Cobia are caught with live and cut bait, artificial lures, and fly-fishing gear. The epicenter of fishing effort occurs in the lower Chesapeake Bay and coastal waters around Hampton Roads. The cobia is one of the most popular sport fish caught in Virginia. Bluefish have dark, oily meat but are excellent smoked. Anglers also troll, jig, cast artificial lures, and fly fish for blues. In some areas cut baits are used, including squid, fish, bloodworms, or other baits. The fish are voracious feeders and are known for their sharp teeth and ability to demolish even the strongest tackle. They are found all along the USA east coast, sometimes in large schools. Along the Atlantic beaches and barrier islands, anglers use a fish finder or other rig and fish with baits such as whole spot, spot fillets or heads, mullet, bluefish fillets, crabs, shrimp, or other baits.Īnglers also target red drum on flats and grass beds with live baits such as shrimp or cast artificial lures or saltwater flies to red drum.īluefish are an exciting gamefish.
Surf fishing is a another way to catch red drum. Probably the most widely utilized technique for catching red drum along the Atlantic coast is to anchor along a channel edge or shoal and bottom fish with cut peeler crab bait or other baits including, squid, cut spot, live spot, and even chicken breast soaked in peeler crab oil.
Red drum or redfish can be caught in a myriad of ways. Speckled trout are often caught alongside their close relative, the weakfish. One of Virginia’s most popular saltwater gamefish, the speckled trout is known for its beauty, fighting ability, and fine tasting meat. This family of fish make a drumming or croaking sound by vibrating its swim bladder using special muscles. Weakfish are members of the drum family, which includes spot, red drum, back drum and Atlantic croaker. Most adult weakfish range from 12 to 18 inches but can grow up to to 3 feet long and weigh 4-18 pounds. Other identifying features are yellow fins, large canine teeth in the upper jaw and dark spots on the upper part of the body, sometimes forming diagonal lines. Typically, weakfish have a dark olive back, iridescent blue and copper sides and a silvery white belly. The name “weakfish” comes from the fish’s fragile mouth, which tears easily when hooked. Popular baits include bloodworms, shrimp, clam and synthetic bloodworm type baits. Spot are caught along inlets, fishing piers, and in inshore bays.Īnglers use standard 2 hook rigs, using small hooks and small pieces of bait. Spot are fun to catch and a great fish for anglers of all ages. Spot occur along the Atlantic coast in estuarine and coastal waters from the Gulf of Maine to Florida, although they are most abundant from Chesapeake Bay south to South Carolina. Croakers are easily accessible, being caught on piers, jetties, small boats, charter boats and head boats.
They are caught on a variety of baits and lures and even go after flies in shallow water areas. Croakers are hard fighters and prolific feeders. The fish get their names because of the “croaking” noise the make when removed from the water. The following information describes some of the more common inshore and offshore saltwater fish found in the Chesapeake Bay, the waters of the Atlantic, and nearby estuaries such as the Elizabeth River and the James River.Ītlantic Croaker or “hardhead” are popular saltwater fish common along the Atlantic coast. Tidewater Virginia is famous for its saltwater fishing.
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