Cape Charles Fishing Report, 02-03 November: Clare Hooks Up

Get your minds out of the gutter.  This is a family-friendly fishing blog.

I meant, with a Redfish. Uh..., time to move on from the double entendre....

Clare and Bery Edmonston joined us at Cape Escape this past weekend to take advantage of the fall Redfish action.  My thumb's unfortunate encounter with a lure had kept me off the water for a couple of days. But, with the wound reasonably healed, and buoyed by healthy doses of antibiotics, it was time to get back on the water.  Especially when the weekend's forecast looked like the catching would continue.

And the solunar calendar was spot on.  Saturday, we got on the water around 11:30 AM to wade the outgoing tide.  Temps were in the low 60s, as was the water temp.  Skies were partly cloudy to mostly sunny.  A bit of a breeze, but coming from the NE, so the water remained pretty flat most of the day. 

Not long after the first few casts the catching began.

It was one of those days when just about everything we threw at the fish resulted in hookups.  Just to experiment, we brought along some live minnows.  They worked, but having to go back to the bucket kept us off the fish.  So Clare and Bery switched to soft plastics (paddletails in Electric Chicken) under popping corks, which the Redfish devoured.  The Dine XL (purple with chartreuse belly) and Salt Strong Skinny Lipper (white) were also productive.

Not only did Clare score her first Cape Charles Red, but she wound up at the top of the leader board, and also pulled in some nice keeper Reds.

The action was consistent until around 2:30.  Then it was off to the filet table and college football.  

Doesn't get any better.  And, fingers crossed, with temps still hanging in the high 60s to low 70s, the fishing should stay good through the month.

Tight Lines,

Mikey D Fishing