Virginia Beach Billfish Tournament Day 1
Inshore:
This morning we had the Capt Cheryl head out on a 5 hour inshore trip. We are expecting them to return to the docks around 1 this afternoon so be sure to check back with us to see how the inshore bite fared this morning! The Capt. Cheryl returned to the docks with some nice Spanish Mackerel!
Offshore:
Today is Day 1 for the Virginia Beach Billfish Tournament, consisting of 75 boats fishing. Of those 75 boats 5 of which are part of our charter fleet. Bright and early this morning the High Hopes, WaveRunner, Backlash, , Top Notch, GitRDone, and Instigator all headed out to the deep water. We are expecting them to start coming in between 5 and 6 this evening so be sure to check back with us later to see how they did. The Instigator returned with 1 white marlin flag flying. The Git-R-Done returned with three sail fish and a white marlin. The Rebel returned with four sails and a white. Backlash had 4 white marlin. The Waverunner returned with 2 White marlin and a Sailfish
Citations:
White Marlin: caught and released by Jeffrey Hunter of Hayes,VA on the High Hopes
White Marlin: caught and released by Chancellor Price of Hampton, VA on the High Hopes
White Marlin: caught and released by T.C. Barbour of Hampton, VA on the High Hopes
TileFish: 10 lbs caught by Russell Rose of Dover, DE on the Top Notch
Tilefish: 11 lbs 8 oz caught by Richard Andrews Jr. of Malden, MA on the Top Notch