Catch of the Week - Historical

The "Sue Island Fishing Club" under the direction of Dave Paul booked the Jennifer-Ann on December 3rd for their club trip. They had 28 participants and wanted 3 boats for the outing. I made the arrangements for the other two boats and we split the group up accordingly. As you can see the Jennifer-Ann had a banner day. Three of the fish were over 30lbs each. Smiles all around. There are two weeks left in the Maryland season and I have dates open. Also I am moving the boat to Rudee Inlet for the winter striper season off the Virginia and North Carolina coast. If the seabass season is open I will target them also along with the chopper blues. Again call to book your date for an unforgettable experience. Tight lines. Capt.Charlie

On Saturday afternoon July 23rd,2011, Angela Carroll and friends fished aboard the Jennifer-Ann. Its really good news that we are able to catch such nice rockfish up to 32 inches in the middle of summer. The first order of business was to catch our bait which is live spot. Afterward I took the group to one of a number of places where we can catch these stripers. It only took a half an hour to limit out with overs and unders. We then spent the rest of the daylight hours catching spot and an occasional croaker and perch. The blues are starting to show up and the mackerel should be here this August. The night croaker fishing is good on some nights and not so good on others. However there is an area where croaker can be caught in the daytime in reasonable numbers.

As you can see there are still some nice stripers here besides the normal summer rock. This was Irving Shade and friends (13 total) out for a great day of fishing aboard the Jennifer-Ann. We first caught our limit of two stripers per person. I then broke out the spinning rods with bottom rigs and started to look for the white perch, spot and croaker. The first 3 stops were spotty. I then headed for the river where we caught over a hundred spot, white perch and croaker. A very good day. In addition I do an evening trip from 3 to 11pm for stripers, perch and croaker. Very soon we will be able to add bluefish to the menu. I have been catching the stripers either trolling , with live bait (spot), jigging and have recently tried chumming which to my surprise worked quite well. If any of this peaks your interest give us a call and book your trip aboard the Jennifer-Ann. Capt.Charlie

On Friday June 9th 2011, Bryan Stuller and friends fished aboard the Jennifer-Ann. As you can see there are still some big fish around. We caught our limit of stripers in about an hour including some up to 35 inches. I then took them to another area where we caught 175 white perch up to 12 inches. What a great day. In addition the evening croaker fishing is starting to heat up. I do a 3pm to 11pm trip where we catch our rockfish first and then set up for the croaker. As the summer wears on and the blues show up we can include them in our target species. Spot are starting to show up in numbers also. So in looks like a good summer season has started. Call today to reserve your date. Capt.Charlie

On Thursday May 19th, Rudy Rodriguez and friends spent the day on the Jennifer-Ann. As you can see they had a good catch. We were able to get each angler one fish over 28 inches and one fish under 28 inches. The smaller fish are starting to show up in numbers which signals the end of the trophy season. The stripers now are ranging in size from 18 inches to 25 inches with an occasional fish over 28 inches. Trolling is producing the quickest catches but chummers have been eaking out a limit also. If you would like to try a light tackle chumming trip give us a call. Also when the spot show up in a few weeks I will be live lining for the stipers and blues. In addition the evening fishing for croaker are starting to produce decent catches. My first evening croaker trip is this Sunday from 3pm to 11pm. This is an all day trip. We will catch our limit of stripers first and then proceed to the croaker grounds to set up for fast action bottom fishing for croaker and an occasional trout or bluefish.

Opening day 2011. April 16th . The Baltimore Fishing Club did not let 30 knots out of the Southeast stop them from their day on the bay. As you can see the fish bit good under extremely rough conditions. We were back by 11am. The fishing is continuing to be good this week. The water temperature is staying around 50 degrees which should hold the big fish here until the middle of May. I have a couple of days open in May for the trophy season or if you prefer come enjoy the summer fishery with your choice of a number of different species. Best of luck to you this year. Capt.Charlie

Here is an example of our spring fishery. This group fished on April 19th, 2010.

The big fish will be here generally thru the second week of May. Call now to book your trip.

On Saturday night Sylvia Smith and friends spent the day from 3pm to 11pm on the Jennifer-Ann. We caught our limit of stripers from 4 to 6pm and then went 12 miles to the croaker grounds. The croaker bite was fantastic.Everyone with a rod in their hand caught plenty. We headed back around 10pm. This pattern will continue through most of the summer. Starting next month the spanish mackerel will show up with good numbers of blues. Give me a call to book your day on the bay.

On Saturday June 19th Steve Cottman and family friends spent the day on the Jennifer-Ann. The stripers bit good in the morning as you can see. We trolled for these fish.Yesterday I tried live bait fishing and had six people. It took a long time to catch our 13 fishl. So with this large group I decided to troll. The live bait fishing will pick up in the next two weeks as the spot move in. We then spent the rest of the day bottom fishing catching some white perch, croaker and a few spot.

On Saturday May 22nd, Robert Moore and his friends fished aboard the Jennifler-Ann. As you can see the fish are smaller now with an occasional striper over 28 inches. In addition the limit is now 2 rockfish per person. The spot and croaker are beginning to show up with the bluefish also. Check out our combo trip from 3pm til 11pm for your striper limit and then spend the rest of the time in the evening targeting croaker 12-16 inches. Call or e-mail now to book your day on the bay.

On Tuesday May 5th,2010 a group of contractors and employees of Quality Built Homes enjoyed a day on the bay. The company gives each superintendent a day on the Jennifer-Ann to show their appreciation of a job well done. In turn the superintendents bring along their sub-contractors and employees. Here we have Superintendant John Edwards on the left with his group of 12 contractors. They had a great day catching their limit by 12 noon. The fish are running strong now and the big fish should be here at least another 2 weeks if not longer. Contact us to book your trip.

On opening day of the 2010 Maryland spring rockfish season Joe Fontaine and members of the Baltimore Fishing Club fished aboard the Jennifer-Ann the morning of April 17th. As you can see the big fish are here and will be here for the next 3 to 4 weeks. Call for your day on the bay.

On Wednesday November 18th, 2009, a group of retired D.C. firemen spent the day on the Jennifer-Ann. It was another great day with a limit of 16 big fish and 8 smaller fish. The weather was just right and the party had their hands full with steady action.

On Tuesday November 17th Bill Kalista and his business associates and friends spent the day on the Jennifler-Ann. Fishing was great along with good weather. This fishing should last into December.

Monday November 9th, 2009 was a good day for Tim Bean and his friends. The fishing was steady and a mixed bag of 30 to 40 inch fish and the 22 to 26 inch fish to make a nice catch. I have 4 days left in November and am moving to Virginia Beach on December 2nd. The Jennifer-Ann will be in Virginia Beach December, January and February. Check out the website at www.jenniferanncharters.com.

On Saturday September 19, Brian Lambe and a group of his friends spent the day on the Jennifer-Ann. We first spent some time in the river catching our bait (live spot) and then moved out the one of the fishing reefs in the bay near Solomons. The first reef produced a quick 8 stripers. Then the bluefish moved in and started to eat up our spot. So I moved out into the channel and found some breaking fish. We trolled for a while and caught a few more rockfish and a few blues. Then I went back to a another area and set up to live bait again. We then caught our remaining rockfish ( 9 overs and 7 unders). I took them back into the river where we refilled the bait barrel and they kept the bigger spot for the cooler.

On Friday September 18th Keith Whitely, owner of Phoenex Fire Extinguishing Systems, took 5 of his family members and friends fishing aboard the Jennifer-Ann. We headed out to the mouth of the Patuxent early and found breaking fish. Caught a few stripers and some blues. I then moved down the bay about 8 miles and put them on spanish mackerel and some more blues. I saved the best for last. On the way back we hit a little known hard area and dropped live spot there and filled out the limit with stripers up to 32 inches. The spanish mackerel will probably leave on the next cold snap. But the blues will be here through October and of course our rockfish will be getting bigger as the fall comes in. Book now for your day on the Jennifer-Ann.

On Wednesday September 2nd Steve Barker and a group of employees from his company SJB Packing and Moving fished aboard the Jennifer-Ann. Live lining for rockfish was the order of the day. We first caught our spot for bait and kept an additional 130 spot and a dozen of nice croaker for the cooler. The spot are still as big as your hand. Next I started working up the bay on the east side and found a few breaking fish. We dropped a couple of trolling rods with planers and spoons to see what was there. Hit a couple of keeper rock right off but the small school moved off and stopped feeding so I moved on. Quite a bit further up the bay we found what we were looking for and limited out with striper in quick order. In additon the catch included some mackerel and blues along with the keeper spot and croakers. There are some rock to be found close to Solomons and south of there along with plenty of mackerel and blues.

I have two evening croaker trips this weekend and will let you know how plentiful they still are.

On Friday August 31st, Paul Edelin and friends fished aboard the Jennifer-Ann on a 3pm to 11pm trip. We first caught our limit of stripers and then set up for croaker. It was slow starting but soon as the sun hit the tops of the trees they started biting. We had 164 croakers in about an hour and a half. The croaker will be here until the middle of September in good numbers. The mackerel are here now for about 3 to 4 weeks. Blues will be here until October and the stripers are generally here year round. Flounder are also here in good numbers but you need one 16.5 inches to keep and are only allowed one each. The flounder catch and keep is cut off September 13tth. In addition, the red drum are running strong but again there is a tight limit to keep at one per person at 18" to 27". Call now to book your trip.

On Friday July 3rd Jim Smith and friends fished a half day on the "Jennifer-Ann". We first spent an hour catching spot for bait to catch the rockfish. However they also wanted to catch a lot of spot to eat so I took them up the bay and put out the trolling rods and caught our limit of rockfish in no time and went back to catching more spot for their fish fry. Next time we will do the live bait fishing for the stripers when we have movre time.

On Friday afternoon July 3rd Bob Copland and 5 of his friends spent a half day aboard the Jennifer-Ann. We used live spot to catch our rockfish first. Since we had some time left so I took a chance and fished a new area for perch. We caught some nice perch as you can see. This type of fishing will be good all summer with the blues showing up and spanish mackerel in August and early September.

On Sunday June 28th the Jennifer-Ann took Tony O'brien and his entourage of 16 family, children, and friends fishing. We had a banner day. Left at 8 am and spent about an hour catching spot for our bait which we put into the live well ( barrel ) as seen on the back of the boat. Then we proceeded up the bay about 5 or 6 miles and anchored up in an area that looked promising for stripers. As the first live spot on a spinning rod went over we were hooked up. About an hour later we had our limit of two fish per person. They were nice fish. An average size of 22 -26 inches. I then took the group to another area where we caught all the big spot and nice perch you could want. Give us a call or drop me an e-mail. This is going to be a very good summer this year for all species.

On Sunday afternoon Mike Luginbill took his wedding party from the day before ( all 26 of them ) fishing on the Jennifer-Ann. We left at 1 pm and by 4 pm we had 42 rockfish when they said they had enough. As you can see the Jennifer-Ann can accomadate big groups as well as smaller groups. The fishing is great now and I am doing a 3-11 pm trip where we catch our limit of stripers and then go down the bay 18 miles and catch some bluefish if you want and then set up for croaker until about 10 pm. The croaker are up to 16 to 18 inches. Call to schedule your trip. This fishing will be good through the summer. The day trips will catch your stripers and then chase blues or bottom fish for spot, perch and croaker.

On Sunday June 7th, Steve Casey and friends spent the day fishing aboard the Jennfier-Ann. After catching their limit of stripers with live bait and light tackle we headed up the Patuxent River for a good catch (125) of croaker, white perch and spot. We are running day and evening trips for stripers, spot, white perch and croaker.

On Tuesday June 2nd Keith Whitely owner of Phoenix Fire Extinguishing Systems took 9 of his contractors and friends out for a day of live bait fishing on the Jennifer-Ann. After catching our limit of stripers on light tackle with live spot we headed inshore to catch over a 100 nice white perch, spot and croaker. By the way the night croaker bite is starting to turn on. Call for your date on the Bay.

On Saturday May 23rd, 2009 Tim Bean and friends fished aboard the Jennifer-Ann. As you can see there are still some big fish being caught. However as time wears on they will be harder to come by. In addition we have begun to live bait the rockfish with light tackle. The spot are starting to show up in numbers and the stripers are eating them up. We are now booking live bait trips using spinning rods and live spot.

On Friday April 24th, Larnie Bradford and his brother Jody Bradford and 7 of their friends had a great day on the Jennifer-Ann. The season started off to a slow start but it appears the late spawn is beginnig to end and the fish are moving out of the tributaries.

On 4-27-09 Superintendent Steve Cristell of Quality Built Homes took out a group of 13 of his sub-contractors. As you can see the fishing has picked up dramatically after a slow first week. I have a scattering of weekdays in May and Sunday May 10th which is Mothers day open.

On Saturday January 10th Kirk McWilliams and 9 of his friends fished aboard the Jennifer-Ann. Even though the wind was howling we were able to catch our limit of big stripers. Call to book your trip. We will be fishing through February in Virginia Beach and then back to Solomons Md for the spring rockfish run in April.

On Friday January 9th, Dave Paugh and friends fished aboard the Jennifer-Ann in the Virginia Beach Rockfish Shootout tournament. We caught fish up to 47lbs. We did not place in the money but placed in the top 10. I have 6 days open in January and a few days in February

On Friday December 19th and Saturday December 20th, Joe Hart and friends fished aboard the Jennifer-Ann out of Rudee Inlet, Virginia Beach. We limited out both days with 22 fish each day. I have scattered days open in January and February. Also, if you book two days in a row I offer a discount on the second day. Book your trip today.

Robert Moore and his friends spent a Saturday aboard the Jennifer Ann. We are fishing out of Rudee Inlet in Virginia Beach. The striper fishing is hot. Also there are scattered bluefish around until the water cools down. In addition I am running seabass trips on selected weather days as it is a long ride to the wrecks. I have open days in December, January, and February.

On Sunday November 23rd, Jody Bradford and 12 of his friends went fishing aboard the Jennifer-Ann. As you can see a good time and catch was had by all. I am booking for Virginia Beach in December, January and February. The bluefin tuna are close inshore now mixed in with the big blues they are eating.. I will be targeting these until the big rock show up in the middle of December.

Today Friday November 14th, Jim Welsh and 7 of his friends spent the day on the Jennifer-Ann. We headed SE for 15 miles and caught at least 25 rock 22 to 24 inches and kept 9 for the crew. I then took them to the deep water where we caught their limit of 8 more rock averaging 36 to 40 inches. We were back at the dock at 12 pm. I have a few weekdays open in November and don't forget the unforgettable fishing in Virginia Beach December thru February. I have dates down there available.

Today Friday October 10th a group from JK Developement Co. Inc.led by their owner Mr John Chilimigras and his assistant Alana spent the day on the Jennifer-Ann. We used live spot and light tackle to catch our limit of 15 rockfish up to 32 inches. In addition we also caught 56 bluefish. We finished up the day in the river catching spot for tomorrows trip. I have next Saturday October 18th open. Drop me an e-mail using the link on the website or call 410-320-2517.

On Saturday September 13th Tim Hobson and his group were on their second trip this week with the Jennifer-Ann. We caught 200 lbs of mackerel, blues, rockfish and spot and one 20 inch trout. The majority of fish were mackerel and blues. The mackerel will be moving out soon and the rockfishing will pick up. I have two days left in September and numerous days in October and November. Also remember that the Jennifer-Ann moves to Rudee Inlet in Virginia Beach November 30th to fish for the big stripers and blues in the Atlantic Ocean during December and January.

On Friday August 22nd A.J Felling and Shawn Gowalski hosted a group of business associates for a day of fishing aboard the Jennifer-Ann. We spent the afternoon chasing breaking fish catching our rockfish, bluefish and spanish mackerel.

On Saturday July 12th Jeff Gillaugh of the Carlisle, Pa area and his 8 friends went fishing aboard the Jennifer-Ann. We left at 2pm and caught spot for bait. Using light tackle the group quickly caught their limit of stripers some up to 34 inches. I then took them 20 miles down the bay and spent a couple of hours trolling for blues.

After boating 16 blues we set up for croaker fishing as dark approached. After moving 3 times we found the right area and proceeded to fill a 160 quart cooler with nice croaker from 12 to 15 inches. This type of fishing should be good through August.

On Saturday July 5th Aleksey Veretenov brought a group from the Russian Embassy down for a late afternoon day of fishing aboard the Jennifer-Ann. As you can see by the smiles it was a successful one. We caught our limit of stripers using live bait and finished the day fishing for spot and perch.

On Friday June 28th, Keith Whitely owner of Phoenix Fire Extinguishing Systems took his associates and friends for a day on the Jennifer-Ann. As you can see we caught a limit of 24-32 inch stripers using live bait on spinning rods. We then finished up the day catching white perch and spot with a few croaker thrown in.I have 14 days available in July.

On Friday and Saturday June 20th and 21st. the "Eastside Anglers" from Buffalo, NY led by Doug Cook on the left in the green shirt fished aboard the Jennifer-Ann for the fourth straight year. We caught our limit of 28 inches plus stripers and their limit of 18" plus stripers in quick order using live spot and light tackle which you can see hanging from the overhead. In addition, we then moved to another area and filled the rest of the fish box with 8-10 inch perch, spot and an occasional 12inch croaker. I have one day left in June and a few scatterd days in July.

On Tuesday June 10th a group of Giant Food employees led by Marty Kirkpatrick fished aboard the Jennifer-Ann. We caught our limit of 23 fish in about 2 hours with fish up to 32 inches. With the two heat pumps pumping out cold air the crew was able to cool themselves in the sweltering heat while we fished. In addition, the croaker fishing is starting to pick up in the evenings and the spot are starting to show up which means live bait fishing on light tackle. Please call or e-mail to book your trip.

Billy Vanwormer one of Quality Built Homes superindentants brought out his subs and assistants for a day on the Jennifer-Ann. What a day it was. I still have 3 days open in May.

On Tuesday May 6th John Edwards of Quality Built Homes brought some of his subcontractors out for a half day of fishing aboard the Jennifer-Ann. We left the dock at 6:00am and had limited out by 8:30am. The fishing will be good for the big stripers for 2 to 3 more weeks. I have a few week days available. Capt.Charlie

On Sunday afternoon April 27th,2008 Dave Dipietro and 9 of his friends including his son caught their limit of trophy stripers on the Jennifer-Ann while fishing off of Cove Point.

Quality Built Homes Inc. gives each superindentant a day on the Jennifer-Ann which they bring the employees and subs that can get away. This is superintendant Tony Madison and some of his group on Tuesday April 22nd.

The weather has been perfect since Friday January 4th, 2008. On Sunday January 6th and Monday January 7th a group from the Baltimore area led by Dave Paul went fishing on the Jennifer-Ann out of Rudee Inlet, Virginia Beach. There were eight anglers and we caught our limit of 20 stripers including 3 over 35lbs.

On Wednesday December 12th 2007 Jennifer-Ann Charters took a group organizated by Cliff Zea and Wally Dennison out for a day of fishing in the Atlantic. There were 12 anglers and two crew who kept a total of 28 stripers the biggest which was 40 lbs being held by Otis Ricks of Virginia Beach in the foreground. Also we boated 24 blues weighing in at an average of 14 lbs. Some can be seen in the trash can to the left.

On Sunday November 25th, 2007 Ron Demory and the Buck and Bass Club of Frederick, Md had their limit of 9 over 28 inch fish and 4 nice under ranging from 24 to 27 inches. I am moving the Jennifer-Ann to Virginia Beach Monday December 3rd and fishing out of Rudee Inlet for the ocean stripers and blues during December and January. The fishing is fantastic and the rooms are cheap.Call now to reserve your day.

Dale Gertz of Quality Built Homes Inc and friends on 11-18-2007 caught their limint of stripers. A few were over 28 inches. The big fish are slow coming this year due to the warm fall.

Jennifer-Ann Charters took Jeff Gillaugh and friends from the Carlisle, Pa. area fishing on November 5th. Believe it or not we used live spot to catch our limit of stripers and about 20 bluefish. I turned south at Cedar Point and kept checking various hills and hard bottoms until I located the fish. After catching our rock and blues we returned to the Patuxent River to fish for perch. We ended up with 19 rockfish, 20 blues, and 147 white perch. There are some large stripers being caught trolling, The cold front coming this evening and the resultant drop in water temperature will move these bigger stripers out into the mainstream of the middle bay. I have 7 days left in November, Please call to reserve your day. Also keep in mind that I move the Jennifer-Ann to Rudee Inlet in Virginia Beach the week after Thanksgiving to fish for the big stripers and blues in the ocean.

On August 12th,2011 Shawn Gowatski of Testex Corporation took out a group of from Genon of Chalk Point Power Plant fishing aboard the Jennifer-Ann. A good time was had by all. We first caught our bait (live spot) and then proceeded to move to the rockfish grounds to catch the tasty striped bass. The live bait fishing should be good thru September or as long as we have the spot around. In addition the bluefish have arrived along with a few Spanish mackerel. The croaker bite in the evening has improved also. There are a few red drum being caught but unfortunately we are not allowed to keep them.