Summer is here, time to switch gears!!!

Hello everyone, Hope all is well and you are ready for the start of summer. We are very thankful for everyone who joined us this spring for a great spring rockfish season, We were able to catch the big boys for a couple extra weeks than planned and were lucky enough to still have some great schoolie striper action over Memorial Day weekend. Now it is time to put the rockfish gear away and pull out the summer gear. We are now going to be bottom fishing, chumming, and trolling for blues, spanish mackerel, spot, and croakers. Bottom fishing is already starting to produce some decent numbers of fish, but so far its quality over quantity, lots of action with a few nice spot mixed in, but mostly some smaller croakers and spot. A few 1-2 lb. blues are showing up which is a great sign to see them this early and we'll be trolling for them in the coming weeks. Things are shaping up for a great start to the summer and hopefully will continue to get even better once we start getting consistently hot temperatures to bring the red drum and spanish mackerel up the Bay and they should be here by July. Don't miss your chance to bring the family and/or friends along and enjoy a great day on the Bay this summer with us.
      Tight Lines,
      Cory Rice
      337-251-5821
      captaincory@c4charters.com

Fish Tales and Karma

Hello everyone, Hope you are enjoying the nice spring weather we are having as we much as we have along with some great fishing. Our trophy season is entering its last week as we are wrapping it up after next sunday, May 11. First off I'd like to thank everyone who has been on board so far this spring and those who will be coming this week. We still have 2 open dates 5/6 and 5/7 as long as a last chance makeup trip for saturday. I still have 4 spots available for Sunday, $120 per person includes tip and one of your last chances to wrestle a big one for the spring. Yesterday was the last day of our spring rockfish tournament. Dad and I did some scouting on May 1, since it was the first day we could fish in Virginia. We went below Smith Point and threw our gear and began to look for some bait and bites. We fished for about a half hour and started to see some good signs. We were marking bait and seeing menhaden whip on the surface. The next turn and 2 board lines came tight with big fish. He fought one and I the other, mine came to the boat first and was 44" 37 lbs. After another 10 minutes of having a hard time moving his giant, we netted a 48" 43 lb monster. Satisfied with what we had seen, we decided to be tight lipped and fish VA for the first day of the tournament. This fish is my dad's first ever citation rockfish that he's reeled in. I'm sure you all know about karma and some of you probably believe and some don't, I do. We left early Friday am to put up a smoke screen and act as if we were making the long run to Tangier Sound we have been doing and snuck into Virginia. We started fishing at 6:30 and fished ALL DAY LONG. The bait had disappeared and so had the giants. We finally managed 1 20 lb. fish and I realized karma had got me. I tried to be sneaky and selfish and it got me. Day 2 of the tournament was much better fishing, but we never got the one we were looking for. Moral of the story is to always share with your fellow fisherman your success and it will always help out in the long run. Maybe next year will be our year to win but until then we'll keep dragging around looking for the big ones. Hopefully we'l see you on board, don't forget to book your trip as trophy season winds down. We'll start chumming May 17 and bottom fishing will take over in June. 

                   

            Tight Lines,

            Cory Rice

            337-251-5821

            captaincory@c4charters.com