Striper fishing off of Virginia Beach

I was fortunate enough to take a weekend charter for Striper / Rockfish off the coast of Virginia Beach. I went aboard the Debra Christine which is typically out of Maryland but the skipper moves south for the stripers. We limited out on both Saturday and Sunday. I do have a bit of fish for a while.

J Percy Priest-Stewarts Creek Ramp Nov 07

Fishing was slow on this cool foggy and then windy fall day. Eric Lawson and I landed a few cherokee bass (hybrid stripers) and some nice crappie. It was a beautiful fall day and a very interesting place to fish. I caught the first Cherokee Bass before dawn and Eric caught his about 10am. We will be back. See pictures of cherokee bass, scenery and a nice crappie caught by Eric.

Old Hickory Lake-Douglas Bend Access Dec 07

It is early December in Middle Tennessee and their is an unusual warm front caused by a high pressure system from the Gulf. The temperature is almost 70 degrees with the water temp being 54 degrees. There is light south wind and a lot of fog. Douglas Bend Access is a somewhat shallow cove with water depths being mostly less than 10 feet, but up to 20+ feet in the creek channel. I was hoping for a crappie fishing outing but struck out. I was catching a lot of drum and bluegill and one nice channel catfish. The channel catfish was caught on a large fathead minnow in the creek channel about 18 feet down in 20 feet of water. The picture does not do this 26 inch catfish justice. It was a very fat cat probably weighing in at about 8 to 9 pounds. The bluegill in the picture is a little smaller. Maybe next time I will catch a crappie.

Shovel Head Close Up - Old Hickory Lake, TN Nov 07

November 2007 Old Hickory Lake, Tennessee
Great Kayak Fishing morning in Cages Bend Campground area of Old Hickory Lake. The approaching storms stirred the fishing up a bit. Several catfish and nice crappie caught on this outing including a rare daytime flathead. I was using medium & large fathead minnows and shiners for bait.

Shearon Harris Lake, NC 2007-11-21

Went out sort of last minute. Lake temperature was 60 and weather was 75 and windy (from the Southwest). My normal baitshop was out of minnows so I went with what artificial I had, running a little low of supplies. I didn't get on the water until about 1:30 in the afternoon. A guy coming of the water showed me some great crappie that he caught on minnow and said he just went where the fishfinder located a school and bam. Unfortunately, not such luck for me. I wasn't too concerned based on time of day, bait and weather turning...I was just looking to get the boat out (been a couple months).

I hope to post soon with pix from a successful outing.

Shearon Harris Lake

Big Smallmouth Buffalo

Big Smallmouth Buffalo

Fate Sanders Marina

J Percy Priest Lake

Oct 07

Old Hickory Lake, TN Oct 07