Old Man Winter hurt us again!!!

    Hello everyone, Hope you all are staying warm aren't getting cabin fever just yet, its a long time until fishing season gets rolling again. As I'm sure you all are well aware Old Man Winter was harsh on our ocean rockfish season again, which seems to be a thing of the past. After 2 busts of a winter season in Virginia Beach and a tough winter in Ocean City, MD, I think we are going to stop heading to the ocean unless the fish show back up again instead of being stood up by them for a 3rd year in a row. For some reason the fish seeme to be trending an offshore route which keeps them outside of the 3 mile line and well out of our reach, groups that went offshore tagging fish encountered giant schools of fish from 12-20 miles offshore. They recorded releases of fish up to 68 lbs and hopefully these fish will be coming into the Bay to spawn this spring as they normally do. I apologize to those who had winter trips scheduled that didn't work out and hope to be able to make it up to all of you in the near future. On a brighter and warmer note, spring trophy season is right around the corner. We are going through the motions right now getting the boat cleaned up and hauled out so she'll be ready to go when the season opens on April 18. Our calendar is starting to fill up for the trophy season, but there are still open dates available to get your group on board for some of these monsters as they head up the Bay. Remember our spring season only lasts about a month of catching the big boys before we start to hit our warm days in MidMay so make sure you get your date in by May 10 to ensure your best chance of wrestling these big fish. Our calendar is always up to date on our website, www.c4charters.com, so get your group together soon and join us this spring for a great day on the Bay!!! 

        Take care and tight lines,

        Cory Rice

        captaincory@c4charters.com        

        337-251-5821

   

Merry Christmas and Happy Fishing to all!!!

Hello everyone, Hope all is well and you are getting ready to enjoy the holidays!!! The holidays are a good time to get together and share some good fun with family and friends, what better way to do that than fishing with us!!! We have one full trip left out of Reedville for the year, Dec. 23 and a few more spots for our makeup trip this coming thursday, Dec. 18. Fishing is still red hot with birds working all over the Bay and fish up to 34" just about everyday and a few big hogs in the mix from time to time. Our trip for this Thursday is $130.00 per person and that includes tip and fish cleaning for the first 8 people interested in getting a few fillets and lots of cranking in one more time before Christmas. We are running a holiday special for the 23rd for $600.00 for 6 or less, if anybody wants to get the family or friends together for a relaxing day of fishing before the holidays. We will be leaving Reedville the day after Christmas and heading to Virginia Beach through the end of January. Things are looking like we will have a better ocean season than the past couple years with a good amount of fish being caught by the eelers down around Cape Charles already, the big ones are moving on down!!! Don't wait too long to get your name on the books for our last walk-on of 2014 or to get your first shot at some ocean rockfish of 2015!!! Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all!!!


                 Tight Lines,
                 Cory Rice
                 337-251-5821
                 captaincory@c4charters.com

Red Hot Fall Fishing and Make Up Dates

Hello all, Hope everyone enjoyed a great Thanksgiving and is ready to start preparing for the upcoming holidays. Thanksgiving week has given us a lot to be thankful for including some great rockfishing over the past week and signs that it is only going to get better! We've been catching limits with lots of releases lately and the fish are getting bigger all the time. Saturday, we found white rain with gannets pouring out of the sky and big fish underneath of them, by 10 a.m. we had our limit of overs and unders up to 16 lbs. and had released plenty of 26-32" fish. We have seen a few of the true hogs around up to 36 lbs. so far and there should be more of them coming around in the upcoming days. Great reports of big fish from north migrating down and some ocean fish already coming in the bay from down below looks to make for a banner fall and the majority of the big ocean fish are already to Ocean City, MD which means they should be making an appearance to Virginia Beach this winter!!! This time last year the main charge of fish seemed to still be up off the Northern New Jersey coast. We still have a few open dates out of Reedville between now and Christmas before we head to Virginia Beach and still have plenty of dates open down there so don't miss your chance to get on board and get some of these big bass!!! If you don't have a full group we are attempting to put together a couple makeup trips before we head to Virginia Beach. We will be doing these makeup trips for up to the first 8 people who sign up for $130 per person including tip, these dates will be Thursday Dec. 18 and Monday Dec. 22 out of Reedville. Don't miss out on your chance to get some big slabs of rockfish to share with your family for your holiday meal or they even make a great present. 

        Tight Lines,

        Cory Rice

        captaincory@c4charters.com    

        337-251-5821

Tentative Fall Schedule and Walk-on Trips

Hello everyone, Hope all is well and everyone is getting their winter clothes out and enjoying this cooler weather now that fall is here. Now that the fall weather is starting to set in, the fall fishing is too. We have been chumming and livelining catching some rockfish fro 16-24" and should steadily increase the size and amounts as the season goes on, and all the bluefish you want to catch from 1-4 lbs. which are a lot of fun on our light tackle. We will probably continue chumming through midNovember once we start trolling the channels and sounds looking for the big boys. We are setting up 2 walk-on dates for chumming and livelining for those who don't have full groups to get a chance at some of this light tackle action. November 1 and November 9 will be set up for walk on tirps out of Buzzard Point in Reedville. These dates are available for 5-8 people and will leave out at 6 am weather permitting. The cost of these trips is $130 per person which includes tip. We still have open dates to book your chumming trip or light tackle flats trip. Trout fishing is on fire with fish up to 25" and 5-6 lbs. and lots of 16-26" rockfish in the mix in the grass beds too. This is great topwater action and we'll be doing this through the end of the month. Our schedule is starting to shape up for fall and winter fishing and dates are starting to fall into place. As of now, we plan on trolling for the big rockfish out of Reedville starting around November 15 until Christmas. We will be heading down to Rudee to start our ocean season on Dec. 27 and we'll be fishing as long as the fish cooperate. Don't wait too long to book your fall or winter trip and get some meat for your freezer!!! For inquiries about walk-on trips, give us a call for more details.

        

            Tight Lines,

            Cory Rice

            337-251-5821

            captaincory@c4charters.com

Temperatures are falling and fishing is heating up!!!

Hello everyone, Hope everybody has enjoyed this fairly mild summer we have had this year and is ready for cool nights and fall colors. Here in Reedville, we are starting to change colors already we are going from yellow spotted Spanish Mackerel and Bluefish to already seeing those black and white striped fellas and a lot of speckled trout in the grass beds. Over the past couple weeks, we have tried some early season livelining with good numbers of 1-3 lb. blues and lots of striped bass too. This is a great sign to see these healthy 18-24" class fish already and we can't wait until Oct. 4 to start putting them in the box again. Things are pointing in the right direction for a great fall which we are due for as last year was somewhat of a dud. We did have a lot of action on most trips all Fall into December, but it wasn't the overall class of fish we have come to expect in the late fall. There is lots of bait around and with these rockfish already hanging around in good numbers on the reefs, it feels encouraging to say the least. Flats fishing also is getting better all the time. Last weekend we had over 40 speckled trout in the grass beds, which anyone knows is a lot of trout. They weren't all great big ones, but it was plenty of action with some nice blues mixed in too, great fights on our ultra light tackle. We still have weekend dates available for both types of trips through the end of October, flats fishing in the grass beds, both morning and evening trips, and full day charters livelining and trolling for rockfish and blues. Don't wait too long to miss your chance on some great fall action as we start to switch gears and get ready for the start of rockfish season. Tight lines and hope to see you on board soon!!!

           Capt. Cory Rice

           337-251-5821

           captaincory@c4charters.com 

Spanish Mackerel and Speckled Trout!!!

Hello everybody, Hope you are enjoying the last month of summer. Summer may be winding down, but the fishing is actually heating up. The spanish mackerel were a little late showing up, but they are here now and we are catching spanish and nice blues trolling now and see an occasional bull red drum while trolling to really test your strength, but not as many as the past couple seasons. The blues and mackerel make great table fare, but they aren't quite as good as my favorite fish, speckled trout. Trout season came in August 1st and has been pretty steady so far with a good early morning bite and a pluck along during the day. We've been catching trout up to 26" along with a mixed bag of blues and puppy drum in the shallows on our flats trips. We are also running a special on our flat fishing trips from now until October, $250 for 1-2 people for 3/4 day trips. This covers all your expense since there is no mate on these trips and these trout really test your skills and patience. Give us a call to come get your chance at some nice specks or some trolling action with nice mackerel and blues to take home and stock your freezer!!! 

        Tight Lines,

        Cory Rice

        337-251-5821

        captaincory@c4charters.com

Summertime fishing is heating up!!!

Hello everyone, Hope you are enjoying the hot weather and are ready for some hot fishing. Our summer season started off slow with small croakers and spot and not being able to keep speckled trout has really hurt our flats fishing in the early part of the summer, but things are starting to get right. We have plenty of bluefish and a few spanish mackerel starting to show up which is a great sign this early in the summer. Trolling is becoming very steady with bluefish up to 3 lbs. and a few more mackerel showing up all the time. The big reds are getting into the area, but so far are very scattered. We haven't seen the big schools of them yet, but is still early. Flats fishing is also starting to get good with some big croaker and small blues in the grass beds, we are also catching some nice speckled trout which are hard to throw back knowing how good they are on the grill. Aug. 1, we will be able to start keeping the trout and even after the big kills this winter, it seems to be a good number of them around. We have weekend dates available as fishing looks to only keep getting better throughout the summer, so don't miss your chance to bring your family or friends aboard and enjoy a great day on the Bay with us.

    Tight Lines,

    Cory Rice

    337-251-5821

    captaincory@c4charters.com