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/2011/10/20/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/2011/09/26/speckapalooza/ http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2011/09/26/speckapalooza/#comments Mon, 26 Sep 2011 17:34:51 +0000 Shawn http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/?p=4363
Share Tweet Over the last three days I’ve caught fifty speckled trout. That’s forty-eight more than I’ve caught in the previous five years here on the Chesapeake Bay. I’m sure I could have caught a few in years past had I targeted them, or if I fished farther south in the marshes, but that isn’t necessary right now [...]]]> http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2011/09/26/speckapalooza/feed/ 10 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/2011/08/28/surveying-the-damage/ http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2011/08/28/surveying-the-damage/#comments Sun, 28 Aug 2011 16:01:53 +0000 Shawn http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/?p=4189
Share Tweet Most of the damage here on the island came from falling trees.  Since the wind is still gusting into the 40 mile-per-hour range, and the ground is completely saturated, more trees could fall.  I’ve heard of a few houses and stores that were hit by flying debris, tree limbs, etc. but it sounds [...]]]> http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2011/08/28/surveying-the-damage/feed/ 4 http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2011/08/27/hurricane-hike-the-wind-builds/ http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2011/08/27/hurricane-hike-the-wind-builds/#comments Sun, 28 Aug 2011 01:57:00 +0000 Shawn http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/?p=4166
Share Tweet The Bay Bridge is now closed due to sustained winds of 62 miles-per-hour and gusts from 72 to 80 miles-per hour.  That was at 7:30 PM and the wind continues to build. We’ve lost a few big limbs from trees around the house, and we can hear trees coming down back behind our [...]]]> http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2011/08/27/hurricane-hike-the-wind-builds/feed/ 3 http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2011/08/27/high-water/ http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2011/08/27/high-water/#comments Sat, 27 Aug 2011 21:46:46 +0000 Shawn http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/?p=4155
Share Tweet As Hurricane Irene gets closer our biggest issue remains heavy rain.  It comes in waves, sometimes pouring so hard it completely restricts visibility.  At other times it almost looks like the sun could pop out.  The wind continues to build steadily. I’ve heard of 50-miles per hour gusts in Annapolis.  Thomas Point Lighthouse [...]]]> http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2011/08/27/high-water/feed/ 1 http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2011/08/27/a-state-of-emergency/ http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2011/08/27/a-state-of-emergency/#comments Sat, 27 Aug 2011 17:11:34 +0000 Shawn http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/?p=4137
Share Tweet It started raining on Kent Island about 8:30 AM, and has been coming down steadily since. The wind is coming up now, but it’s still little more than a rainy day here.  As of 1:00 PM, wind speeds are 22-knots from the northwest at Thomas Point Light House near Annapolis, and 34-knots at [...]]]> http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2011/08/27/a-state-of-emergency/feed/ 0 http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2011/08/26/blogging-irene-kent-island-maryland/ http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2011/08/26/blogging-irene-kent-island-maryland/#comments Sat, 27 Aug 2011 02:23:56 +0000 Shawn http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/?p=4112
Share Tweet Kent Island is currently under a state of emergency and a mandatory evacuation order.  We have decided to ride out the storm since the house we live in – one of the oldest on the island – has survived its share of tropical weather. Most of our neighbors are also staying. I thought [...]]]> http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2011/08/26/blogging-irene-kent-island-maryland/feed/ 13