19th

CITATIONS:

White Marlin (2): catch and release by Gilberto Lozano of Chesapeake, VA on the Backlash

White Marlin (2): catch and release by Reese Bowles of Virginia Beach, VA on the Backlash

White Marlin (2): catch and release by Ian McLeod of Norfolk, VA on the Backlash

White Marlin (4): catch and release by David A. McAbee of Chesapeake, VA

White Marlin: catch and release by Shawn Shapiro of Norfolk, VA

White Marlin: catch and release by Shawn A. Shapiro of Norfolk, VA

White Marlin: catch and release Carlos Perez of Richmond, VA

What and AWESOME day of fishing!  We had several boats go offshore, as well as inshore.  Inshore today we continued to see some Spanish Mackerel and Taylor Bluefish.  In addition to these two fish, fishing off the beach and the rocks in the inlet continued to be RED HOT!  We were selling bloodworms quicker than we could stock them today.  The Spot fishing in Virginia Beach is hitting an all time high.  Reports were coming in all day from people fishing off the shore saying they were catching 2 at a time and were hooking them as soon as they casted.  The Flounder fishing was good too, but nothing can seem to keep up with the Spot right now... except offshore fishing!

Offshore fishing today we had more flags flying than most people have probably ever seen at once.  This weekend we had an invitation only tournament in Rudee Inlet based out of our neighbor marina Fisherman's Wharf.  There were 9 local boats including ones out of our marina that headed out yesterday for an overnight trip and returned today.  As 5pm rolled around today, we had boats entering the inlet with flags filling up their whole outriggers, some boats even had them on both sides!  The boats offshore had caught mostly White Marlin, with numbers of catch and releases up in the THIRTIES!! One of our captains reported that he had probably hooked close to 50 fish and at times had 4 or more fish on at once!  Charters said that the action was continuous!  In addition to tons of White Marlin catch and releases, some of the other offshore boats reported catching some nice dolphin as well today.

As September continues on and we get closer to October, we expect fishing to continue to be just as good as it was today.  Hopefully the crazy wind that has been causing some problems will allow us at least a few more great days of fishing both inshore and offshore.  Even though the summer season and vacations have come to an end for most, we are still working on some make-up charters for those individuals that do not have all 6 people to charter a boat, but want to get out there and do some fishing.  Call the marina for more information on trips currently being worked on, or to start your own.  We are also already booking trips for the winter striper season!  We hope to see a new BIGGER and better state record weighed in here again this year, so book your trips soon, or call for more information!

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