THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Monday, October 31, 1994 TAG: 9410310153
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: C5 EDITION: FINAL
COLUMN: FISHING REPORT
SOURCE: BY BOB HUTCHINSON, OUTDOORS EDITOR
LENGTH: Short : 29 lines
While hundreds of striped bass have been caught by Virginia fishermen since the state's 32-day season opened at 12:01 a.m. Thursday, there have been no reports of really big rockfish.
Stripers have been scattered along the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel and hovering near many other bridges, tunnels and causeways in Hampton Roads, as well as along both shores of the Chesapeake and out in open Bay waters.
Most stripers have weighed between 6 and 10 pounds. It takes a boated 40-pounder or a released 44-incher to earn a citation award from the Virginia Salt Water Fishing Tournament.
Elsewhere, some outstanding bigeye tuna and king mackerel action has developed off the North Carolina Outer Banks, with a few big speckled trout scattered about inshore waters of Virginia and North Carolina.
Shellcracker made a good late-season showing at Lake Prince in Suffolk, with freshwater anglers also reporting a few big white perch. by CNB