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/2011/11/16/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/2011/08/04/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/2011/06/21/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/2011/04/10/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 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 http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2011/03/19/spring-freshet/ http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2011/03/19/spring-freshet/#comments Sat, 19 Mar 2011 18:39:27 +0000 Shawn http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/?p=3150
Share Tweet If you’ve looked down at the water flowing beneath the Chesapeake Bay Bridge recently you’ve surely noticed that it’s the color of butterscotch syrup. According to the Maryland Department of Natural Resources, the flow over the Conowingo Dam on March 12 was the highest since Tropical Storm Ivan in 2004.  Water clarity is [...]]]> http://www.chesapeakelighttackle.com/2011/03/19/spring-freshet/feed/ 9