10/20/07 Chesapeake Bay Fishing Report

[Capt. Jim Brincefield]

10/20/07 Chesapeake Bay Fishing Report
By Capt. Jim Brincefield d/b/a “Jil Carrie” Charter Fishing

Another blustery day on The Bay again today - surprise, surprise! Our good customer Mr. David Crudup of Raleigh, NC organized the trip for 11 anglers. Today was a full day Chesapeake Bay trip. The air temperatures were nice but the blustery NNW wind made for a choppy fishing condition. Mr. T.J. Reiber of NOVA served as 1st Mate today.

We started at the SBC and 1st island portions of the CBBT and worked our way NE along the bridge to the 3rd and 4th, the concrete ships and the high rise. We really did the grand tour today! We were rewarded with a mixed bag of assorted sized Norfolk Spot and Atlantic Croaker ("Hardhead") including our largest of the year so far -17" and 2.5 pounds (see below picture). We also caught a lot of undersized Black Sea Bass, a ton of undersized Gray Trout ("Weakfish") with only 2 Weakfish including a nice 16", and a lot of undersized Flounder which were all released. Still hatin' that 18.5" VA minimum! We also caught 2 Clearnosed Skates (released), a lot of Snapper Bluefish (we found one school of Snapper Blus working under white terns and gulls and breaking just NW of the 1st island), a few Pigfish, 3 nice Triggerfish (including our 1st ever VA Citation aboard the Jil Carrie - 4 pounds 1 ounce (see below), and a few Pinfish. TJ's favorite - those hideous MILF's were everywhere, we musta cought about 100 - ARRRGGGGHHHHH!

On the down side I had to cut my anchor as it caught something and would not come back up. We were anchoring brcause the drift was 2.2 knots with the outgoing wind and tide together and was not fishable! Hopefully, Capt. Danny or Capt. JT will be kind enough to retrieve it for me!

VA Weight Citation
18.5" / 4 pound 1 ounce Triggerfish for Mr. Wesley R. Johnson of Littleton, NC

VACBA Citation
17.25" / 2.5 pound Hardhead for Mr. Anthony Trujillo of Garner, NC

[ More to follow ]

[ Pictures to follow ]

[BillyBoy_]

Pardon the ignorance, but what is a VACBA citation?

[Capt. Jim Brincefield]

VACBA Citation = Virginia Charter Boat Association Citation

If you have a charter boat and would like to join our organization you can receive more information by visiting our web site at this link:

Welcome to VCBA

[captdavdavis01]

jim, bmail me the numbers Ive got a new toy to play with at work(thanks darren) and Ill get it all dialed in to retreive.

dont forget the numbers you lost your other anchor on offshore. the water still in the 50's on he bottom, its still doable.

danny

[Capt. Jim Brincefield]

We got to the SBC at 0645 and David and his wife showed us that the big Hardhead were ready to bite before the sun came up!

[Capt. Jim Brincefield]

Mr. Anthony Trujillo of Garner, NC caught our largest Hardhead of the year so far - 17.25" and 2.5 pounds - a WHOPPA!

[Capt. Jim Brincefield]

Yeah, we're catchin' big Hardhead in the dark... - oh yeah - NICE HAT!!!

[Capt. Jim Brincefield]

Mr. Trujillo catches another big Hardhead AFTER the sun comes up

[Capt. Jim Brincefield]

This young angler's smile says it all -
"I caught the 1st Jumbo Norfolk Slab Spot"!

[Capt. Jim Brincefield]

A nice Hardhead (on left) and our largest Triggerfish ever landed aboard the Jil Carrie and our 1st VA Weight Citation ever in the species for Mr. Wesley R. Johnson of Littleton, NC (on right) - 18.5" / 4 pounds 1 ounce!