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Friday, May 16, 2008, 22:37

Chincoteague Fishing Report

Here is our new Captain Steve's Custom Shirt we just got them in today, this shirt has taken a long time it came out perfect.
We have the shirts in t-shirts, sleeveless, longsleeve, and hoodies. Most of our shirts have pockets.

Russell Gordon from McCammesburg, PA caught this citation doormat flounder yesterday evening weighing in at 7.12 pounds. Fishing with Brian G. in the Chincoteague Inlet they had 4 keepers.

Kenny and Mike the Mainscapers caught these four keepers today.


Rusty is currently leading our surf tournament with a 18.10 pound rockfish step up to the plate and see if you can beat this fish.

Aaron Bohl currently has 2nd with this 18.2 pound black drum baught on a Assateague modified ff rig with a clam & peeler combo!

Currently in 3rd is Greg Kirby of De. with a 14.8 pound rockfish.

The power went our so we got to business with pen /paper anf calculator and were busy during the outage.

It has been a great day here on the island. Plenty of people enjoying fishing. The weather is not the greatest but there were still some nice fish caught. Flounder fishing seemed like our EC mylar rigs, and other mylar rigs did well today. We have some nice minnows and silversides. Some of the Gulp swimming mullet also caught fish today. When the power went out we were busy nothing like working with no electricity. We had a few fish lost in the last break, so there should be some more weighed in tomorrow. When you have a fish close in level out your rod with the surf so you do not bounce the hook out of their mouth. That's all for tonight have family visiting from PA. See you tomorrow we will open once again at 6:30 see you at the shop [b]We have in fresh bunker, live peelers, live minnows, and live seaclams should be delivered by tomorrow afternoon.

Good Luck and you still have time to get into the Surf Tournament stop by the shop fill out a form and get fishing!

Thursday, May 15, 2008, 21:03

Chicnoteague Fishing Report

We have in FRESH BUNKER and LIVE PEELERS


You never know what you are going to see here at the shop Marino brought by a squaking hen. Jerzey was entertained by the hen.


Another day another shirt comes in new model this time. We have in our flounder shirts. They come in all sizes big sizes too Pete is a 2x these pocketed shirts have a double flounder on the front too. We also have some new custom sand spike with quick release check these out.

It was a good day weather wise. A few of our friends from the MSSA Frederick chapter went out for practice they are having their flounder tournament this weekend. They had a couple of flounder today, these guys are always catching. There was some seaweed left from all the churned up water. We will see this go with the tides. Also at the beach today there were some sharks and skates caught. Our tournament starts tomorrow you can sign up at the shop. Mr. Ed Dyson caught some spiny dogfish up to 4 foot. See you around at the shop. Jimmy
I will open the shop at 6:30 am see you around.

Wednesday, May 14, 2008, 21:49

Chincoteague Report

Pictured above is Capt. Jason, Rich, and Marc from York, PA with their keeper flounder a little over 21 inches caught drifting the Chicnoteague Channel. They also had 2 shorts in the muddy murky salad water aboard the Checkrays.

Mr. Dave and Mrs. June enjoying a day at the beach.
Luck was not with him today but he did put in a valiant effort:) He enjoyed meeting Captain Randy Birch "a local waterfowl & fishing guide" who shared his knowledge with Mr. Dave at the shop today.



We now have Novelty soups Mr. Frank with his favorite flavor.


We got in one style of our new shirts today. Mr. Frank picked on up so he become the model. Come on by and get yourself some shirts:)


Today was another good day considering. The parking lots at the beach are getting fixed saw a couple loads of shells put down. Only a few people fishing the surf today had some pickers out there. In the bay it was tough there were some flounder caught a lot of shorts. We do have live peelers in now and clams. There also is a MSSA flounder tournament this weekend. We are hoping the water clears and for continued better weather. Thats all for tonight. Jimmy


Free Sweepfire rod with Intrepid or Silstar Titanium/Graphite reel purchase.

Wednesday, May 14, 2008, 18:47

Boat with motor and trailer Great Price

Here is a picture of the Robalo it is for sale up in Woodbine, NJ. The boat is 22'. The motor is a 200 hp Suzuki. The trailer is quite new and is a Venture. The asking price is $8,900. If you could print this up with this information below it and the phone # (609)861-2188 or our cell (757)894-3550.

Tuesday, May 13, 2008, 20:28

Chicnoteague Report

Sign up at Captain Steve's!






Today turned out to be a wonderful day compared to what we have been having. No rain and the wind was not too bad. They have been working all day on the parking lots at the beach, I took a ride this afternoon and took the above pictures. There were a couple of boats who ventured out. Had a few fisherman who had one short flounder fishing near the Assateague bridge. He said any day day fishing still beats a good day at work.

Monday, May 12, 2008, 22:15

Chincoteague Weather Report

The weather has been crazy with constant winds and a lot of rain. The high tides came up and into the roads and up onto docks. This is not too uncommon after a storm like this but we recover quickly around here. There were a few trees down, they were pushed out of the road and cut. The weather looks to be getting better going into the weekend. Tomorrow looks like more wind and rain but after that the winds should subside. We had another productive day at the shop, restocking, paperwork, and had a lot of friends over hangin' out at Captain Steves. It is not rare to see a lot of knowledgable fishermen sitting around and having fun at the shop. That's gonna do it for tonight remember if you need anything we are here for you. See you around..Jimmy

We now have in Hermit Crabs. The season is officially here when Hermit the Crab arrives :)

Sunday, May 11, 2008, 18:53

Happy Mother's Day and Fishing Report

Happy Mother's Day to all the mothers out there. Take a lesson from Mrs. Diane and go fish :)


Mrs. Diane's 35 inch 15 pound rockfish caught off the surf this morning. Her and Mr. Pat had fresh fish for lunch this afternoon! A great catch for a wonderful fisherwoman!

Chris T. with a 37 inch rockfish he caught on a ff rig.

Chris T. with a 35 inch rockfish off the beach on a ff rig.

Baltimore Brad caught this black drum on top to of the bar using peeler and 5/0 assateague mod ff rig. He is starting to become a black drum specialist.

Christopher T. Jr. with a 36 inch rockfish.

John Kroeger had a good vacation down in Chincoteague. He surf fished the past 2 days and caught his first 2 red drum both pups around 13 inches on bloodworms. He also had 2 nice stripers they were 36 and 39 inches on bunker chunks. The 39 incher was released good karma for the fish gods!!!

Marie Young with a 22" flounder she caught on a wet, breezy day on the Chincoteague View. Everyone was damp and a little chilly but all aboard caught flounder. There were only 2 keepers, Marie's was the biggest and the other one probably wasn't legal last week but made the 19" requirement today.

Petra Wesler with 22", 3.3 pounder and 1st mate Gwynn with 19 incher caught on "The View" Sunday morning, Mothers Day. Petra's husband, Dave wants an assist since one of his hooks on his east coast flounder rig was also in the fishes mouth, but Petra's hook with green mylar was in it's mouth the deepest. It was the ladies weekend since they went home with 3 keepers.
Captain Mike" CHINCOTEAGUE VIEW"
It was a good weekend all things considered, wind, rain & chilly temps. There were 5 fishermen onboard Saturday morning, 3 men and 2 women. We caught about 20 flounder and kept 2. One man had 8 or 9 fish using his own rod with a wire T/B rig and plain hooks but Marie had the biggest fish of the day. Sunday morning we had a fishing couple plus 1st Mate Gwynn onboard and more than 40 flounder came over the rail, kept 2, tagged and released 4 that were "legal last year" between 18.5 and 19". Dinner for two back over the rail. The women had the only legal fish, too. Fish were caught on silversides, plain minnows and squid/baitfish combos. East coast flounder rigs, green mylar skirts with beads and spinners(2 legals on those), and plain hooks all caught fish. Most of the fish were grabbing the baits and holding on so patience is needed until the fish eats the hook. Thanks for the Report Capt Mike. Thats all for now..Jimmy
Gunter also lost a nice rockfish in the wash today. Mike brought in a 35 inch rockfish too tonight.

Saturday, May 10, 2008, 21:29

Chicnoteague Fishing Report

Aaron Bohl caught this 33 inch rockfish off the surf today weighing in at 11 pounds!

Dan Nelms with a nice rockfish he caught on his first cast today at the beach. This was a great catch the fish hit on a modified fish finder rig baited with clam weighed in at 19.4 pounds!

Francis C. with a keeper rockfish off the surf today.

Chris T. with a 31 inch release rockfish

Chris T. with his 37 inch keeper rockfish
Chris T. from De had 2 rockfish caught today one was 31 inches and this 37 inch rockfish caught off of the surf this afternoon. Pete has to work on his photographer skills.

Josh Birch from Chincoetague with a 22 lb. wild turkey

The fishing switched from drum to striped bass here in the surf today. There were a few brought by to the shop and some more caught out on the surf today. Early morning theere were a few kingfish caught at the beach. Seems like most of the fish today were caught on the sandbar. The flounder fishing did pick up a bit today. Heard of a lot of boats with 2-3 keepers. Stacey from De came in tonight they had 12 keepers. The fish are still around you got to just keep at it. It's getting late and I'm just leaving the shop see you tomorrow...Jimmy

Check out our vast selection of spoons, plugs, and bucktails!

A new addition to our rigs: pink squid with hand tied bucktail 40# leader mustad hooks these are some quality rigs!

Friday, May 09, 2008, 20:52

Biggest Black Drum weighed in at the shop: Assateague Surf by Baltimore Brad

Baltimore Brad with the biggest black drum I haveever seen off the Assateague surf weighed in at 54.2 pounds.

Gary T. from PA with a 38 pound 40.5 inch black drum caught off the Assateague Surf this afternoon

Don Ross caught this 22 pound black drum

Gunter from Chincoteague had a Happy Birthday with this 19 pound black drum. He said he had the minnow of the day.

Brad and Gunter showing off their catch!

One more look at this monster Brad caught using a custom Captain Steve's Assateague modified fish finder rig with a clam when this monster hit. Gunter also caught a 19 pound black drum fishing nearby. Gary T. from PA landed a personal best black drum at 40.5 inches. Don Z. caught his black drum and a kingfish in an hour of fishing. Give it a try the fish are out there. We have in fresh bunker, live peelers, and clams for the surf. If you want to go after the kingfish they are also around. The flounder fishing was a bit tough today as the weather was a bit chocolates. The clearest water was found in Cockile Creek. There a few bluefish around at the CV marker right outside Curtis Merritt Harbor. Lot of wind today the wind shifted twice and the water temperature is up to 67 degrees. Tomorrow looks to be a better day with winds at 5-10. We should see a lot more flounder caught. Come on by and get your picture taken. We have in fresh bunker, live peelers, clams, live minnows, and the largest selection of flounder and surf rigs around. See you at the shop.

A reminder our Spring Surf Tournament is May 16,17, and 18th. You can sign up ahead of time the biggest fish by weight( black drum, rockfish, and bluefish eligible) Starts Friday at 7 am and goes until Sunday at 4 PM. There will be a 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place (1st 40% of pot 2nd 30% of pot 3rd 20% of pot) The 3 species black drum, rockfish, and bluefish will all be head to head winning fish to be determined by weight. This should be another great time had by all and the fish are around!
Jimmy V

Thursday, May 08, 2008, 21:20

Chicnoteague Report

Adrian & Ellen Oliver from Carlisle, PA went fishing with Capt Mike aboard the Chincoteague View on Breezy, wet Thursday morning. Adrian outfished Ellen by about 2 to 1, one of which was this 20", 3.1 pounder. Adrian said that since he caught it Ellen had to cook it but she didn't have to clean it(what a guy!). Fresh flounder tonight...
What a day the rain was on and off keeping a lot of the fairweather fishermen at home. For those who ventured out to the surf there were a lot of kingfish caught today. Still not too many people out there on the beach. John Smith had a bout 6 sharks the biggest being around 4 foot. I took a ride and fished for an hour got skunked. With the help of a few friend I did bring a few kingfish home for dinner tonight. I am usually prepared but in my rush to hit the beach briefly I forgot to bring my smaller hooks. The small EC surfballs are deadly on the kingfish tip them with bloodworms, fishbites, shrimp, and squid to score some of these tasty fish. Boug B. caught his first rockfish 37 inches on peeler and 5/0 mod. ff rig. We are getting some new custom shirts for our shop the artwork is still in progress but you can be assured they will be top of the line. I will have pictures as soon as they come in. Today we also recieved in some...



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That's about all for today see you at the shop...Jimmy

Kevin Merritt with Tools of the Trade stopped in the seabass action is hot right now. Book a trip and go go get some seabass!!!!

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