Some impressive rockfish are being caught as the bay season winds down. Many fish over 40 pounds have been caught over the past week with some being close to the 60 pound mark. Most of these big fish are being caught on the eastern side of the bay though there have been a few big fish caught in the York River. School-sized rockfish are being caught in the middle-bay, in the York and James Rivers and from Bluefish Rock to York Spit. The ocean fishery has not really developed yet though there have been some good catches between Wachapreague and Ocean City. Hopefully, by the time the bay season ends, the bite will pick up along the oceanfront. Tautog are still active inside the bay and on the nearshore wrecks. The offshore wrecks are loaded with big sea bass and your time is running out to catch them. The sea bass season will close at the end of the month and you will have to release any that you catch until it reopens in May. Blueline tilefish will continue to be available around the 50-fathom curve throughout the winter but there will be increasing numbers of spiny dogfish to deal with. There should be bluefin tuna out there but I have not heard of any catches yet. Big bluefin have been caught in the Cape Lookout area for weeks now. There should be bluefin somewhere from the Triangle Wrecks to the Fish Hook and in that general area. Big bluefish are likely in the same area. There will be some bluefin searchers out there this week. The speckled trout bite remains very good inside of the Elizabeth River. It is still possible to catch a speck in some of the other wintering over locations but it is in the Elizabeth River where that vast majority of gator trout are being caught.
Posted on: Thu, 18 Dec 2014 20:29:23 +0000
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