November 17th
Delaware Head Boat Trip

Go rock fishing with the chapter for $55 at Indian River Inlet, Delaware See Walt Shaw at the meeting to sign up & pay or call him at 301-662-4481, on board the boat "Capt Bob II" 2 each rockfish 28" & over. 8 h.r trip live lining with eels. Cost $55 pp at dock. Name: Hookum & Cookum' Charters, Capt Burt Adams 302-266-8220 Boat leaves at 8am.

Meet at Park & Ride across from National Guard Armory on Rt. 144 East at 4:00am -4:15am. Leave 4:30am sharp. I have 2 portable radios for communication between carpools.

Direction: Cross Bay Bridge - turn left on 404 - stay on 404 thru Bridgeville, Del. - cross 13 onto 18E, turn onto 113-S, 113-S onto 26-E, 26-E onto 1-N, cross Inlet Bridge. Stay in Left lane- continue on the entrance road past the Coast Guard station - First marina on the left- Capt Bob II & Judy V tied up at the dock

See Walt at the Nov 14th meeting for a head count or call 301-662-4481.

2007 Captain of the Year Results
Bay Captain Bryan Etzler is sitting in 6th place with only the fall tournament to go. He is only 22.1 points behind the leader. Bluewater Captain - Bryan Etzler finished 6th overall and this is final. Congratulations to Bryan. Overall Captain - Bryan is in 5th place and Rob Pellicot is in 6th.

Dinner in January
Come and join your fellow fishing partners for a night of fine dining and dancing. We will be holding our annual dinner at Dutchess Daughter on Friday January 11, 2008. This year the club will have a DJ for your listening and dancing pleasure. The party will start about 7:00 PM and last until midnight. The cash bar will be open throughout. Ticket prices are $30.00 per person. Many Raffle prizes will be presented to the lucky individuals who's ticket is drawn. It's on a Friday so come and have a good time. Tickets will be available starting with the October meeting, remember no tickets will be sold at the door.

Spring Rockfish News
We have just received word from the main MSSA that the Trophy Rockfish Season next year will be from April 19- May 13 & we will not be fishing under a cap. This is great news as we will be able to keep 1 fish per person @ 28" minimum. There will be a no fish possession May 14-15. May 16 will be a 2 fish per person limit with an 18" minimum and one can be over 28".
MSSA Main Spring Tournament Changes
Early Bird Registration = $200
Regular Registration = $250
There is also a new category $500 Calcutta, winner take all.

New Releases: ATTENTION
Two new news releases:

FYI About Rockfish in VA

Pulling a Trailer in North Carolina

Chincoteague Island, VA
Fishing Report by Charlie Koski

Fall where, not here at least not as of 10/24. Water temps are still in the 70's. Fishing has been good for the few that are going. Must have caught 30 flounder the other day, no keepers but a lot of ones that should have been. Also Red Drum can be caught the backside and front side of Fisherman Point of Assateague. Trigger fish, small sea bass, tautog at the wrecks. Unfortunately I broke a throttle cable after a sunset cruise on Sunday and am out of the water for the season. Will still be out fishing when I can.

Offshore, Wahoo are still being brought in & Ray Twiford on the October Moon did an overnighter last week & had 8 Yellowfin, a Sword and a hoo. All YF were over 70 lbs. With this cold front moving in not sure what affect it will have on the fishing. Should move the large stripers in since we have only seen some some small ones around the bridge pilings. Come on down and get in on the piscatorial plethora. Tight Lines.

For daily fishing reports check out www.captbobs-marina.com/
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and
www.stevesbaitandtackle.com/
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Chesapeake Bay Fishing Report
by Captain Ed Susa
Bluefish, bluefish & more bluefish. Seems most of the action lately has been big blues hitting spoons & surgical hoses trolled at medium depths 100-150ft back dominated the action throughout the bay. Live liners complained of these hungry bluefish tearing up their spot & eating everything but the hook. I don't know how the hell they can eat all but a small chunk right up to the hook, but it happens.

I heard that some rockfish were still being caught live ling at the # 86 buoy north of Chesapeake Beach & they're still slamming them around buoy # 72 in the southern portion of the bay, but the spot are moving out & harder to find. Bluefish are out numbering the rockfish 5 to 1 at buoy # 4 in the False Channel.

Trolling has seen some larger fish in the mid 30" range from the radar Towers south to Parker's Creek in 36-50 ft of water. Medium & small bucktails with 6" sassy shads fished from deep to medium depths are the ticket.

Small pods of trout have been found in 30-50 ft of water in the False channel & in the Mouth of the Little Choptank & jigging with 2oz stingsilvers have been producing fish to 14".

Warm weather has delayed the arrival of larger fish, but you can see the baitfish schooling up all over & with this cold spell the big fish should be on their way.

Good luck and Hit'em hard.