Excellent inshore fishing charters lately for Matador charters out of Rudee Inlet in Virginia Beach. This summer, the Spanish mackerel fishing has been exceptional. We have seen very good fishing for Spanish mackerel nearly every day and the size, for Spanish mackerel has been large. A couple days back we caught the largest Spanish mackerel I have ever caught in Virginia. It was 6 pounds 12 ounces. That is the biggest Spanish mackerel caught in Virginia so far this year. There have also been some bluefish around on our half days. We have seen excellent cobia fishing off the Virginia beach oceanfront. Schools of large red drum have been available on every charter fishing trip where we have calm conditions. We have seen some tarpon inshore several times. Flounder and croaker are around. It has been a very good season for inshore fishing so far. The shark fishing hasn’t been stellar but the quality of the sharks we have caught lately has been very good.

 

Offshore fishing charters have seen very good fishing for dolphin. There are still some tuna around. The bigeye fishing has been slow in comparison to the last several years but there are still some bigeyes around. Marlin fishing is just getting going and looks to be shaping up as a great year for marlin fishing. deep drop fishing charters and wreck fishing charters continue to yield good numbers of tilefish, sea bass, and some golden tilefish and grouper.

Sorry for the lack of reports lately! We have been very busy fishing nearly every day. The charter fishing in Virginia Beach has been fantastic lately. Today we fished a 6 hour inshore charter fishing trip off Virginia Beach on the charter boat Toro. We started the charter with some inshore trolling for Spanish mackerel and bluefish and captured about 50 Spanish mackerel and 15 bluefish in an hour or two of fishing. Then we went shark fishing at the mouth of the Chesapeake bay and caught several 3 to 4 foot sharks including hammerhead, bull, spinner, and sandbar sharks. Then to finish off the inshore charter fishing trip, we spent a while sight fishing for cobia. In short time we saw 21 cobia, catching 11, including this nice fish pictured.

 

Also inshore we are seeing some flounder and red drum. The spadefish bite inshore is about over for the summer. Some big sharks are available now. Triggerfish and amberjack are possibilities around the wrecks.

 

Offshore some yellowfin tuna, wahoo, and mahi mahi are around. Marlin are available and live baiting has been very good around the canyons. Bigeye tuna have shown up and are available on extended offshore and overnight fishing charters from rudee inlet. Deep drop fishing charters are seeing excellent tilefish, sea bass, some grouper and golden tilefish.

 

Altogether, we are in the heat of summer and in the middle of the charter fishing season. The fishing has been really great and consistent and we have plenty of dates available for charter. Give us a call today at 7577496008 and get your charter fishing trip booked. Thank you, capt. Jake