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Spring Rockfishing on the Chesapeake
June 9, 2015 Barber, Barber Art, boats, Chesapeake, Chesapeake art, Chesapeake Bay, Chesapeake fishing, fishing, john hager, rockfish, SkipjacksOur magnificent Chesapeake Bay has much to offer everyone. Recently I called my long-time friend Captain Billy Pipkin of Ingram Bay Marina and arranged a fishing charter for a special friend and patron, John Hager of Richmond, Virginia. John was a business executive, Lieutenant Governor of Virginia 1998-2002, then Homeland Security Director, Assistant Secretary of Education in Washington and most recently, Chairman of the Republican Party of Virginia. He loves fishing and the outdoors. Our target was Morone saxatilis also…
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The Chesapeake's Bounty
January 23, 2012 Barber, Barber Art, boats, Chesapeake, Chesapeake art, Chesapeake Bay, Deadrise Boats, Marine art, Maritime Art, SkipjacksNear the end of last December I was invited by my friend Captain Brian Dillistin to join him for a day on the bay. We would run from his home on the Corrottoman River down the Rappahannock and then to the southern Chesapeake near the eastern shore of Virginia. Our targeted species was Morone saxatilis, also called “striped bass” and locally “rockfish”. These fish are, for the most part, anadromous- migrating from the ocean in the spring up fresh water…
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