Sorry Charlie, it’s just not a very good time to be you in the blue waters of the mid-Atlantic. Not with the hundreds of boats trolling baits from the Carolinas to Maryland – some of them with four-ballyhoo spreads to those towing as many as eight. We understand that you just can’t resist these kinds of offerings. And then, Charlie,…
He had a love of hot sauces and spices, a passion for fishing and a dedication to community. He had two sons, three step children, two step grandchildren and a wife – Helen. He also, apparently, had a love of wildlife. Bill Jenkins was running a charter fishing trip Thursday when he noticed a sea turtle tangled in some sort…
Throughout the last couple of weeks, a Norfolk-based lawyer and diehard angler has been working diligently behind the scenes on a Declatory Judgement and Injunction Action designed to get Virginia’s charter fishing industry to full operation. Alex Bell was scheduled to file that 38-page motion on behalf of Matador Sport Fishing Charters Friday morning. But on Thursday, the Virginia Marine…
The Virginia Marine Resources Commission today issued clarifications and modifications to its requirements for the charter fishing industry in the state. After being declared a non-essential business at the outbreak of Covid-19, charter fishing was reopened last Friday per the governor’s orders for Phase I. Many captains complained the the state’s requirements issued May 15 were unclear, as well as…
It’s going to be far from perfect, but it’ll be better than nothing. After suffering through a couple of months of closure because of Vovid-19, Virginia charter captains will be allowed to resume business on May 15. There will be some daunting restrictions. As if skippers don’t have enough paperwork, rules and regulations on their hands as it is. They…
