We arrived at Huntington at 645 am Saturday. The launch was a madhouse. Between the RV/trailer combos taking up a lot of parking spots, the POS non starting boats taking up dock space, and the people that load their boats with their junk, IN the water, we finally got wet at around 8am.

Started bottom bouncing under the JRB. Nothing. We then headed over to Hampton bar. 2 really small 8" flounder and about 2 dozen 4-6" croakers. Took the croakers out to Thimble Shoals Light. Drifted in a super light current up to Horseshoe. Caught 3 Flounder in the 12-18" in range. Tossed them back.
Dude was in a Parker anchored off the Light Tower catching small spades and talking to the guys doing Rehab work on the light.

We ran out of bait so we left TSL at lunch. Shot over to Willy Spit/Bank. THAT PLACE IS LOADED WITH CROAKER. Must have caught 200 fish between 3 guys in 90 minutes. Kept the 4" for more bait. Ran back up to the TSL/ Horseshoe drift. Caught 2 more short flatties then ran over to Ft Monroe. Nada.

Probably need a few more weeks befor the larger fish move in.

Headed back in catching 250 fish and none in the ice chest. Oh well, What a beautiful day on the water...


Randy.

Also, chatter on the radio was really quiet for a Sat, all day. Only heard of a few fish being caught over 18.5.

IN or NEXT to the crab pots seems to be best. 15-25 feet of water.

hey man.
did the same routine.. i think everybody thought to get out early and avoid the rush. but we all rushed it at once.. haha i headed farther up the james though. drifted around catching hand size spot and croaker.. it was a fun time but not impessive.. im just waiting for the trip to the tower to catch them spades

We left my buddy's house up the Nansemaond at 1330 Saturday. Between MMBT and Middle Grould Light we caught 85 croaker, most over over 12". Bait of choice was squid with several on fake blood worm. Several hit peeler.

Returned to dock at 2030 with cooler full.

Awesome day, thanks to Daretofish! He made me a believer!

Lar

Sorry about the no fish in the cooler day but I sure do appreciate the report. I'm thinkin' I'll stay in NC and save the gas money. Again, thanks to all for the great reports!

We caught a few croaker over 12" but tossed em' back. We targeted only small ones for bait, none for consumption.

where is willy spit/bank

thanks