Capt. Pete Ide, Charter Fishing, Solomons, MD

Overall, fishing was not great this weekend, but we really kicked butt! Limits on all trips, despite the fact that many boats out of Solomons struggled and caught only 1-4 fish per trip. We averaged 8, and I was super-psyched. Dave was with me on Saturday and was a big help. He made a huge difference.

Days like today are why I do this job. Flat seas again, and big fish jumping on the boat!

Opening weekend went MUCH better than last year! We caught a bad tide and it was rough for Sunday morning and Monday morning, but other than that things went very well with limits on all other trips. Yesterday’s trip was FANTASTIC with slick-calm sea conditions and beautiful, sunny weather. We caught 10 fish, up to around 40 inches in less than an hour. We never got more than the planer board lines out.

Fishing and the weather were FANTASTIC yesterday. We caught 40 fish in 5 hours for Adam’s research. Most of them had spawned, so indications are that our suspicions that the fish were in the rivers spawning last week likely were correct. Opening Day is just two days away. It’s good there are lots of fish out there.

I have a couple of spots available on a trip for Sunday morning, April 25 for trophy rockfish season. You can reserve a spot by calling or emailing. I would like to get at least two additional people, but would be happy to have one.

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More research fishing yesterday. It seemed the fish may have been moving into the river to spawn with all the hot weather. It was pretty slow but we still caught 10 for Adam’s study. If the weather keeps on like this, we should have a great croaker run this summer!

We did more research sampling today. We caught 24 fish including this 48-inch, 50.6-pound specimen. Fishing was slow in the morning as we had a roaring ebb tide. As the tide slowed, the bite picked up and we ended up with a good catch. It was a little breezy in the morning, but the afternoon was slick calm and quite warm. We never saw another fishing boat. It’s a great time to go fishing, and if you’d like to go before the season opens, we can catch-and-release. I’m offering a special price between now and April 17, so if you have any interest, call for details.