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/2012/01/18/virginia-coast-stripers-video-report/ http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2012/01/18/virginia-coast-stripers-video-report/#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 20:53:35 +0000 Shawn http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/?p=4878
Share Tweet Last December, I caught up with my friend Gaylon Thompson at one of my light tackle seminars in Severna Park, Maryland.  During the few minutes we had to talk, we wondered if we might be able to get in a fishing trip in early 2012.  I was very excited when Rich Jenkins called [...]]]> http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2012/01/18/virginia-coast-stripers-video-report/feed/ 25 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/2011/12/07/re-creational-fishermen/ http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2011/12/07/re-creational-fishermen/#comments Wed, 07 Dec 2011 22:27:10 +0000 Shawn http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/?p=4689
Share Tweet Thanks to everyone who made it to the re-creation of the Annapolis chapter of the Coastal Conservation Association (CCA) at the Boatyard Bar & Grill last night. There was a big turnout and we had a lot of fun. As I was driving to the meeting, I considered the concept of re-creating something [...]]]> http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2011/12/07/re-creational-fishermen/feed/ 12 http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2011/11/24/chesapeake-light-tackle-the-book/ http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2011/11/24/chesapeake-light-tackle-the-book/#comments Fri, 25 Nov 2011 03:25:11 +0000 Shawn http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/?p=4632
Share Tweet On December 6, I will unofficially release my book, Chesapeake Light Tackle – A Introduction to Light Tackle Fishing on the Chesapeake Bay.  I’m very excited.  The challenge, of course, will be selling it. Since many brick and mortar bookstores are closing, and big national chains like Borders are going under, you may [...]]]> http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2011/11/24/chesapeake-light-tackle-the-book/feed/ 39 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/2011/06/28/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/2011/04/22/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/2011/04/17/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/2011/04/10/farmers-fishermen-lucky-ducks/ http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2011/04/10/farmers-fishermen-lucky-ducks/#comments Sun, 10 Apr 2011 05:53:20 +0000 Shawn http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/?p=3298
Share Tweet If you’ve ever traveled to Memphis, Tennessee, chances are good that you visited the Peabody Hotel lobby to see the world-famous mallards march down the red carpet. It’s a time-honored tradition that dates back to the 1930s when a couple of hunters from Arkansas decided it would be funny to put some live [...]]]> http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2011/04/10/farmers-fishermen-lucky-ducks/feed/ 5