|  |
|
Tuesday, July 5, 2016
Great Summer Fishing!
Thursday, April 7, 2016
In
2015, Diamond Fishing Charters was voted a favorite by the locals! We have been
fishing Maryland's Chesapeake Bay since 1992. Most of the fishing season we
depart from Anchor Bay East Marina/Hard Yacht Café which is located at 8500
Cove Road, Dundalk Maryland 21222. Docked at the Hard Yacht Cafe is our fishing
vessel named "Diamond". Diamond Fishing Charters offers 7 hour and 5
hour fishing charters, 2 per day, 7 days a week. Every year we start fishing
around the middle of April and finish up the season at the end of December. Our pricing ranges from *$450-*$650 per charter. We specialize in catching rock fish;
others might know them as "stripers". And even after 20+ years of
fishing on the Chesapeake Bay, we still find it very enjoyable. Please feel free to e-mail of call captain Charlie if you have any further questions, thanks in advance!
In Maryland, rock fishing is good from mid-April
until the end of December. This year, Maryland changed our regulations again.
Now during the trophy fishing season we can only keep fish that measure 35” and
above. The trophy sized (35" and above) rock fish can be caught from
mid-April until mid-May at the latest. To catch these large fish, we will be
trolling 25 rods. Assisting 14 of these rods will be a set of 150' planerboard lines. We only have about 3 good weeks to catch these trophy migratory
rock fish in the Chesapeake Bay. So, if you’re ever interested in one of these
charters, and your schedule isn't flexible, try to let us know months in
advance. Trophy season charters will cost around *$650 and after May 15th
the prices drop to *$600. After these trophy fish have left the bay, we'll
switch over to using lighter fishing rods and we’ll be catching rock fish of
various sizes. On May the 15th Maryland’s regulations changeover to 2 fish per
guest with a minimum of 20” to keep. However, the guests are only allowed to
keep 1 fish over 28”per guest, but if they keep this over 28” fish, they can
only possess 1 fish between 20” and 28”, NOT two. During the summer-fall season
we use different techniques to catch these mid-sized rock fish. The most
productive way seems to be trolling with very short 50’ planer board lines. We
also chum and use cut bait to catch these fish.
 |
| Planer Set Up |
 |
| Chesapeake Bay Planer Boards |
Bottom fishing is best from early June to
late October. We offer these charters Monday-Thursday only. While on one of
these charters, you can expect to catch perch, spot, small blue fish, and some
croaker (hard head). These 5 hour bottom fishing charters will cost *$450 and
we'll normally have less than a 30 minute boat ride to the fishing grounds.
When we are bottom fishing, we will be using spinning reels spoiled with 10 lbs.
test line. Top and bottom rigs baited with cut worm, squid, or shrimp
(depending on what's running) seem to work best for catching these type of fish.
*prices
do not include a tip for the mate and a 20% tip is customary.
Sunday, June 3, 2012
Spring's Over!!!
We'll it's over now! And what a good time it was! The first two weeks of the fishing season was some of the best fishing we have ever seen as far as spring fishing goes. Catching a limit of rock fish was not hard to come by the first two weeks of the season. After that we had to work a little for them but we got them. The best part was that we didn't have to go far to get them either. This is a really good thing when fuel prices are through the roof. 
Now that the Spring season has come to an end we are now back up in Baltimore fishing close to home. Fishing has been good so far, we have had or bad days but over all pretty good. The weather has been great with the winds staying mostly still. We have had to run a little further then the past years to catch the fish but with a little extra work it has been paying off. This is just the beginning of the summer season so things should pick up nicely.
Monday, July 26, 2010
Great Summer Time Fishing!
Reel Diamond Fishing Charters out of Baltimore is having one great year! Since the beginner of the year we have had a great catching ratios.
So far, this summer has been one of the best we have seen. Feel free to visit or summer fishing pictures http://www.pbase.com/reel_diamond/root to see some of this hot action. We have had a lot of happy friends this year on the boat. The fish have taken their normal summer time patterns as we switch down to smaller baits as we get deeper into the year. Seems like this year the rock fish have been favoring the .25 oz buck tail while trolling on or near the bottom. Sometimes while trolling all 6 rods are catching fish at the same time. Another good thing we have seen this year is a lot less sick fish and less dead zones in the water.
Another trophy rock fishing season is just around the corner. In about 2 months we will be moving the Reel Diamond down to Solomon's Island, MD. Last winter we fishing out of Cape Charles, Va for the big fish. But, this year we will be staying a little closer to home due to the economy. The charters will be cheaper and less travel time for everyone. See you this winter!
Friday, April 9, 2010
Only 9 Days Before Opening Day
Well, we only have 9 more days left before the big 2010 opening day for trophy rock fishing! We did end up purchasing the new 1997 42' Jones. What a great ride with plenty of extra room for the family. Listening and reading all the catch and release reports the fishing seems to be on the right track. Even though the surface water temps are a little higher than usual the fish should be around for awhile. Next week it will be chilling off a little bit and good winds will cool down these temps.
This season the c&r guys have had a few regulation changes. The season ran from March 22nd to April 16th. While only being allowed to fish 6 rods/vessel has made catching a little more challenging.
Our fishing reports and post will be starting April 17th as long as we have enough time at the end of our long days. We wish everyone the best of luck this year and safe boating!
Capt. Charlie
Friday, February 5, 2010
Monday, January 25, 2010
New Season is Upon US.
The 2010 trophy season is right around the corner. Luckily for the captains in the Maryland portion of the Chesapeake bay there have not been any new restrictions for the 2010 season except for a federal fishing license. Unfortunately though, there are some in the works like: the length of planner board lines and our catch and release season issues. Anyway, hopefully the 2010 season will be as good as our 2009 season. Over all catching fish was the easy part last year and getting people on the boat was a little harder. The Baltimore fishing charter business has been happily consistent for the past five years though. At Diamond Fishing Charters we are working on getting a new boat for the new season and if all goes well we will be fishing it in the spring. Our blogs will be posted daily or weekly with fishing reports after April 17th. For more info visit http://www.reeldiamond.com/ -capt. charlie
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)