Welcome Rich Troxler

That's great to hear. I was hopping

Glad your here

Glad to be here. I'll do my best to keep it interesting and informative.

Hi Chevy. Glad to be here.

NOW this is guaranteed to be a success LOL !! (No offense to George and the other moderators!)

Hey Rich - still fishing the Chesapeake or have you called it quits for this year?

Hello Art. I hope all is well with you and yours.

Wader - Haven't gotten out recently because I just moved (that's twice in 5 months) but I'm back on the black that I originally moved to from LI, so I am pleased. I shouldn't be moving again anytime soon lol. There are still some resident puppy drum and specs to be caught, as well as the sweet water species, and I hope to get out in the near future for a little r&r. Yesterday would have been perfect (around 65 degrees and sunny) but I'm doing a house flipper marathon weekend job lol.

Hello Art. I hope all is well with you and yours.

Yup. Everything is good. However, my local fishing this past year was the worst ever. I actually harvested as many deer as keeper fluke and stripers combined.

Wader - Haven't gotten out recently because I just moved (that's twice in 5 months) but I'm back on the black that I originally moved to from LI, so I am pleased. I shouldn't be moving again anytime soon lol. There are still some resident puppy drum and specs to be caught, as well as the sweet water species, and I hope to get out in the near future for a little r&r. Yesterday would have been perfect (around 65 degrees and sunny) but I'm doing a house flipper marathon weekend job lol.

we should do a trip together (if you don't mind of course) - still in VA B?

Welcome Rich

we should do a trip together (if you don't mind of course) - still in VA B?

Right on the border. I'm sure I asked you already, but have forgotten, where are you located? I think you said you were on the eastern shore. I want to fish the concrete ships in Kiptopeke this spring for blackfish.

Big Redfish also. This one was around 50 lbs.

Ugly, even for a fish, lol. Good eating ?

Right on the border. I'm sure I asked you already, but have forgotten, where are you located? I think you said you were on the eastern shore. I want to fish the concrete ships in Kiptopeke this spring for blackfish.

Eastern Shore about 40 miles north of the CBBT

Ugly, even for a fish, lol. Good eating ?

You can only keep slot sixed redfish (those between 18-26") and they are very good eating. Everything else goes back. It's not easy releasing big Reds back into the surf. You get wet lol.

They take lures ?

They take lures ?

Yes, they do. In the early spring I tend to fish for slot size reds, what are called Puppy Drum, with leadheads and rubber bodies, not unlike fishing for schoolie bass. Once mullet show up I cast net mullet and use them for bait. For the bull Reds in the fall, I use fresh Spot, mostly the heads, but the bodies also. Red Drum and Striped Bass are very similar in their habits and diet, except bull Reds are more likely to get into breaking water. Here's a video of me fishing Lynnhaven Bay for Puppy Drum. I was wore out at the end of the day lol.

your fishing gear for the yak is basically what I fish with on both kayak and boat. If a reel is going to fail, or a guide fall apart, I will usually know it before I get to the bay anyway. why spend more ?