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/2010/06/20/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/2010/04/19/vampire-weekend/ http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2010/04/19/vampire-weekend/#comments Mon, 19 Apr 2010 16:27:35 +0000 Shawn http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/?p=1539
I admit it, I dread the opening day of rockfish kill season like a vampire dreads a tossed salad.  In my book, it’s the beginning of the end of good fishing on the Chesapeake Bay.  With one stroke of the clock our tranquil miles of open-Bay solitude are overrun by frantic hoards of  frenzied fishermen. [...]]]> http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2010/04/19/vampire-weekend/feed/ 13 http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2010/03/09/thunder-road/ http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2010/03/09/thunder-road/#comments Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:30:11 +0000 Shawn http://chesapeakelighttackle.com/?p=1387
If the tail slaps of big rockfish can be compared to the rumble of a Chesapeake storm, I spent this past weekend riding on thunder road.   We’re seeing the first signs of spring on the Bay resulting in some fun fishing. The good times this weekend were especially sweet because I just took delivery of [...]]]> http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2010/03/09/thunder-road/feed/ 11 http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2010/01/29/wintering-over/ http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2010/01/29/wintering-over/#comments Sat, 30 Jan 2010 00:52:06 +0000 Shawn http://chesapeakelighttackle.com/?p=1324
I’ve mentioned in previous reports that there are an extraordinary number of striped bass in the Bay this winter.  It’s never been unusual to find a few big fish here and there during cold weather, but each year there seem to be more nice fish wintering over.   I’ve managed a couple of trips this week with very [...]]]> http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2010/01/29/wintering-over/feed/ 17 http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2009/12/31/catch-release-season/ http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2009/12/31/catch-release-season/#comments Thu, 31 Dec 2009 05:07:36 +0000 Shawn http://chesapeakelighttackle.com/?p=1276
Gone are the fair-weather boaters with their blaring radios and boats bristling with broomsticks.  No more planer-board trollers claiming 300 foot right-of- ways, or obnoxious broadcasters insulting everyone with a VHF radio within 50 miles.  Catch & release season is the time of year when the one-man-one-rod concept reigns supreme.  It’s when you can run [...]]]> http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2009/12/31/catch-release-season/feed/ 10 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/2009/09/17/closer-to-fine/ http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2009/09/17/closer-to-fine/#comments Fri, 18 Sep 2009 00:59:14 +0000 Shawn http://chesapeakelighttackle.com/?p=925
Big fish are rare in mid-September, so it’s somewhat surprising that we’re turning up a few.  I’ve had at least one fish over thirty inches long in each of my last six jigging trips to the Bay Bridge. As long as that’s happening, there’s no need to fish anywhere but right here at home.  I [...]]]> http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2009/09/17/closer-to-fine/feed/ 3 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 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
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 of creation.   [...]]]> http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2009/08/26/hooked-on-lure-making/feed/ 10