Somewhere between now and say... the middle of november, we wanted to charter a boat for some quality Chesepeake Bay fishing. ( lol ). i found a bajillion charters online, all for about the same price, but i have never been on any of them before. previously, we had always chartered a boat belonging to an old friend of mine, but he has since relocated. It s not the price, so much as the quality i'm concerned with.

Has anyone gone recently and had a good experience?? anyone with friends/family that do charters??

we're looking to take about 4-6 people, and be out for 6-8 hours. we would like for bait and tackle to be included in the cost, but if not, no biggie.

Solomons is a good place to launch from, it's not too far to drive and is close to the best fishing spots (bouy #70 and #72). Wait 2-3 more weeks, the water temps are still a little high for the big stripers. Some boats like to troll but I think chumming is more fun for a family thing. Most all of them provide the tackle. The last charter I went out on was the Carrie Sue. Captain Hank made it a lot of fun. It may be a little late to book but give him a call.

Good luck.

Are you inviting me or not? Ya aint gotta be chitty and take it the forums.

sure, you can come. someone has to be beer wench with me!

The more cleavage the better the bite I always say.

dude. i'm planning on being out on the bay in the middle of november... you can bet your sweet buns my cleavage will not be exposed.

lol. nice try though.

maybe no cleavage... but nature's little thermometers are always at work....

ok ok, all jokes aside, i seriously do enjoy fishing, and i get really into it. i'm not one of those chicks that go fishing just to be "one of the guys". 'sides, this trip is gonna be a bday gift for my husband. so i'd like to make sure its a nice one...

thanks for the info Id, the carrie sue looks just right...

Glad to help, I knew you were into fishing from your shouts. Don't let my "family thing" comment confuse you, this captain is a serious fisherman. It's been 5 or 6 years ago but for 2 years in a row I chartered his boat in late Oct/early Nov. with 5 other guys and both years we limited out on rock before 11AM and the only ones we kept under 24" were hooked deep. We then caught sea trout for a couple hours both times. There's a lot of fish around now, you should have a blast.