[Wild Bill]

Just got home and headed out in minutes for a wifey thing, so this will be brief. I fished with Bob, and Motherducker joined us in New Guy's Grady. Fri started with air temps of 17 degrees and choppy. Headed right to the bend of the third island and found a chilly 38 degree water. Much to my surprise the fish were there and eating--sort of. The bite was very subtle. We caught until sundown with BA's, Sassy's, BKD's and bucktails with twisters--mostly white. Fish were plentiful but largest was 28".

Met Real Addict Lee and he gave us a tip for some fish south. Thanks a bunch Lee. Put some serious miles on the boat but found a better grade of fish, with a few over 30 pound and one over 40. Big shad were the hot tick.

Called the Hillbilly to get directions to Kelly's in Cape Charles. Serious upgrade from SR's. Their Shepard's Pie is outstanding, they had a nice selection of drafts and I could not resist the chocolate banana cream pie.

Great trip for what fish are left. Will try to get back down with Chuck this week.

New Guy(courtesy of Motherducker)

Bob with a Pretty Fish

This Guy was Eating Well

 

[Jim Hensley]

Nothing wrong with those fish Bill:eek2::bigfish:. Very nice. I'd consider that a pretty successful trip

Beats what we've done the last couple of times out. Just can't seem to find schools anywhere.

 

[Steve F]

Looks like you guys had a nice trip and those fish are not to shabby either. Thanks for the report and very nice pic's as always.

 

[Hillbilly Boater]

Bill, That's sweet. Glad you like the dinner spot. I'd hate to disappoint a hungry hardcore fisherman such as you're self.

 

[one fish]

WTG guys and thanks for the rpt:clap:

 

[Echo]

Once again your pictures are phenomenal.. Glad you like Kellys.. MUCH better than SR's....

 

[Shawn Kimbro]

Nice fish, Bill. Any hot chicks buying drinks at Kelly's? ;-)

 

[Hillbilly Boater]

Nice fish, Bill. Any hot chicks buying drinks at Kelly's? ;-)

I still have to laugh when I think about that night.

 

[Echo]

Nice fish, Bill. Any hot chicks buying drinks at Kelly's? ;-)

:roflguy::hysterical::roflguy::hysterical:

 

[DAndrews]

Good report and nice pics. Good to see after the depressing conversations we've had lately about the decline of the fishery. :clapping2:

 

[Wild Bill]

Nice fish, Bill. Any hot chicks buying drinks at Kelly's? ;-)

There was a party of 30 from a local boating club. The gals came in and gave hugs to us at the bar. Hot chicks might be a bit of an exaggeration.

Kelly's will be a frequent stop from now on. We are getting a little tired of SR's selection and the New Guy swears he saw a cock roach.:eek2:

 

[skipperwork]

The hot chicks are going to be following in ya'lls footsteps and be in Hatteras next week.

 

[Francis]

Great report, WB.

Glad things worked out for you. Luckily, the weather turned out to be nice enough for yoy all to make the runs. Always good to have a buddy boat out there.

 

[Wild Bill]

Francis-

Good talking to you the other day. It seems each year we have to run farther, fish harder and fish smarter to catch the quality fish we want.

 

[ragnad]

New Guy swears he saw a cock roach

It's just that much more scary when it's split into two words like that...

 

[Wild Bill]

It's just that much more scary when it's split into two words like that...

Good Point!:thumbup:

No idea why I keyed it in that way--must have been something Freudian.

 

[Giant Tuna]

Bill:

Good report and nice to see that there are still some big fish to be caught, even though we need to run farther and look harder to find what's left.

I hope the weather gives us a window this week. Look forward to fishing with you.

GT

 

[johnnyo]

Thanks again

Bill,
Thanks for taking my call and sharing the info. I think I put a little over 80 miles on Saturday but to me it is ALWAYS worth it if you can find fish. I was talking to my buddy Ben wondering what you guys were using and said we should have used some bigger shads. We got several fish on every lure we tried but only 2 over 25lbs. Still it was fun. Johnny O

 

[Wild Bill]

Jonnyo-

The bait looked to be 8" to 10 ". We were using 8" sassy shad, and they seemed to catch the bigger fish.

Chuck-

Right now Friday and Saturday look good. Hope we can make it work.

 

[Salmo trutta]

8 inch sassy shads? Please explain. I remember you posting on here a while ago about where to find larger shad bodies without the built in weight.

Last year in March I was fishing with Francis in the mid bay with big fish under gannets and I was casting 9 inch shads typically used for trolling and caught fairly well but they were a little too big for my liking. I rig them with a stinger hook and a large jig head and they work very well for shallow water jigging/casting for subsurface fish. The action the 9 inch has is excellent when jigged and or casted and retrieved.

Nice report.

Might be worth looking around the mid bay area by mid week, before the wind on Thursday. Today would probably be best but oh well.