Could any one give me the coordinates for ches light. I like to plot them in my GPS an try it some time during the Spring.
Thanks!!!

Hey Check out this thread
the plumber
scooter
http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=chlv2

I don't know how you could miss it. Launch at of Lynhaven and go east.

WE HAD A BLAST AT THE LIGHT LAST SPRING WITH THE SPADE FISH, IT WAS THE 1ST TIME AT THE LIGHT BUT WE CAUGHT SOME THEY SURE FIGHT HARD FOR THEIR SIZE
THEY HAD A CROWD OUT THEIR,THEIR WAS GUYS SPEARING THEM SNORKLING AND AT THE BOAT KIND OF LIKE DOLPFIN ONE IN THE WATER THAT BROUGHT THEM UP AND THEY WOULD SPEAR THEM.IS THAT LEGAL? I'M DEFFINATELY HEADING OUT THERE AGAIN.

What is the best way to fish for spades on the wrecks? Is it the same as fishing the tower.

I've never fished for them before what is the best bait to use and the best method?

Hey Guys,

I like the discussion so I'll put in my two cents. I went out there with a friend last year and the bait we used was claims. Granted I didn't catch anything as I didn't have a clue of how to fish for spades or any other type of fish. But with the help of the people on this website, I'm learning more and more with each post. Thanks Gigolot!

R/Lcypher

I am going to try bubble rap next season.

can spades be caught in the bay or are they more of an ocean dweller.

My technique is to pick them off the pilings of the CBBT. If you cruise alongside the pilings during slack tide, you can often spot them about 3' below. Those tend to be the smaller ones. Fish a foot or two below the visible ones to get the bigger ones. I fish almost on top of them and it doesn't seem to spook them much.

Small ones are great for making your pole jump around - you can tell a big boy because he makes a run peeling off line. I clamp down on the drag when fishing this way because the big ones inevitably run around the piling and bust you off. As soon as I set the hook, I try to turn them away from the piling. Also, I use 30lb braid due to the amount of muscling I have to do to keep them off the pilings. Even so, I lose several rigs fishing this way.

I have a small boat, so it is easy for me to maneuver to where I need to be - this technique would be problematic for anything larger than a 20'. You will also make good use of your rubrail, so if you want your boat to stay purty lookin', this technique ain't for you !

[quote=Donna Sea,Feb 20 2005, 09:50 PM][quote=Spaniard,Feb 20 2005, 02:14 PM]Could any one give me the coordinates for ches light.  I like to plot them in my GPS an try it some time during the Spring.
Thanks!!!
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I don't know how you could miss it. Launch at of Lynhaven and go east.

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Wow! Sarcasm!!!
Thats Nice!

Gigolot, is your Shimano 401 a freshwater reel? Shimano told me they made no LH reels (other than spinning) for saltwater.

Thanx. I take it you like the Catala...

[quote=Spaniard,Feb 23 2005, 03:34 AM][quote=Donna Sea,Feb 20 2005, 09:50 PM][quote=Spaniard,Feb 20 2005, 02:14 PM]Could any one give me the coordinates for ches light.  I like to plot them in my GPS an try it some time during the Spring.
Thanks!!!
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I don't know how you could miss it. Launch at of Lynhaven and go east.

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Wow! Sarcasm!!!
Thats Nice!

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Sorry.. Didn't mean to sound sarcastic..

We went to the C tower out of OI last july. Spade fish all over the place. We used small hooks and a piece of clam with a slit shot (Brim fishing learned that at age 4). They would not touch the rods with 14 pound test. But the ones with 6 and 8 pound test were constantly bent over. We would fight'm for a while, then the sharks and barracudas would hit'm. Only got a few in the boat. One cuda followed the head up a waited for me to throw it over. The cuda was about as long as the 8' beam on the boat. Got braid this year. Can t wait.

Yea,thats one tower I wouldnt get in the water .There are all kinds of Sharks on it Mako and Black tip

Mega Bite I had some young kids about 12-14 jump in off the transom out at tower C last summer , Sounds like its not a good idea to let them cool-off out there, they were'nt in the water long maybe 5min.
WHATS protocall for that kind of stuff?????????????
thanks for any imput.

It only takes about 1/10000 of a second for a Mako to react to a large splash.I wouldnt try that again.Tower A,B and C have a lot of cartilaginous species hanging around them.After live bateing off False Cape for the past 15 years or so I have a hard time taking my kids to the Beaches South of Va Bch.

thanks Mega Bite i had NO idea!!!!!!!!!!

Yeah I bought the Shimano corvalus baitcaster reel. I'm not real sure if it was a defect or what but I had to modify it to make the free spin, actually spin free. I've modified several items on the reel to make it work properly. It still takes 3 times the lubing as my el cheapo wal mart rods.