TKAA Tournament

[moc]

I know of one red caught at kipto last year.

I bet you do

[Redfish12]

Change of plans, heading down Friday. I'll try to meet you guys at BPS, otherwise, see you down there!

[Grilled]

im heading down friday too after work! see everyone out there!

[Pinch]

Rigged up the popping corks today

[tufnik]

If I don't see you guys at BPS, see you at the Captain's meeting.

Thinking about fishing at HRBT Hampton Bar, on Sat morning. Is the Bar located about 100 yards west of the bridge near Ft Monroe?

If not, will follow you guys to Ramp Road or Kipto Park. Will call you, moc.

Also thinking about fishing Sunday morning.

[moc]

Roger that Tufnik....

[ronaultmtd]

Good Luck to all- make us proud- Maybe next year-

[HokieDJ]

I'll be heading down sometime on Friday. I'll try to find you guys at the meeting.

[Pinch]

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Leaving tomorrow and fishing the lightline @hrbt. Friday before the captains meeting im going to poke around for specks and do some recon.

[ronaultmtd]

Pinch: I lived in Tidewater for 38 years and fished the area a lot-I never had much luck with specked trout at any of the bridge tunnel complexes. I caught a ton of Grey Trout at the tunnels but no specks. I caught specks around inlets and the mouths of creeks- hot spots for specks are the Lynnhaven and Rudee inlets on the Norfolk/Virginia Beach side of the Bay and Back River on the Hampton side.I used red and white Mirrolures casting up to structure, count down and then a fairly slow walk the dog retrieve of twitch, reel, twitch, reel. My new favorite casting lure is a Rapala XRap X10 in blue/silver bunker color for speckled trout. It casts good and they like it. It is about $12.00 but well worth it.

Good Luck- wished I could join you at the tournament, but duty calls-

[MetroMan]

Good luck guys. I'm gonna be fishing in that vicinity next weekend.

[mmanolis2001]

Best of luck to all who venture down for the tournament. I cant wait for the reports and pics.

[medicyaker]

Best of luck guys and hopefully MKF/CBKA comes back home with a well represented win in VA. Good luck and stay safe

[tufnik]

Ron,
What bait is good for specs?
What lure/bait is best for redfish?

[ronaultmtd]

X-Rap Rapala XR-10 in blue/silver color is my favorite- another good lure for speckled trout is L&S Mirrolures in red and white fished on a medium retrieve using a walk the dog rhythm- twitch the rod, reel, twitch the rod, reel.

I use a large gold Johnson spoon for redfish- they have a hard time ignoring that- also cut mullet on a 10/0 hook using 80 pound mono leader on a fish finder works well for big red drum- scale back for puppy drum- 6/0 or 8/0 hooks work well puppy drum up to twenty or so pounds- I have caught a ton of red drum on cut menhaden and spot, too.

One place I have caught a nice mess of puppy drum is just outside the rock jetty on the north side of the jetty (Rudee Inlet jetty) and fish off the left side about a hundred yards or so from the shore and about fifty yards off the jetty. There is a hole there that seems to hold the puppy drum. Sand Fleas work really good there for bait- you can dig them right on the edge of the beach in the surf wash. We used to get a bucket of them and catch just about everything with them around rock jetties including spadfish, togs, black willies, trout and stripers using fairly small hooks (1/0-2/0) on a fish finder rig.

If you have a cast net you can catch peanut bunker and corn cob mullet for bait around the gas docks at Rudee Inlet.