After our final 2 days of fishing the bay we have headed south to Va beach to continue our winter fishing for striped bass. The bay fishing was just starting to get really good but we are forced to leave in accordance to our scheduled trips and the stricter striper possession regulations in the bay. The bay season started a bit slower this year due to the unusually warm fall weather. The water temps stayed higher than normal this fall. The stripers, not having to school and migrate south, were very scattered and on the move in the first part of November. Around Thanksgiving things started to change and the trolling bite improved dramatically.
Our first trip from Va beach proved to be an exciting but long day. After spending the first few hours of the trips riding and looking up the coast, I did not see a lot to be encouraged about for this trip in the ocean. We are one of the first boats to arrive at the beach this winter so it is extremely difficult to cover this open ocean by ourselves in search of a few fish. After hearing some intel we ran up into the bay and found some "cows" willing and snapping. Above the 3rd and 4th island was a nice wad of fish that made our trip and made for some happy anglers. We were short on our 20 fish limit by 3 fish but with the quality of our catch it made for a great trip. Thanks again guys, we enjoyed it!
