Monthly Archives: December 2013

Trout burn out

I have trout fished really hard over the past few months, and I am actually a little burnt out on em.  I needed a change of scenery – so Matt and I packed up and made a right on the by-pass at 0600.  An hour and a half later we arrived on the Roanoke River near Plymouth.  We cruised around in the boat for a little while searching for an area to start fishing.  While driving around we came across a deer swimming across the sound – that was a first for me.  We arrived at a nice little bend in the river with 25ft of water and the depth finder lighting up.   Made a few casts and it was non stop action from then on.  We caught a mess of stripers, but they were on the small side.  The biggest one came in at 18″.   We had a great time exploring a new area and to get some pullage was just a bonus.

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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

I just wanted to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!  Looking forward to 2014 and seeing some of my charter repeats from last year as well as meeting some great people this year.  New Years is the perfect time to make some changes in your life that you may have been putting off! Good luck with all of your resolutions , and if your wish is to fish more in 2014 then give me a call, HA!  …..Capt Dave

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Captains Meeting

My buddy and fellow charter captain Marc Kerns and I headed up to the Elizabeth River today for some trout fishing.   When we arrived at the ramp it was 27 degrees outside.  We had a layer of ice on the deck of the boat to contend with.  It was chilly , but we thawed out once the sun came up. We fished from about 0630 until 0100.  The bite was pretty darn slow…. We probably caught a total of 10-12 fish – but made two of them count.  I got a nice 25 incher, and Marc puts a 29 incher in to the boat!  His personal best trout, and a solid one at that (8.5 – 9lbs).  The great captain that he is – he let this big beauty go.  Nice work Marc

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Celebrating Pops Birthday

My Brother and I met up with our Pops on Saturday afternoon.  This was the first time I have brought my boat to the Elizabeth River.   It was pretty chilly and very windy.  We started fishing around 11:30am and wrapped it up around 5.  We had a decent bite, but it certainly wasn’t red hot.   We picked up fish here and there, with a couple nice ones in the mix. Pops doesn’t trout fish much (yet) and he managed his personal best trout!   Very enjoyable afternoon and we finished off the evening with a nice dinner and a couple cold beers.  Happy Birthday Pops!

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Perseverance

My brother and I have been chasing a trout over 10 pounds for quiet some time now.  We have both spent countless hours chasing the elusive fish.  Matt finally got one yesterday.  Please head over to his blog and read the full story!  www.a-teamfishing.com

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