by James Ritch | Oct 29, 2019 | Fishing Report
Speckled trout remain available from Saxis down to Fisherman’s Island, but the size and quantity of fish appears to increase as you travel south. Rockfish remain abundant in the bayside shallows, though the overwhelming majority are below Virginia’s 20-inch minimum...
by James Ritch | Oct 22, 2019 | Fishing Report
The deluge of last Sunday seems to have had minimal impact on this week’s fishing action. Speckled trout and small stiped bass (rockfish) remain abundant along the marshy banks of the upper Virginia portion of the Chesapeake Bay as well as inside the creek mouths of...
by James Ritch | Oct 22, 2019 | Features
Photos and Story by Linda Cicoira Ten-year-old Tracy Brooke Selby, of Greenbush, wanted to be allowed to achieve the way her brothers do. In November, after years of going camping with her family — her parents are Boy Scout leaders and her teenage siblings are Scouts...
by James Ritch | Oct 21, 2019 | Sports
By Matthew Yoder Historically, Atlantic striped bass and menhaden are species existing in a predatory/prey relationship in the Chesapeake Bay. At next week’s meeting of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission in New Hampshire, their futures will be hotly...
by James Ritch | Oct 15, 2019 | Fishing Report
By Bill Hall The 2019 edition of the Bay Challenge Fishing Tournament was held on Saturday, October 12, 2019, and attracted a field of 140 anglers. Based at the Onancock Town Wharf, the family-oriented tournament is held by the Eastern Shore Anglers Club and proceeds...
