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CBBT 8-8-14, Fri
I met ComeOnFish and HokieDJ at the CBBT launch site. I was on the water after 0800 hrs. Nice day, mostly sunny with low winds.
We headed toward the first island. I soaked frozen sand fleas and clams. Joe and Dave used fiddlers. Our targets were sheeps, spades, triggers and flounder. We also jigged, and I used a tandem rig with white Gulp and white bucktail.
By late morning I had a 19” flounder, and caught it hanging a sand flea. Yep, that surprised me.
During early afternoon, nobody had a trigger, sheep or spade. These fish just didn’t seem to be around. We all caught a lot of toads and croaker, and Dave also had flounder. Then after 1 pm, I dropped a sand flea, and within five seconds, BAM! I get a big hook up.
I thought it was a sheepshead, but it was funny. It didn’t feel like a sheep. I caught citation sheeps before, and this beast did not feel like a sheep.
It spooled my reel, so I tighten the drag. It had pretty good pull. In fact, I played it until I was almost 100 yards from the bridge piling from where I hooked the fish. I got it to the surface, and wow, a black drum! It was my biggest black drum ever at 26”. (Last year I caught a couple black drums around 17”)
My catch:
- Lots of croaker and toads
- 1 short weakfish
- 1 keeper flounder (19")
- 1 keeper black drum (26”)
More to come: Joe and Dave will be telling their stories.
Lynnhaven 8-9-14 Sat
Joe and Dave said to fish CBBT again, but I wanted to check out the puppies and flounder at Lynnhaven.
In short, puppy catching sucked. I didn’t fish very long, so I caught only croakers and black sea bass. I watched many yakers and saw one guy pull up some small fish. I talked to several other yakers, and nobody caught puppies or flounder. Slow day.
I should have gone to CBBT. On the other hand, if I went to CBBT and caught nothing, I would have said I should have gone to Lynnhaven….lol..
CBBT pics below.
I met ComeOnFish and HokieDJ at the CBBT launch site. I was on the water after 0800 hrs. Nice day, mostly sunny with low winds.
We headed toward the first island. I soaked frozen sand fleas and clams. Joe and Dave used fiddlers. Our targets were sheeps, spades, triggers and flounder. We also jigged, and I used a tandem rig with white Gulp and white bucktail.
By late morning I had a 19” flounder, and caught it hanging a sand flea. Yep, that surprised me.
During early afternoon, nobody had a trigger, sheep or spade. These fish just didn’t seem to be around. We all caught a lot of toads and croaker, and Dave also had flounder. Then after 1 pm, I dropped a sand flea, and within five seconds, BAM! I get a big hook up.
I thought it was a sheepshead, but it was funny. It didn’t feel like a sheep. I caught citation sheeps before, and this beast did not feel like a sheep.
It spooled my reel, so I tighten the drag. It had pretty good pull. In fact, I played it until I was almost 100 yards from the bridge piling from where I hooked the fish. I got it to the surface, and wow, a black drum! It was my biggest black drum ever at 26”. (Last year I caught a couple black drums around 17”)
My catch:
- Lots of croaker and toads
- 1 short weakfish
- 1 keeper flounder (19")
- 1 keeper black drum (26”)
More to come: Joe and Dave will be telling their stories.
Lynnhaven 8-9-14 Sat
Joe and Dave said to fish CBBT again, but I wanted to check out the puppies and flounder at Lynnhaven.
In short, puppy catching sucked. I didn’t fish very long, so I caught only croakers and black sea bass. I watched many yakers and saw one guy pull up some small fish. I talked to several other yakers, and nobody caught puppies or flounder. Slow day.
I should have gone to CBBT. On the other hand, if I went to CBBT and caught nothing, I would have said I should have gone to Lynnhaven….lol..
CBBT pics below.
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