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/2012/01/09/a-good-start/ http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2012/01/09/a-good-start/#comments Mon, 09 Jan 2012 17:12:56 +0000 Shawn http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/?p=4831
Share Tweet If the next 51 weeks of 2012 go as well as the first one, this promises to be a very good year for light tackle fishing on the Chesapeake Bay. I’ve fished four times and caught a Diamond Jim qualifying citation fish on each trip including three rockfish in the mid 40-inch range. [...]]]> http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2012/01/09/a-good-start/feed/ 12 http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2012/01/02/the-right-stuff/ http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2012/01/02/the-right-stuff/#comments Mon, 02 Jan 2012 19:14:44 +0000 Shawn http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/?p=4787
Share Tweet “One last drift,” I called up. My son was casting from the bow while I piloted the boat. It was getting dark and we had New Year’s Eve dinner plans in Annapolis, so we had to go. The better fish were holding in a warm water pyconocline; a spot no bigger than a [...]]]> http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2012/01/02/the-right-stuff/feed/ 21 http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2011/10/11/the-good-the-bad-the-ugly/ http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2011/10/11/the-good-the-bad-the-ugly/#comments Tue, 11 Oct 2011 06:23:53 +0000 Shawn http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/?p=4465
Share Tweet The good news is that those migratory fish I talked about last week – you know, the ones that sneak in through the C&D canal every October – well, they’re here.  Since last Tuesday, reports of big, clean fish with sea lice have been flooding in. The bad news is that the Upper [...]]]> http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2011/10/11/the-good-the-bad-the-ugly/feed/ 16 http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2011/07/05/independence-day-weekend/ http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2011/07/05/independence-day-weekend/#comments Wed, 06 Jul 2011 03:39:37 +0000 Shawn http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/?p=3768
Share Tweet Okay, so this entry might be a little heavy on the fireworks and light on the rockfish.  That’s because I’m not too good at fishing in crowds, so I spent most of last weekend doing chores around the house.  That’s not to say I didn’t get some time in on the water.  In [...]]]> http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2011/07/05/independence-day-weekend/feed/ 15 http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2011/06/28/wanna-get-lucky/ http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2011/06/28/wanna-get-lucky/#comments Tue, 28 Jun 2011 15:50:51 +0000 Shawn http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/?p=3732
Share Tweet Have you heard?  Light tackle casting is producing big fish lately on the Chesapeake Bay.  Some lucky anglers are catching fish over 30-inches on almost every trip. Sometimes they get three or four. Most of the fish I’m catching are coming off cover like rocks or bridge pilings, but some have been hooked [...]]]> http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2011/06/28/wanna-get-lucky/feed/ 23 http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2011/06/21/name-that-fish-fathers-day-weekend/ http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2011/06/21/name-that-fish-fathers-day-weekend/#comments Tue, 21 Jun 2011 19:23:05 +0000 Shawn http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/?p=3694
Share Tweet I recently found some old pictures of myself in diapers, standing beside a small wooden boat parked in front of a Tennessee farmhouse. Towering above me was my father, and at my bare feet was a nice stringer of fat largemouth bass.  Did I catch them?  Probably not, but like any good fisherman, [...]]]> http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2011/06/21/name-that-fish-fathers-day-weekend/feed/ 5 http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2011/06/06/needs-salt/ http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2011/06/06/needs-salt/#comments Mon, 06 Jun 2011 18:50:41 +0000 Shawn http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/?p=3617
Share Tweet Channel catfish at Hackett’s Bar, carp at the Bay Bridge, snakeheads in St. Jerome’s Creek, and very few stripers in their usual haunts around Kent Island – what’s up with all this late-spring craziness in the Chesapeake Bay?  Most fishermen are blaming salt, or more specifically, a lack thereof.  Very wet weather in [...]]]> http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2011/06/06/needs-salt/feed/ 13 http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2011/05/01/listening-for-laughter/ http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2011/05/01/listening-for-laughter/#comments Mon, 02 May 2011 02:24:30 +0000 Shawn http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/?p=3415
Share Tweet Radios blaring, airplanes buzzing, stereos thumping, outboards droning, helicopters whirring, sirens wailing - Wow!  I spent a lot of my time on the water this weekend just listening. Boat shows, trolling tournaments, and sailing regattas made the main stem of the Chesapeake very noisy.  The Bay is fully awake from her winter slumber and [...]]]> http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2011/05/01/listening-for-laughter/feed/ 10 http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2011/04/17/jesus-loves-the-little-rockfish/ http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2011/04/17/jesus-loves-the-little-rockfish/#comments Mon, 18 Apr 2011 02:53:35 +0000 Shawn http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/?p=3338
Share Tweet At least they must have been precious in his sight last weekend when an epic spring storm kept many fishermen off the Bay on the opening day of Maryland’s striped bass catch-and-kill season.  Water temperatures are lower than usual this April, so there are lots of pre-spawn fish still moving up the Bay.  [...]]]> http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2011/04/17/jesus-loves-the-little-rockfish/feed/ 11 http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2011/04/05/opening-weekend-home-runs/ http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2011/04/05/opening-weekend-home-runs/#comments Tue, 05 Apr 2011 04:11:13 +0000 Shawn http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/?p=3259
Share Tweet No, it’s not the opening weekend of striped bass catch-and-kill season in Maryland’s Chesapeake Bay.  That doesn’t happen until April, 16th. The opening I’m speaking of is the first day of baseball season.  The Baltimore Orioles played their home opener today. Since they’re undefeated so far this season, there’s been plenty of celebrating. [...]]]> http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2011/04/05/opening-weekend-home-runs/feed/ 15