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/2011/12/15/fair-weekend-at-the-bridge-tunnel/ http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2011/12/15/fair-weekend-at-the-bridge-tunnel/#comments Thu, 15 Dec 2011 05:11:16 +0000 Shawn http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/?p=4735
Share Tweet I’ve just spent an extra long, extra fun weekend at the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel (CBBT). Connecting the Delmarva Peninsula with Norfolk and Virginia Beach, the CBBT is 23 miles of high-current structure that is prime habitat for striped bass. Rich Jenkins and I trailered my Judge 27 center console Thunder Road down [...]]]> http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2011/12/15/fair-weekend-at-the-bridge-tunnel/feed/ 25 http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2011/11/16/falling-short/ http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2011/11/16/falling-short/#comments Wed, 16 Nov 2011 19:36:30 +0000 Shawn http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/?p=4609
Share Tweet So far, it’s been a disappointing fall for Chesapeake Bay striper fishing.  There are a few fish to be caught, but it usually takes a lot of time and fuel dollars to find them.  I spent a few minutes last night going over my logs from the past four years.  This November’s fishing [...]]]> http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2011/11/16/falling-short/feed/ 22 http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2011/10/20/more-on-patterns-places/ http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2011/10/20/more-on-patterns-places/#comments Thu, 20 Oct 2011 13:07:56 +0000 Shawn http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/?p=4509
Share Tweet Since I’ve reported bigger fish on recent trips, I’ve been overwhelmed with questions from fishermen who want to know where the fish are. The big fish are moving around very quickly and they are rarely at the same place twice. Even on days when I find them right back where I left them, they’ve [...]]]> http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2011/10/20/more-on-patterns-places/feed/ 12 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/2011/08/04/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/2011/06/28/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/2011/04/22/sensitivity-training/ http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2011/04/22/sensitivity-training/#comments Fri, 22 Apr 2011 21:17:38 +0000 Shawn http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/?p=3369
Share Tweet According to Wikipedia, sensitivity training is a method of behavioral modification that makes people more aware of their prejudices. Lately, I feel like I should be a little more sensitive.  No, I don’t think I need to nicer to the trollers or more chivalrous to the ladies. I’m doing pretty good with those [...]]]> http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2011/04/22/sensitivity-training/feed/ 17 http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2011/01/30/cold-rain-snow-video-report/ http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2011/01/30/cold-rain-snow-video-report/#comments Sun, 30 Jan 2011 17:41:54 +0000 Shawn http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/?p=2957
Share Tweet It’s been a snowy week here on Kent Island.  We’re still digging out as one cold front after another sweeps across the mid-Atlantic.  With more snow in the forecast, it looks we’ll be hard-pressed to get in many catch & release striper trips in the near future.  Fortunately, I was able to get [...]]]> http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2011/01/30/cold-rain-snow-video-report/feed/ 22