Captain John Sharp's Corner - Chesapeake Bay Fishing News & Reports

The hot days of summer are certainly here! I think it has been as hot as it has ever been over the last few weeks. There can be no doubt that it has had an impact on the fishing. At one point, the water temperature on the surface was 88.6 degrees. That being said, there have been some pretty good runs of live lining and trolling. With live lining, the fish are moving and it has been hard to stay on top of them. However, with alot of patience, they can be caught. As always with this type of fishing, the excitement of catching rock on light tackle is pretty high. Trolling has remained pretty consistent. In addition to rock, we have also been catching plenty of blues and some nice spanish mackeral. I hope everyone has a great rest of the summer.

Greetings everyone!
After several years with no change, it is necessary to adjust the prices to the current economy. Consequently, effective July 1, any trip booked after that date will have a new pricing structure. It is as follows:
For 8 hour trips:
Two or three people - $95.00 per person
Four, five, or six people - $90.00 per person

For five hour trips:
Two or three people - $85.00 per person
Four, five, or six people - $80.00 per person

On another note, fishing in May was great! Of course there were some days that were slow, but overall, we put plenty of rock into the boat, mainly by trolling. However, the spot are here, so I expect we will be doing more and more live lining as we go through July. I also had the first evidence of bluefish the other day when some of the tails of the soft baits were bit off. I guess it won't be too long before we are catching them as well. Bottom fishing for white perch, spot, and croaker has been pretty good as well. While July is booked pretty solid, there are still alot of open dates in August and September.

Capt John