Inshore waters surrounding buoy 16 yielded nice catches of flounder and a 7-2 flatfish for Kevin Johnston. Good numbers of flounder were also reported off Cape Charles. Roger also received several reports of flounder around the jetty and from Blackberry Hang. Smith Point Marina also reported impressive weekend catches of large Spanish mackerel measuring to 30 inches. Trollers are finding the best concentrations of mackerel, plus some taylor blues, while working the channel edges north and south of Smith Point Light.
Croaker remain reasonably abundant but are much smaller in size.
Locklies Marina told of good catches of spot and croaker off Parrots Island and at the Silos, where a few bluefish to nearly 8 pounds were boated last week. Flounder catches remain above average around the route 3 bridge. Garretts Marina said weekend catches included croaker and a few spot with buoy 19 the most productive local spot. Virginia Beach - The fleet of headboats running from the Virginia Beach Fishing Center continues to work the mouth of the Bay, returning with good hauls of croaker plus a few trout and flounder. Offshore, most of the fleet reported catching and releasing or at least seeing white marlin in the baits over the weekend.