Tuna Bite!! - October 23rd

Departed Wachapreague under the full moon on Saturday, October 23rd. Cleared the inlet at 0500 to flat calm seas. First tuna in the boat at 0800
last one at 1230. Winds had kicked up to about 20 knots so called it a day.
Only had one angler + myself so we were busy most of the morning.
Ended with 5 Yellowfin tunas and 2 dolphin. Fished a 63 to 65 degree change
east of the Washington tip.



Capt Keith Neal
TEASER
www.wachapreaguesportfishing.com
Wachapreague, VA

Fishing is Good!!

Fishing has been pretty good!! Here are some happy folks and their catches while fishing onboard "Teaser" with Capt Keith Neal. Visit www.wachapreaguesportfishing.com to schedule your next trip of give Capt Neal a call at 757-787-3970. While in Wachapreague you can arrange lodging by calling the Wachapreague Inn (757-787-2105) or visit www.wachapreagueinn.com.

Tight Lines!

Weekend Fishing

Fishing has been good. Here are some pictures of some very happy folks that have fished with Capt Keith Neal on board the "Teaser". Visit http://www.wachapreaguesportfishing.com/ or give Capt Neal of Teaser Sportfishing (757-787-3970) a call to set up your next trip.

White Marlin, Wahoo & Dolphin

Mon, 9/5, Cap't Keith Neal on the Teaser caught a 51 lb. Wahoo & 9 Dolphin. Saw lots of White Marlin

Mon, 9/5, Cap't Brian Simmons on the Bill Chaser was at the 50 fathom line, just south of the Washington Canyon and practically had White Marlin jumping into the boat. Lots of little black tuna and bait balls everywhere.

Sunday, 9/4 was a great day for most, choppy in the morning, then the wind layed down & the fish were biting....

Cap't Bill Petka had 2 White Marlin, one's in the photo. Sat, 8/21, he caught a Long Fin Tuna.

Cap't Nat Atkinson on the Foxy Lady had several dolphin. Byte Me had lots of dolphin too.

Cap't Bill Tyson - Marlin Magic chartered the Harbin party and they caught their first White Marlin and several dolphin. The lucky guy jumped off the dock, assuring he will catch another Marlin in his lifetime.

Teaser chartered the Vankleya party and had 2 Wahoos, one was a citation. They also had about 38 Dolphin, near the Washington Canyon.

Check back for Nita Dream's report, they had just about all their flags flying - Happy Birthday to Frank & Nita!

Now that everyone's got their kids back to school, get on down here and fish while the bite's hot!

offshore fishing is getting closer to the dock

Many reports of small to gaffer dolphin caught around the wreck site sand the 21 mile hill. Wahoo were also reported around the 21.
In the Washington, small yellowfin , dolphin and marlin are the common theme.
Be prepared to take time off on short notice, the white marlin bite should be off the hook anytime now. The blue fin hopefully will also make a strong run.

Citation Wahoos

Sat, Aug 21st, was a fantastic day on the water - Cap't. Eddie Jones caught a 46 1/2 lb. citation Wahoo and 5 Dolphin. Cap't Ray Parker on the HOBO had 37 Dolphin. Cap't Bill Petka had a Long Fin Tuna and Cap't Nat Atkinson on the FOXY LADY had 2 Wahoo, one citation at 36 lb and one 33 1/2 lb. Inshore, they're catching the larger croakers. The Island House Auction was a success, come join us for a relaxing weekend in Wachapreague :)

Beautiful Day

Capt.Lindsay Paul of the Almost Persuaded and Steve Breighner had a great day in the Washington catching 2 of 7 White Marlin and a 21 lb dolphin.

Wachapreague Chic Charter Tuna Tournament

The Wachapreague ladies Chic Charter was a great success with Pelagic Assault taking the top prize. They caught 3 Yellowfin Tuna weighing 66lb, 64lb, and 61lb in the Poormans Canyon.
The captain was John Romm and the anglers were Dani Talbert, Rebecca Turner and Brittany Medlin. They also caught some small dolphin.

Wachapreague Chic Charter

Time To Go Fishing

Ed and Sam with their Catch



Billy with a nice Tuna

It is time to head to Wachapreague to relax and do some fishing, Off Shore fishing has been great aboard the Nita Dream the last couple months and it should only get better on through October. The Tuna, Dolphin and Marlin are here and and the Marlin and Dolphin fishing should only get better

Give me Capt. Frank Large (Nita Dream) a call 540-297-2307 to set up your fishing trip and Chris or Nikki a call at Wachapreague Inn 757-787-2105 for a nice place to stay while you are in town

Good Fishing Capt Frank Large

Nita Dream Sport Fishing Charters

www.nitadream.com

540-874-6186

Byte Me at the ESMC Tournament

Had a great time in our first EMSC Marlin Tournament.

The crew of the Byte Me, (Capt. Andy, Randy, Rob, and Shawn) didn't have much luck on the Marlin front be we came through with a trophy winning 29.8 lb Dolphin. Above is Rob with his catch.

Rob and Capt. Andy with the trophy.

Chris from the Wachapreague Inn joined us on Monday and we bailed some Dolphin.

Nita Dream at the ESMC Tournament

Had a great time at the ESMC Tournament this year, the weather (Wind) was a little hard on us but we still caught some nice fish.

Friday started out really nice with light wind we made it to just shy of the Washington Canyon for lines in, we had fished about an hour when we were HOOK UP on a White Marlin it only lasted a couple of minutes before he spit the hook but he gave us a great show coming out of the water a dozen times in that short order. We trolled for another hour before our next hit but this fish did not come out of the water but stayed near the top so we weren't sure what we had but after about 20 minutes we had a nice 61 pound Yellow Fin in the boat then just a little while later we had two fish on that both turned out to be nice 50 + pound Yellow Fin. By this time the wind was up to 20 MPH with the waves building we started trolling for home then just before lines out 3:30 we missed a nice Wahoo at the boat and landed another nice Tuna

At the end of the first day we were in 1st place in the Tuna Division with a 61 pound Tuna

Saturday with a forecast of 15 to 25 Knot winds we decided to stay in the few boats that went out caught a couple fish but they paid for them. Sundays forecast was even worst (20-30 Knots) so we stayed at the dock again the few boats that fished Sunday had a rough morning but the weather got better in the evening and there were a few Marlin and Tuna caught and at the end of the day when the final boat weigh there fish White Bite had won the Tuna division with a 65 pound Tuna

Good Fishing Capt. Frank Large

http://www.nitadream.com/

540-297-2307

Eastern Shore Marlin Club Standings

Standings as of Sat night 7/ 24
Top boat first day : Katherine Jeannine 2 white marlin
Top Boat overall : Katherine Jeannine 2 white marlin
Second Boat Overall: Fish Hawg 1 white marlin
Third Boat Overall : Bluefin 1 white marlin
Top Boat Second Day : Teaser 1 white marlin
Largest Tuna : Nita Dream 61 lb yellowfin
Largest Dolphin : Byte Me 29lb citation dolphin
Largest Wahoo : Relentless 39 lb wahoo
Last day to fish is Sunday 7 / 25 / 10

Yellowfin

Bill Dean caught these nice yellowfin on tackle he created from All Tackle.

Offshore anglers are having a great time. Marlin, Yellowfin, Bluefin, wahoo and Dolphin are continuously being released or brought back to the docks.

Life doesn't get any better!

First Wahoo in Wachapreague

Steve Linhard brought his boat "Hot Tuna" around from Annapolis Md and landed the first Wahoo in Wachapreague.

Exciting times

George Hall, Andy Cather and Ken Peterson had a nice catch of Bluefin and Dolphin around Sam's hill on Thursday. They were fishing out of Wachapreague on their Parker.

Off shore Action

Marc Quin aboard "Little Rock" with a colorful gaffer.

The fleet has moved to Sam's Hill, Lumpy Bottom to find Bluefin, yellowfin, White Marlin and Dolphin. The Bluefin have been in mixed size groups with some days in the 35" range up to a Jumbo released by a Wachapreague angler of 77" this week. Many Whites were either caught or in the spread tearing baits up. The action is alive and the weather has been great.

Flounders are still around

Keeper flounder can still be caught out of Wachapreague. Anglers are releasing an average of 30-50 fish a day and are still able to put keepers in the boat.

These flounder were caught on July 6.

Bluefish

Ed Smith on his 21' Shamrock was covered up with bluefish at the 15 mile hill. Multiple hook-up after hook up eventually wore him and his baits out. The bluefish were used the next day to catch a nice 125 lb mako in the same area. The blue fish were between 10 to 15 lbs.

Bluefin Fever

Teaser Charters with Keith Neil showed 1st timer, Jim Beletti what tuna fishing was all about with 13 released bluefin and kept one 42". They left Wachapreague at 4:30 am and caught all their fish before 11 am. Jim had hook ups of two and three at a time.Teaser went to Bob's canyon from the 26 mile hill and had a large blue marlin momentarily hooked up.

Very exciting trip.

Teaser is a 4 person charter aboard the first class 2002 28' Carolina Classic.

Keith can be hired for a full day @ $900.00 plus mate tip.

Bluefin Tuna

Sandi Killmon caught this nice 65 pound bluefin while fishing on the Seastar with

Capt. Allen Barfield. Fish was weighed in at the Wachapreague Seaside Marina.

Tuna Action

Marcus Killmon and Jeff Lee caught these yellowfin tuna Friday, June 18th. We were

fishing with Capt Keith Neal on Teaser. Capt Neal was north of the Washington

over 500 fathoms. Pictured (left to right) Allen Barfield, Jeff Lee, Marcus Killmon, and Capt Neal

17th Annual El Fluko Tournament

The official " EL FLUKO TOURNAMENT WINNER " is Chris Saylor with a
21 7/8" 4 pound even flattie. Many flounders came close to Chris' fish but he was able to squeek it out by 1/8" and an ounce.
The entire group, 30-40 participants, caught 100's of flounder.

Off shore action heating up

Over the last two weeks the in shore hills have produced many Mako and Thresher sharks. Mako's have been caught on the fast troll as well as chumming. The blue fish have been all over north and south of the lumpy bottom. Small bluefin tuna were caught in the same area.

June 12, 5 boats leaving Wachapreague brought back numerous gaffer dolphin and 3 yellowfin tuna in the 40 - 50 lb range. They were fishing around the Washington canyon.

Black sea bass have been coming in steady with a nice mix of fish up to 5 pounds.

For a detailed flounder report go to Don's Tackle shop web site.

Bluefin Tuna

Capt Keith Neal and mate Allen Barfield went for a boat shakedown trip on 5 June.

Landed the first Wachapreague Bluefin tuna of the season.

Fish weighed in at 124 pounds and went 60 inches.

Tight Lines!

Capt Keith Neal

Teaser Sportfishing

http://www.wachapreaguesportfishing.com/

Good fishing before the storm

Jeff Pitts and friends caught 17 flounder and kept three on a 4 hour trip. They fished where ever the wind wasn't blowing. Power lines, Bradsford channel and the Hummocks.

Family Fun.

This is the American way." This was a great trip!"

Sea Bass Season is Open

Sea Bass season opened on Saturday May 22 and Nita Dream was out there for the first three days having fun catching them until the weather kept us tied to the dock today. Fishing has been good with some nice Sea Bass and several Atlantic Cod, Monday we had eight of our keeper Bass between 3 1/2 to 4 1/2 pounds

Good Fishing Capt. Frank Large
Nita Dream Sport Fishing Charters
www.nitadream.com
540-297-2307

Sea Bassing with Captain Joe

Sea Bass Fishing

Croaker Fishing At its Best

Captain Paul Duck Hunting

Duck Hunting with Captain Lynsay Paul

Captain Bill Bowen Aboard Lynn B

Big Flounder

Floundering

Striper Fishing