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Fishing => Member Fishing Reports and Photos => Topic started by: mo65 on June 14, 2019, 07:48:30 PM

Title: Virginia Beach Pier May 2019
Post by: mo65 on June 14, 2019, 07:48:30 PM
   Here's a short look at the pier and beach...didn't get a lot of the fishing on film...the action was kinda fast and furious...and the camera was forgotten. 8)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3q2LfZf-2o
Title: Re: Virginia Beach Pier May 2019
Post by: foakes on June 14, 2019, 07:54:32 PM
Nice video, Mike!

Good gear...

Thanks!

Best,

Fred

Title: Re: Virginia Beach Pier May 2019
Post by: Crow on June 14, 2019, 08:15:42 PM
Looks like a good time !! Those whiting make pretty fair eatin', too !  One comment about those horses on the beach....Dauphin Island (Alabama), where we spend our winters, passed (last winter) some new "laws" about dogs on the beach....seems to be happening all along the Gulf Coast.....because the "owners" won't "clean up" behind them....I can only imagine what the Dauphin Island Park and Beach Board would say about horses !!! ::)
Title: Re: Virginia Beach Pier May 2019
Post by: mo65 on June 14, 2019, 08:26:41 PM
   If you look real close Crow, you can see the "poop bags" hanging on the horses! I guess that's what you call them...HA!! :D
Title: Re: Virginia Beach Pier May 2019
Post by: Crow on June 14, 2019, 09:07:02 PM
Well, I'll be dipped !!  Maybe I should get I on the ground floor with "doggie diapers" !
Title: Re: Virginia Beach Pier May 2019
Post by: Vintage Offshore Tackle on June 15, 2019, 04:06:57 AM
Great video Mo.  Those bouncing rod tips get the adrenaline pumping!
Title: Re: Virginia Beach Pier May 2019
Post by: oc1 on June 15, 2019, 08:58:58 AM
Man, that looks like fun Mo.  Whiting taste so good because they mostly eat crustaceans and the flesh is so firm that you can do just about anything with them.  For the fish connoisseur.
-steve
Title: Re: Virginia Beach Pier May 2019
Post by: Alto Mare on June 15, 2019, 11:31:54 AM
Nice clip Mo! You are very good with these videos, I always enjoy them.

Sal
Title: Re: Virginia Beach Pier May 2019
Post by: mo65 on June 15, 2019, 02:07:26 PM
   Thanks fellas! The next time we're going to bring a tripod and get set up better. I just never figured the action to be so fast...figured I could film the other guys as we fished. Turned out that I couldn't even fish both rods, one was all I could keep up with. Probably never get on a bite that good again...hee hee! We didn't get any footage from the sea bass trip either. Both Tank and Rob were half sick and could barely fish, so I got left alone most of the trip filling coolers with fish, and had absolutely no time to turn on a camera. I though my arms were going to fall off! My LB 267 was a trooper...landed over two limits. Most of the film footage I got this trip was from our room balcony. 8)
Title: Re: Virginia Beach Pier May 2019
Post by: Donnyboat on June 15, 2019, 03:21:58 PM
Love the last three photos Mike thanks for the lot, cheers Don.
Title: Re: Virginia Beach Pier May 2019
Post by: Crow on June 15, 2019, 03:26:18 PM
Fine looking fish !!   I understand that "too sick to fish", thing ! In our "snow bird fishing club", we have a couple that are "shore casters, only" !
Title: Re: Virginia Beach Pier May 2019
Post by: Benni3 on June 16, 2019, 03:06:36 AM
I love this,,,,,, :D me and some friends from work 4years ago fished on the left side where you was at and randy fell asleep on that beach that's in your video,,,,,brings back some good time with friends,,,,thanks mo,,,,,, ;D
Title: Re: Virginia Beach Pier May 2019
Post by: Squidh90 on June 25, 2019, 11:43:51 PM
Looks like you had a great time. I’ve seen alotta nice whiting on that pier.
Title: Re: Virginia Beach Pier May 2019
Post by: Dominick on June 26, 2019, 03:12:16 PM
I remember my Mom would poach whiting for a perfect fish salad.  Dominick
Title: Re: Virginia Beach Pier May 2019
Post by: Crow on June 26, 2019, 03:21:25 PM
When I was a kid......a long time ago !......the grocery store in our little town would get boxes of "smoked whiting", and, being from a "Danish" family, fish of ANY kind were always on the menu. I always wondered "where" whiting came from ???.....took me about 60 years, but, I finally found out !  When we are "south", my wife fixes them a lot of different ways...baked, fried, chowder, etc., and they aways "hit the spot" !
Title: Re: Virginia Beach Pier May 2019
Post by: Ron Jones on June 26, 2019, 06:47:31 PM
I went there once while I was living in Portsmouth. Cool beach but very busy, at least when I was there.
The Man
Title: Re: Virginia Beach Pier May 2019
Post by: oc1 on June 26, 2019, 07:15:29 PM
Different types of fish are called 'whiting' depending where you are in the world.  Those are a member of the drum family.  West coast guys might mistake them for small corbina.  Firm texture, mild flavor and really delicious.
-steve
Title: Re: Virginia Beach Pier May 2019
Post by: Gfish on June 26, 2019, 11:53:49 PM
We got "Whiting" aka Pac. Whiting on the west coast. They are a pretty deep water fish and the most accurate common name is Sablefish.