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From Lindsey,I and the Reelmusic crew

Virginia TROPHY striper fishing

wondering how much interest there is about doing some striper trips in Va this winter?Striper fishing down there for BIG bass is unreal from Now till March,considering moving the boat there for the rest of the winter, and running trips on the weekends.Anybody interested in getting in on a trip ?????

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Reelmusicsportfishing@yahoo.com

Bass and blacks 12-13

Decided on a late start to fish this morning , met Matt and Jimmy , leaving a little after 7.Bay and ocean flat as glass, made for a quick run outside at 40 knots.Caught a bunch of small bass on jigs and made our way towards the reef.By the timne we got there the weather had changed for the worst, with flat seas building quickly to 4-6 footers with some wicked rogue waves mixed in.Caught a couple tog and decided to play it safe and go back to jigging bass.Made the run north and caught a bunch more till the rain came around 11 and headed in.Hoped to get a few hours in toggin before I pull the boat, MAYBE next weekend ??????

Rainy day toggin 11-30

Had John and Elly out for Elly's birthday today to do some togging. Started where I left them chewing yesterday but couldnt even get a sniff, one fish about 5 pounds, made a bunch of moves and as soon as we got some toy tog to chew the dogfish would take over, didnt matter if was on top of the piece, behind the piece, they were relentless, Catch one and have 3 following it to the boat. Had to have 40 -50 again today. Decided we had enough when the heavy wind and rain came on. had 6 in the box for dinner with the Biggest going just under 8 pounds, Johns PB tog to date.

Blackfish limits + 11-29

Had Doug, Ed and Matt out today to blackfish. Looked to jig some stripers early but only had some blues and WAY too many dog fish hitting the jigs. Boxed the first 20 of our four man limit early, then the bite changed with the tide. Made a couple moves and finally got them going again finishing the four man limit and then playing catch and release for a couple hours after that with some nice fish going back. Biggest was Dougs beast at 9 lbs 4 oz Nice day for November. We also had to have over 60 dogfish while blackfishing today. They really need to do something with these things.

Black and blue toothache cure

Decided no sense in sitting home on a nice day with my toothache, headed down to meet Jimmy at the boat to do some blackfishing. Got to the reef around 1130 and it was PACKED . picked a spot away from the crowd , caught one keeper, then nothing, moved 4 times with the same results. add a keeper, couple shorts , but couldnt get a steady bite. we kept four keepers to just under 8 pounds. Heading home between the channels there was tons of bluefish smashing sand eels on top, we watched the sunset as we fought blue after blue on light tackle.

Another bass pic from 11-18

Heres a nice keeper that Steve released after a quick pic

Stripers / Blackfish 11-18

Had Steve and his friend Mike out today for a blackfish / striper combo. Hit some jig bass on the way to the reef, couple of shorts and two keepers, made our way to the reef and it looked like it was going to be pretty nasty for the guys to learn to blackfish. But since we were there I said lets give it a try. Didnt take long to see they wanted to REALLY chew today. Had two Blackfishing newbies looking like pros by days end. Mike caught on REAL quick and had his limit in a little over an hour. Steve made it up at the end. Limited out and headed to the barn, Mostly quality fish today, with one VERY big one getting bounced off coming over the side. Guess I should have told them we dont swing fish over 10 pounds. Figured the fish to be in the 11-12 pound range OOOPPPS Cant wait to see how great the bite can be once the EVIL ocean lays down .

We used the new Daiwa reels today, and they def are sweet.

BoaT rods have the Saltist 30 lw on them, I was fishing the new 30 ld, lots of power on a super sweet drag.

Weathered in for the weekend

Looks like the current storm will keep us tied up for the remainder of the weekend.The bass fishing has been REAL good and im sure after this blow runs through it will really be HOT.

Recieved my new Daiwa reels and cant wait to put them to use this week catching Stripers and Blackfish.The boat is now outfitted with Lamiglas rods Paired with Daiwa reels.Def a nice light hard fishing combo , sure to be pleasure to fish with all day.

Email list for the Fish with the Captain trips is growing fast, If you havent sent me your email address, get to it , as these trips may fill up with out being posted on the fishing sites.


Lets get out and catch some fish before the long winter doldrums set inCapt Dan

Had Blackfish Doug, His friend Joe, and Matt out for a fish with the Captain striper trip.Headed out in the dark, and was outside for pink light.Birds already started working.Had the first 1 mile drift all to ourselves, catching a mix of stripers and BIG bluefish.Most of the Cookie cutter stripers were 26-27 3/4 "Nice fat healthy young bass.Doug boxed a 32" bass, and (Slippery fingers) Matt dropped Dougs second nice keeper bringing him over the rail.We threw back a couple 28 1/2 inch fish amongt a ton of giant Bluefish, figuring it was EARLYMoved in to clam at 830 (bad move) as we went biteless for 2 hours, made a move South to clam again, I caught a 30" fish we boxed, and then not another bite for an hour.Went back out to the jig fish and it was ALL bass, for as far as you could see.Tons of boat traffic wouldnt even put them down, They were tough to get to chew except for 007 Ava's.caught a couple more and headed in with the bass still swirling on top, as there were Family obligations to tend to.Nice day again for November.

Striper/Blackfish beatdown 11-8

Had Jakesbeard and his wife out today to fish for some stripers and blackfish, on a fish with the Captain trip. Stayed away from the fleet and had a steady pick of QUALITY bass, only one small 29 inch bass the rest were all 34 inches or BETTER. Nice to see some bigger fish today. also trolled between the channels which were loaded with big bluefish. Finished at the reef blackfishing, lots of shorts with some real nice keepers, couple of porgies and sea bass. Fun day in awesome weather .

Out of all the bass that were caught only two were kept for a fresh fish dinner! The rest were released to fight another day !!!!!!

Stripers and blackfish 11-5

Had the Del Carlo gang out today to do some bassin. Beat on the bass pretty good again today, clamming the outgoing, then ran down to the reef to teach the boys how to blackfish some, they got the hang of it pretty quick but was mostly shorts. Austin had the biggest bass, and Edward had the biggest blackfish. Super nice day for November.

Striper fishing 11-4

Had Ian, Dave ,and Matt out today for a fish with the Captain trip today. Targeted striped bass and found them everywhere we fished. Caught a bunch on both clams and jigs. Dave's first trip in the salt and he limited out and then some. Some big blues mixed in, made for some great action on light tackle !!!!!! Had an easy limit , with keepers going back, just keeping 5 for the table. lots of shorts between 22-26 inches.

Bass and blue 11-1

Got out Sunday morning for a few hours, with Gus, Mario, and Alex.Headed out to Romer for the start of the outgoing, had one keeper bass fairly quick but couldnt get them going,couple moves towards the breakers , still nothing, so headed out between the channels to working birds,All the small blues you wanted jigging Ava's, stayed on them for about an hour and headed in.Nice to once again have water under my feet.

BACK IN THE WATER !!!!!!!!!!!

Teleflex customer service came through and overnighted a new helm last week.
Campisano Marine had it up and ready Monday, and I put her back in the water today !!!!!!!!
Felt good to have water under my feet again.

Looking forward to hitting some stripers for the next couple of weeks , along with some searching for some new blackfish Honey holes.

Going to try something new on the days we aren't chartered.

Instead of running open boat I am going to run Fish with the Captain trips.
Trips will be $100 per man for the day (a long day) and need just 2 to go out.
I like fishing as much as I can so it will fun for everybody.
Im going to start an email list for guys looking to jump on these trips, and they will be on a first come basis.

Come on out and make some REELMUSIC

Capt Dan

Bottom fish/tuna

Headed out yesterday with Rich, Ron,And Jerry, startedout a little after 10 am, waiting for the wind to calm down.Decided to hit some lumps waiting for the weather to change.Blackfish were hitting recklessly and we beat them up pretty good for an hour, along with a couple buckets of porgies.Headed to the tuna grounds and moved all over the inshore grounds ,marking very little.Had a bunch of albies and big blues but not much else going on.Decided to hit another lump and the porgies there were BIG, , caught a bunch more for one of Ron's coworkers and headed in.Super ride in on flat seas

Bluefin beatdown

Headed out yesterday to do some inshore Bluefin fishing yesterday with Rich,Jerry,and John yesterday.

easy ride out on the Cat, and we were into tuna within an hour.

First tuna was hooked by Jerry, but he wouldnt come off the bottom and popped off.

Next one came on a bait rod, which we boxed as our under fish.

Moved around and had a couple more weird take offs but took another hour or two and we started marking ALOT more tuna,

just not actively feeding.

We boated 4 at our first spot, then got a call over the radio that a Friend of ours Capt Joe buddy ws into them a couple miles from where we were.

we made the move, seeing them boat a tuna as we got there.

fish were high in the water there and made for marking them a little tougher, but once found we got into some more. we had three boatside breakoffs, but boated another 4 there.

Awesome day on the water with a great crew of guys.

We are looking to run some fall trips for these bluefin, ride is nice and short and the action is intense.

Give me a call and get out there while its HOT

Capt. Dan