gimme-a-breaker-part-iii-bigguns/ http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2011/08/04/gimme-a-breaker-part-iii-bigguns/#comments Fri, 05 Aug 2011 02:35:56 +0000 Shawn http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/?p=3995
Share Tweet No man, after catching a big fish, goes home through an alley. – Ancient Chinese Proverb Maybe you’ve heard someone recite another old saying about “the three stages of a fisherman’s life.”  It goes something like this:  The first stage is when the angler’s main objective is to catch as many fish as [...]]]> http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2011/08/04/gimme-a-breaker-part-iii-bigguns/feed/ 14 http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2011/07/19/gimme-a-breaker-part-1/ http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2011/07/19/gimme-a-breaker-part-1/#comments Tue, 19 Jul 2011 05:45:05 +0000 Shawn http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/?p=3879
Share Tweet Have you been to the mouth of Eastern Bay looking for breakers lately?  Find any? It will eventually get better, but so far they’ve been few and far between. If you think there are fewer breaking rockfish in the Chesapeake Bay this summer, you’re right.  I believe it’s due to several factors including [...]]]> http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2011/07/19/gimme-a-breaker-part-1/feed/ 6 http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2011/07/12/recipe-for-success/ http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2011/07/12/recipe-for-success/#comments Wed, 13 Jul 2011 01:39:37 +0000 Shawn http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/?p=3801
Share Tweet Mmm, July on Kent Island: when the water is savory and smooth and salted with all manner of boats, when tourists flock to the Eastern Shore beaches and bridge traffic backs up for miles while drivers peek over the rail for a glimpse of the sparkling spectacle that is summertime on the Chesapeake Bay.  [...]]]> http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2011/07/12/recipe-for-success/feed/ 20 http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2010/09/22/harvest-moon-topwater-video/ http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2010/09/22/harvest-moon-topwater-video/#comments Wed, 22 Sep 2010 18:10:37 +0000 Shawn http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/?p=2278
Share Tweet Don’t tell me the moon is shining Show me the glint of light on broken glass – Anton Chekhov The full moon that occurs closest to the autumn equinox (the first day of Fall) is called the Harvest Moon.  It gets the nickname because there is bright moonlight from before sunset to almost sunrise [...]]]> http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2010/09/22/harvest-moon-topwater-video/feed/ 11 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
Share Tweet 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 [...]]]> http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2010/07/25/thats-why-they-call-it-fishing/feed/ 3 http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2009/07/27/hot-smokin-the-blues/ http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2009/07/27/hot-smokin-the-blues/#comments Mon, 27 Jul 2009 21:30:23 +0000 Shawn http://chesapeakelighttackle.com/?p=588
Share Tweet The bluefish blitzkrieg in the mid & upper Bay is full force with thousands of snapper blues in the 15-20 inch class invading all the usual rockfish hotspots.  Blues are among the most aggressive fish in the world.  They’re known to kill other fish just for the sake of killing and they will [...]]]> http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2009/07/27/hot-smokin-the-blues/feed/ 8 http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2009/07/16/eastside-story/ http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2009/07/16/eastside-story/#comments Fri, 17 Jul 2009 03:34:54 +0000 Shawn http://chesapeakelighttackle.com/?p=534
Share Tweet Tonight’s fishing partners were Rich and James.  Rich and I have fished together frequently, and this is my third time on the water with James.  We launched into Eastern Bay at the Shipping Creek ramp and ran out toward the main Bay.  It took a little more looking around than it did Tuesday [...]]]> http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2009/07/16/eastside-story/feed/ 3 http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2009/07/11/breakers-on-the-west-side-oyster-bars/ http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2009/07/11/breakers-on-the-west-side-oyster-bars/#comments Sat, 11 Jul 2009 15:41:08 +0000 Shawn http://chesapeakelighttackle.com/?p=473
Share Tweet Looks like we’re settled in to a pretty typical summer pattern of breaking fish over hard bottoms.  The action around the mouth of Eastern Bay has slowed somewhat, but there’s plenty of fish on the west side from Thomas Point Light all the way down Cove Point.  I haven’t seen any huge schools [...]]]> http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2009/07/11/breakers-on-the-west-side-oyster-bars/feed/ 4