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/2010/05/02/the-perfect-cast/ http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2010/05/02/the-perfect-cast/#comments Sun, 02 May 2010 20:44:26 +0000 Shawn http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/?p=1582
The water was a silent mirror, perfectly reflecting the glittering blush of light in the twilight sky over Elk Neck State Forest. Creig idled my Judge 27CC “Thunder Road” across the glass.  He stopped just short of the up-current side of a shallow underwater trench. I fashioned a rapala knot out of thirty-pound fluorocarbon leader [...]]]> http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2010/05/02/the-perfect-cast/feed/ 11 http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2009/10/18/wind-warning/ http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2009/10/18/wind-warning/#comments Sun, 18 Oct 2009 23:20:06 +0000 Shawn http://chesapeakelighttackle.com/?p=1048
When I wished for more unsettled weather last week, I might have asked for too much.  Back-to-back Nor’easters slammed the Chesapeake region over the weekend drenching us with several inches of rain and even light snow in the upper reaches of the Bay.  Winds have been sustained at 25 knots with stronger gusts since Friday.  [...]]]> http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2009/10/18/wind-warning/feed/ 5 http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2009/10/14/found-the-peanuts/ http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2009/10/14/found-the-peanuts/#comments Thu, 15 Oct 2009 01:51:35 +0000 Shawn http://chesapeakelighttackle.com/?p=1028
In my last fishing report I whined that I ran all over the mid-Bay last weekend, but could only find baitfish that was either too big or too small.  Today, I feel like I’m telling a “Goldilocks” story by reporting that I’ve found some bait that is JUST RIGHT.  Better yet, it’s very close to [...]]]> http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2009/10/14/found-the-peanuts/feed/ 4 http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2009/09/23/plan-b-to-the-rescue/ http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2009/09/23/plan-b-to-the-rescue/#comments Thu, 24 Sep 2009 01:20:16 +0000 Shawn http://chesapeakelighttackle.com/?p=958
A wise fisherman once said, “If you don’t like the weather, stick around, it’ll change.”   Unfortunately, it also changes even when you LIKE it.  Gone are those dreary, rainy, unsettled afternoons that brought us such good fishing last week. Temperatures have climbed back into the 80s and prevailing winds have shifted back around from the [...]]]> http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2009/09/23/plan-b-to-the-rescue/feed/ 2 http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2009/09/08/running-against-the-wind/ http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2009/09/08/running-against-the-wind/#comments Wed, 09 Sep 2009 02:41:12 +0000 Shawn http://chesapeakelighttackle.com/?p=903
Lately I’ve been walking around with a big smile on my face humming Bob Seger songs. Fifteen knot sustained northeast winds with rainy, overcast skies since Saturday are enough to keep most people off the Bay.  If they only knew what they’re missing.  A low pressure system stalled off the Atlantic Coast is churning up [...]]]> http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2009/09/08/running-against-the-wind/feed/ 5 http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2009/09/02/straight-up-or-on-the-rocks/ http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2009/09/02/straight-up-or-on-the-rocks/#comments Thu, 03 Sep 2009 03:18:59 +0000 Shawn http://chesapeakelighttackle.com/?p=854
Temperatures have cooled dramatically in the past couple of days after Tropical Storm Danny pushed on up the coast and a strong cold front moved across the Bay. I wanted to see what change the cooler weather might have made to the Mid-Bay bite we’ve been following since March.  My buddy Rich and I launched [...]]]> http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2009/09/02/straight-up-or-on-the-rocks/feed/ 3 http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2009/06/19/summer-topwater-action/ http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2009/06/19/summer-topwater-action/#comments Fri, 19 Jun 2009 18:51:57 +0000 Shawn http://chesapeakelighttackle.com/?p=391
We’ve just had two of the most beautiful evenings of the year, and both were very unexpected. At 3:00 PM yesterday it was windy with pouring rain on Kent Island. Dave “Spynet” called and wanted to know if I was fishing. I looked out at the weather and said, “well, er, yeah, we can try [...]]]> http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2009/06/19/summer-topwater-action/feed/ 0 http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2009/05/23/mid-may-in-the-mid-bay/ http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2009/05/23/mid-may-in-the-mid-bay/#comments Sat, 23 May 2009 23:36:49 +0000 admin http://localhost/wordpress/?p=174
Memorial Day Weekend marks the start of summer for many Chesapeake boaters, but it means a slow-down in fishing for those of us who have been out all along. All the boat traffic on the Bay can put the fish in hiding, but it’s a tough time of year no matter what. Many [...]]]> http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2009/05/23/mid-may-in-the-mid-bay/feed/ 0 http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2009/05/17/riding-the-wave-make-current-work-for-you/ http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2009/05/17/riding-the-wave-make-current-work-for-you/#comments Mon, 18 May 2009 02:30:46 +0000 admin http://localhost/wordpress/?p=144
Have you ever wondered why fish seem to turn on and off at different times during the day? If you’re like me you’ve probably gone for hours without catching a fish, hardly even getting a strike. Then, click, just like turning on a light switch every cast results in a fish. Fishermen refer to this [...]]]> http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2009/05/17/riding-the-wave-make-current-work-for-you/feed/ 3 http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2008/10/19/refining-top-water-techniques-for-big-stripers-the-next-level/ http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2008/10/19/refining-top-water-techniques-for-big-stripers-the-next-level/#comments Sun, 19 Oct 2008 17:04:23 +0000 admin http://localhost/wordpress/?p=159
There is nothing quite like catching a big striper on top-water. I’ll never forget my first top-water explosion. I was twelve years old, walking the muddy banks of the Holston River in Eastern Tennessee with my father. The lure tied onto my fiberglass rod and Mitchell 300 reel was a wooden Chugger Spook. [...]]]> http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2008/10/19/refining-top-water-techniques-for-big-stripers-the-next-level/feed/ 0