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Written by: Super User

Category: Virginia Beach Fishing Reports

What a great weekend it was to go charter fishing in Virginia Beach! We had great weather and a lot of boats were able to get out of Rudee Inlet for both inshore fishing and offshore fishing. There were boats that went offshore and some went trolling in the gulf stream and some went deep drop fishing in the canyon. It sounds like everyone had successful trips with great fishing. The boats that went trolling caught yellowfin tuna, bluefin tuna, mako sharks, wahoo, and mahi mahi- very good fishing for this time of year. The boats that went deep drop fishing had good catches of tilefish, wreckfish, barrelfish, and rosefish.

We fished inshore and found very good fishing for bluefish in Rudee inlet. There were plenty of bluefish in the inlet and we were very happy to see the fish there and biting. These bluefish are good to eat and will be here to catch every day. We are also seeing a handful of small redfish or puppy drum in rudee inlet and we will see flounder arriving soon in rudee inlet. In the inshore waters off Virginia Beach, there have been plenty of tautog. Some schools of big red drum have been seen and a few have been caught. There have also been a handful of black drum, and flounder should be arriving soon in the inshore waters.

Sea bass season starts May 15 and we still have bookings available for that. We are also booking Virginia Beach inshore half day charters, Virginia Beach deep drop fishing charters, and Virginia Beach offshore fishing charters. Give me a call at 757-749-6008 and get your fishing trip booked today. Thanks

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Written by: Capt. Jake

Category: Virginia Beach Fishing Reports

On Saturday, we had a Virginia Beach deep drop fishing charter with David Reynolds, David Swoope, and crew who chartre me once or twice a year. We headed offshore out of Rudee inlet towards the norfolk canyon and had flat calm seas and perfect conditions for bottom fishing. The first spot we stopped was a blueline tilefish hole. We caught a good number of tilefish and plenty of dogfish. Next we tried a spot for golden tilefish and wreckfish. We had a good number of bites, but many fish kept falling off the hook. We did catch a golden tilefish and a couple wreckfish. Next spot was barrelfish and rosefish. There were plenty of fish in the last spot and we caught a lot there but it was getting late in the day and we had to move elsewhere. We stopped very briefly on the blueline tilefish hole at the end of the day and caught a few more tilefish for the fishbox. Final tally for the day was about 15 blueline tilefish up to 11 pounds, a golden tilefish 19 pounds, two 20 pound wreckfish, 15 or so barrelfish up to 19 pounds, and a bunch of black belly rosefish. Lots of cranking and lots of catching for us, and best of all, plenty of meat for the freezer. We are currently booking Virginia Beach deep drop charters so give us a call.