Virginia Offshore Sport Fishing, Striper Fishing Charters in Virginia Beach

Jeff Adams Fishing Adventures serves anglers for a wide variety of fishing trips that includes productive bottom fishing in Chesapeake Bay to trophy striper fishing along Virginia Beach to finally going offshore to let anglers get in on some Virginia Beach deep drop wreck fishing.

Fishing in Virginia Beach ranks as the top place to fish in the entire mid Atlantic region on most angler's lists. Virginia Beach fishing ranks as some of the best because of the many opportunities the region offers to anglers and we mean all anglers from the first timers to the seasoned veterans. Virginia Beach is a large and well known tourist city especially along the ocean front and the awesome Virginia Beach fishing is a major tourist draw for the city.

Visiting anglers come from up and down the Atlantic seaboard for Virginia Beach striper fishing, deep sea wreck fishing, and big game billfishing including the many tournaments that targets each of those types of fishing. With the world famous Chesapeake Bay on the north side of Va beach, numerous wrecks just off the coast, and the Gulfstream farther offshore, Virginia Beach fishing opportunities offer something of interest to every angler.

As winter time rolls in and while many anglers think the fishing in Virginia Beach will slow down or come to an end there are other anglers and charter services that know the fishing is really just starting to get good. Striper fishing in Virginia Beach is one of the hottest tickets along the East Coast from January to March. With trophy striper being caught on a regular basis the Va Beach area has become a major winter time stop for anglers on the striper trail or the local anglers that wait all year for the spectacular Virginia Beach striper fishing run.

During Virginia Beach striper fishing season you will find striper tournaments up and down the east coast and one of the largest if not the largest striper tourney is held in early January in Virginia Beach. For a couples days the Annual Virginia Beach Rockfish Tourney attracts hundreds of boats looking to score big in the tournament. Boats and anglers will visit the area for some of that great Virginia Beach striper fishing from up and down the east coast and some from as far away as the west coast. If you would like to fish the Virginia Beach Rockfish Tournament then you can hire a fishing charter service like Adams Fishing Adventures to fish the rockfish tourney.

• The major inlet for the Virginia Beach charter boat fleet is Rudee Inlet located on the south end of the Va Beach oceanfront.

• Fishing in Virginia Beach is basically year round for one species or another except a couple months in the relatively short winters.

• Inlets and fishing areas of the lower Chesapeake Bay include Lynnhaven Inlet, Little Creek Inlet, Willoughby, Hampton, and the Northern Neck.

Chesapeake Bay Fishing, Bottom Fishing Charters

A look at the Virginia Chesapeake Bay from a regional area marine chart. This area of the Bay is right at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay between Fisherman's Island and Cape Henry.

The Chesapeake Bay is known around the world and at one time the famous Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel was considered one of the seven man-made wonders of the world. To anglers fishing in the Chesapeake Bay the bridge tunnel still is considered a wonder of the world. A fishing wonder that is because the 17.6 mile span of bridge with it's underwater tunnels surrounded by rock and debris is one big artificial reef that holds many species of fish. The bridge attracts many different species of fish which in turn draws in anglers to fish the famous bridge from all across the nation.

Fishing in Chesapeake Bay means you are likely to catch a nice variety of bottom feeding species that move in and out of the Bay with the seasons. Chesapeake Bay bottom fishing is probably the most popular way to fish for most anglers. Bottom fishing the Chesapeake Bay is the best way to catch flounder, drum, spot and croaker.

Bottom fishing in Chesapeake Bay though is just one technique used and others include trolling, casting, or using live bait. Any one of these tactics will possibly yield spanish mackerel, striper, cobia, and a few other species.

Virginia Beach Deep Sea Fishing, Deep Drop Fishing

Virginia Beach deep sea fishing or to be more precise deep drop fishing is a very popular way of fishing that involves fishing sunken shipwrecks, subs, airplanes, or other debris that lies up to and sometimes over 300 feet down. As most of your know smaller fish are attracted to sunken items like this on the bottom as they use it for shelter and even feed off the growth on the sunken object, just like a reef. Larger fish and larger predators are also attracted to the wreck as they too are insearch of food and shelter.

Sometime these reefs and wrecks are very deep and you have to let your line go a long way down before you hit bottom so the term deep drop fishing was coined. Anglers will use rod n reels that are outfitted to make make this deep water fishing as easy as possible, especially on an anglers winding arm. Fishing these deep water wrecks off the Virginia coast will yield species like blueline tilefish, golden tilefish, jumbo sea-bass, and sometimes a fish that is rare for Virginia waters like a grouper.
When you are ready to give Virginia Beach deep drop fishing a try be sure to call or contact Captain Jeff Adams and he will answer all your questions and set your trip up.