Capt. Pete Ide, Charter Fishing, Solomons, MD

The Spanish Mackerel have showed up in fair numbers. This was the first one of the year, caught a couple of weeks ago. Also, check out this peculiar little guy. It’s a burr fish. We actually caught three this year. In the oddball category as well we have caught four stingrays, quite a few whiting and even a keeper sea trout. It’s sad that trout are now a novelty, but that’s what they’ve been reduced to.

On a recent trip, we caught nine keeper flounder, including a beautiful 21-incher. Above is a picture of long-time customer Phil Wagner with that beauty along with the pride of Baltimore, a Natty Boh. Phil is a very cool cat who was once the manager of the world famous Mayflower Hotel in downtown Washington. He has some great stories about some very famous people including J. Edgar Hoover and President Lyndon Johnson.

The past few weeks have been great for big, fat croaker. There have also been lots of small bluefish and a couple bunches of big (30-50 lbs.) redfish around.

A couple weeks ago we had the privilege of having Brian Westbrook of the Eagles on the boat along with some of his friends and family. If you are a football fan, you know Westbrook is a great player who kicks butt on the field. It was lots of fun and Westbrook is a very cool guy.