Prior to the weekend, the spring tautog bite was still "on" at the CBBT complex. Tautog are still active on the offshore wrecks, where more black sea bass are arriving with each passing day.
The croaker bite was more consistent in the main stem of the Bay now that water temperatures have moved above the mid-50-degree mark but the best hauls of the largest fish are coming from up in the river systems, often in water less than 15 feet deep.
The season's first catches of red drum were recorded off Cape Charles last week, where medium-sized black drum have been caught for two weeks. The state record Red Drum is 85 lbs 4 oz and was caught in 1973 by Herman Moore.
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This months citation photo comes from Maryland and belongs to Tim Hill. It's a 44 inch, 34 pound rockfish caught April 19, 2005. Tim caught it while trolling tandem bucktails just outside of Solomon's Island near the HI buoy in 65 foot of water.
Congratulations Tim!