Fishing Report
Atlantic Ocean and Coastal Bays, VA
Summary: 9/11/25 - Surf anglers are enjoying fishing for pompano along the beaches of Assateague, along with a mix of kingfish, croakers, spot, flounder, and bluefish. At the inlet area, sheepshead and tautog are being caught along the jetty rocks on sand fleas and fiddler crab baits. Flounder fishing in the inlet has been good and striped bass and bluefish are being caught by casting soft plastic jigs or drifting cut bait. The back bay waters are slowly clearing up after being stained by Hurricane Erin. The incoming tide has proven to offer some of the better flounder fishing due to the influx of cleaner water. Gulp baits have been catching some of the larger flounder and anglers fishing with squid are enjoying catching croakers. The anglers fishing at the offshore wreck and reef sites are enjoying good catches of black sea bass and a mix of triggerfish and flounder. Anglers targeting flounder at the inshore wreck and reef sites are catching limits of large ones. Anglers fishing at the canyons have been enjoying exceptional catch-and-release fishing for white marlin and returning to port with many release flags flying. Gaffer size dolphin and a few yellowfin tuna are also being caught while trolling. Small dolphin are being found near the lobster buoys and caught by casting lures with spinning gear. Blueline tilefish are rounding out catches for anglers fishing at the canyons.