Has anyone had any luck with croaker around the first island at the CBBT or anywhere in between lynnhaven and the island? Plan on going sunday and fighting with the once or twice a years out there(no offense to anyone).

the croaker are out there but i didnt start picking any up until before dark, nothing with too much size good bait fish but i am sure there are some pan fryers out there

Ran into a big scool of small to medium size at the small boat channel last night about 6:00. Couldn't keep them off the hook.

My experience yesterday mirrors that of the previous two posters. Bay side of small boat channel probably your best bet. Doesn't seem to matter what bait you use. We used bloodworms, shrimp, squid, various FishBites. They all worked for 6 to 10 inch croakers. If that is what you're after, they are there. As you get towards the first island, I think they are a bit bigger. Between 7 pm and 8 pm, we must have caught 50...

We used 3 or 4 oz. pyramid and bank sinkers...

Good catches of flounder there too, but I think early morning is your best bet, not evening...

We caught a few horse croakers at the 4th last night on jigs with bass assains.

Thanks guys for the info..... I didn't get to make it out today. We had a home inspestion on a new property due today. I will be out first thing in the morning and plan to stay out til dusk or so. I will post any spots that we hi t... or didn't..

Well, we made it out today and have nothing to show for it but a mild sunburn. However, it was much better than work as always. We got few small croaker and flounder and a shark but nothing to write home about.