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Dream come true!!
I had the opportunity to do something I've been wanting to do for several years . . . fish the Chesapeake Bay for big stripers. I got to fish with Wayne from Slabbs Guide Service out of Buggs Island. We went up on Tuesday evening to fish on Wednesday hoping that the weather reports would hold true. It's not often you plan a one day trip a few weeks ahead of time and hit the weather perfectly, but the Lord blessed us with an absolutely beautiful day. It was a little snotty on the way out, but settled down after an hour or so to be awesome. We drifted live eels on planer boards and Ready Rig Bobbers, and ended up catching 7, loosing 2, and having 2 short strikes. We had one 29 incher and all the others were right at or over 40 inches. I got the pleasure of catching the largest fish for a citation at 42.5 pounds and 44 inches long. We had one longer, but was about 8 pounds lighter. If you are interested in fishing and learning to fish Buggs Island for stripers I would highly recommend calling Slabs Guide Service and booking a trip. You can get in contact with him through Bobcat's Bait and Tackle up at Buggs Island. Here a few pics.
Mike
Take a kid outdoors!
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Wow!!! A trip of a lifetime for sure. Good for you brother and thanks for sharing this special time with us.
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Nice. One of my dream trips also Mike! Thanks for sharing.
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That had to be a lot of fun.
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That was a trip yall will remember for a lifetime! Great fish.
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Good Stuff Mike, Im about to head out there soon, great reports inside now, Cape Charles/Cabbage patch areas, did you get to see the concrete ships, guys do well there also, another productive way is to chum, an free line eels, then jigs with lighter rods. come Jan in the bay its catch/release only, less boats, an more fish arrive, this link will show you the deep channel right out from the Ships, towards Cape Charles, http://www.navionics.com/en/webapp
dont really need a big boat inside, but you do need to pick your days,
this is new to me also, what an awesome fishery they have up there,
this dude got it down in his Yak. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWQ2IWGqCXY
he's fishing the 90foot drop,
theres a ramp right at Kiptopeke park, puts you right there,
glad you hooked up Mike, some real monster stripers up there,
have a great holiday.
steve
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