World Oceans Day

To me the sea is a continual miracle; The fishes that swim — the rocks — the motion of the waves — the ships, with men in them, What stranger miracles are there?" — Walt Whitman

6/2 Chesapeake fishing report

After a very warm Memorial Day weekend the weather has settled out quite a bit. Other than some rain we should see nice fishing weather coming up. Most of the cows have moved out of the bay and the schoolies are beginning to school up but nothing like they will later in the summer. This is a transitional time of year where you can find fish shallow in low light conditions and in more normal summer locations during the day. 

Nice little Tuesday

Fly tying for the Kent narrows tournament with a side of seared tuna! 

5/23 Fly Fishing Report

It's not Friday but I didn't think there was much in reporting on Friday with Saturday's forecast.  The bigger fish have left the Chesapeake for the most part.  There are still a few cows milling around since the water temps have remained pretty much ideal.  Eastern Bay has seen a number of fish that I would not have expected for this time of year as has Chesapeake Beach which has had an awesome bite.  There's not a ton of structure off of Chesapeake Beach so the bass will be wherever the bait is which can change as often as each tide.  I still think there's a solid fly bite in the rivers and the river mouths on an outgoing tide.  I haven't seen the topwater, lowlight bite turn on yet but that could just be me.

Remember: If anything's gonna happen it's gonna happen out there!

Capt. Mike

Keys tarpon fishing 2016

So last weekend was our annual 3 day tarpon fishing trip. We had Albert Ponzoa, Rich Keating, Scott Collins and Mike Weikert as guides this year. A cold front the day before we got there really made the fish finicky and unwilling to bite but I managed 5 poons between 60 and 100 pounds. I imagine this week they're probably eating pretty well given how poorly they were eating last week.        

Friday Fishing Forecast 5/13

Hey swabs!

As of today we've had 17 straight days with rain.  I think it's a record and a pain regardless.  The good news is that there are bass in the mid-bay and they've finally started eating top water flies and baits.  Fish moving water around points in the rivers with sinking lines but occasionally throw a banger or gurgler on a floater especially if you hear or see fish breaking water or chasing bait.  Incoming could be really good because it'll bring cleaner, saltier water than the dirty fresh water we're seeing on the outgoing.  I've also heard of a good bite in 25-35' of water on fish leaving the spawning rivers.  Catch em up!

Captain Mike

This is a fantastic review of one of the best fly fishing movies of all time:


http://www.aquariumdrunkard.com/2016/05/05/tarpon-a-soundtrack-1973/

In my mind "Tarpon" captures to the fullest extent possible the peak of the old Florida keys, before resorts and t-shirt shops came into play.  I found it remarkable that the creators of the movie had the forethought to make a movie about it before it was too late.