THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Monday, November 13, 1995 TAG: 9511130157
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: C6 EDITION: FINAL
SOURCE: BY BOB HUTCHINSON, OUTDOORS EDITOR
LENGTH: Short : 41 lines
Virginia anglers have caught untold numbers of striped bass in the Chesapeake Bay since the fall season opened Oct. 17. But so far, giant stripers have been elusive.
Stripers are scattered around tunnels, bridges and piers throughout the lower Chesapeake Bay. A few have even been pulled from the surf on the Outer Banks. But no giants.
It takes a 40-pound rockfish to earn a citation award from the Virginia Salt Water Fishing Tournament. Or a 44-inch fish, if it's released.
Meanwhile, big speckled trout have made their presence known, both in Hampton Roads and on the Outer Banks.
The heaviest reported speck of recent days was an 8-pound, 15-ounce fish reported from Lynnhaven Bay in Virginia Beach by Jeffrey Kevin Scott of Chesapeake. The Outer Banks heavyweight was a 7-8 speck caught from the surf just north of the Kitty Hawk Pier by Sean Mulligan of Kitty Hawk.
Elsewhere, red drum staged a good showing at Cape Point on Hatteras during the middle of the week, with several fish in excess of 40 inches measured and released. One of the biggest was a 52-incher set free by Nick Durney of Virginia Beach.
Charles Flanigan of Orlando, Fla., boated one of the year's heaviest East Coast wahoo, a 90-pounder caught off Hatteras. Appropriately, he was aboard the charter boat Wahoo.
D.L. Schmidt of Suffolk earned two freshwater citations at Western Branch Reservoir. He had a 13-inch yellow perch and a 13-inch white perch.
A rundown of recent catches: [For a list of recent catches, see microfilm for this date.] by CNB