| Hot Spot: Virginia Beach, Virginia Species: Cobia | |
| By Ric Burnley |
Source: sportfishingmag |
7/27/2022 |
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Credit: Above Average Sportfishing |
In the lower Chesapeake Bay, summertime means hot action on big cobia. Fishing out of Virginia Beach, Captain Ben Shepherd of Above Average Sportfishing (757-621-5094) has been sight fishing for cobia northwest of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel, along the split in the York River channel. |
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Shepherd’s primary tactic is hunting cobia that are swimming just below the surface. To find cruising cobia, Shepherd slowly drives his 31-foot Cape Horn, Notorious, along the channel edges and shallow shoals looking for the big brown fish in the clear-green water. |
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