Fishing woes....

Eric McCarthy

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Wanted to find out how many people are having a hard time catching fish in the waters this year or is it just us who are having problems in Virginia USA. I've been several times this year salt water fishing and usually go with a group of people and nobody seems to catch anything in the bay. I'm thinking that maybe here for us in Virginia, we've had a record breaking summer of heat over 100 degrees for several days on end. Best guess is that the water is quite warm for the fish and they are driven down deeper where its much cooler. Also the crabs in the bay have been outrageous. Those little shits keep eating all our bait, its like an all you can eat buffet for the crabs.
 

Sam427

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I'd say you are right, they have headed for deeper water. I use to fish in the Gulf, but haven't been in a long time. In fact, I have been so busy I haven't even been trout fishing in a couple of years. I need a break!
 

Butch

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Eric... me and my Buddy have been slamming the blue crabs in the northern end of the Chesapeake Bay. Saturday we got our limit of 2 bushels in 2.5 hours culling out the small ones for jumbo jimmys....

With the corn and green beans and potatos from my garden... we had a neighborhood feast for sure!
 

Eric McCarthy

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Well Butch feel free to come down here to the southern end of the bay and catch some more crabs and get them out my damn way so I can fish!!!
 

skeets

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OK how many pots did you have out ,what was you usin for bai,t how deep, day or night, and what kind of beer were you drinking??? Last time I was down in DelMarVa it took me all day to catch enough keepers for a meal!