VA beach 1-19 / 1-22

[pete]

well went to VA beach on hopes we'd wear em out. looking at the forecast, nothing pointed to the fact that there was a big storm brewing. was supposed to be a "NICE" 3 days. well the weather man screwed this one up :D

fished the first day, made it out around noon and missed the good morning bite, then went the wrong direction and missed that evening bite. we caught 2 nice ones tho.

the next day we sat it out because it was blowing 35+ mph and bout 8 ft seas.

the following day started out rough and cold, but ended decent....water was very stirred up and no one caught anything.....except those charter boat captains that own the water up there and caught/kept em beyond 3 miles out.

and the final day we worked hard to catch 2 more fish all practically on that 3 mile line, while again the charter boats where out there around 4 miles. but i guess they got to make a living and catch/keep some for their clients.

all in all it was slow, but we did catch some decent fish. 3 of them were upper 20's lower 30's, and the 4th around 20 lbs.

3 fish caught on chart. stretch 25's, and 1 caught on mojo/bucktail combo. only missed 1 bite the whole trip.

water temp on the beach varied from 39-42...too cold. on the last day we had to run 20 miles to the Va/NC border to catch fish.

[TreednNC]

That works!.....next time take the barcode off your gear before you snap pics

[Racoon]

We were going but the snow and the marine forcast made for a change of plans. Charter boat captain will shoot for 1st week of Feb for a 2nd try.

[TreednNC]

Were they NC boats or VA boats....I know MOST of the NC guys are real good about that 3mile marker. They patrol it very well and keep an eye on those guys. Ive seen the captains out of OI, a lot of which are going out of Rudee, turn back off of the 3mi line because of just that, the fish were outside of the 3mi line and they werent risking anything for them

[pete]

they were VA boats.....including Cato.

[pete]

next time take the barcode off your gear before you snap pics

come on man thats how i roll!

i hardly ever take the wrappers off my rods until it starts annoying me

[Squid Row]

The CG patrols that three mile line very hard, so I would be surprised if the charters were keeping fish past the three mile line.

You can catch and release out there, just not put anything in the box.

When I was there, the CG was running up and down the 3 NM line (remember it is 3 NM and not 3 SM). The difference is about half a SM

Glad you got out and caught some fish (not that you catching was ever in doubt)

[TreednNC]

What I was thinking Squid Row. Cato did get busted for that last year if Im not mistaken.

[pete]

the whole entire fleet was roughly 1/4-1 mile past the 3 NM line which was near the NC/VA border. i figured it was because they had plenty of time to run in if they saw the CG coming.

[bearclaw]

That works!.....next time take the barcode off your gear before you snap pics

:DHey treednNC,Pete may have been gonna return them outfits if they didnt catch any fish!!!!:D I have a uncle that each time we go fishing he allways "threatens" hish rods that dont catch no fish.He tells them if "THEY"" dont do better he is gonna carry them to the pawn shop!!!(I dont think that helps but it gets some laughs form someone that hasnt been around him when he says it though)Pete,nice report,thanks for sharing.