The Daydreamer is waiting to take your group or family on a trip into the Chesapeake Bay. A place where rockfish weighing as much as 50 pounds thrive. See the excitement of seabirds diving into the foray to eat the leftovers as big rockfish feed on baitfish. Watch the rods bend as we troll through the feeding schools. We could be trolling, livelining, chumming, maybe even kite fishing, the main thing is we are relaxing and having a good time on the Beautiful waters of the Chesapeake. The Daydreamer crew will do all we can to make your day an enjoyable one.
June 23rd, 2010
Charters are still slow, but steady. We are averaging about 2 per week. This week we had three so things are picking up. We did a charter today with the Doyle family. Capt. Jim loves the mid-week charters. He said there was only one other boat out, and the fish and birds were working in several different spots. It's nice when there aren't a lot of boats to scare the fish. They're much easier to catch when they aren't all skittish. The latest pictures are from last Sunday's charter with Mike and Mary Titone. Thanks guys for taking the time to email them. If anyone wants to go fishing, especially during the week the Daydreamer is ready. We have plenty of open dates.
- Capt. Ken
June 7th, 2010
The Greg Garland charter limited out plus this weekend with Capt Jim and Capt Justin. They didn't live line like we had hoped because the spot still aren't here in good numbers. On Friday one of the boats tried it, but it took 4 hours to catch the bait, so it's still not quite time. This week will determine the live lining situation for this weekend's charter.
- Capt. Ken
June 2nd, 2010
AND THE WINNER IS......John Wells!! John won the Memorial Day weekend drawing for a free fishing trip on the Daydreamer. John, you can have any open date between now and November. The one only restriction is, it has to be a date that I captain and you have to tip the mate. All of the other costs are covered. Just bring your food and drink. It is a 6 hour trip on the Daydreamer for you and 5 of your family or friends. Call me John and we'll set up a date. Congratulations John!
A lot of people are asking about live lining. We are still waiting for the spot to show up in numbers so we can catch them for bait. We're hoping that it will be by this coming weekend. Until then we are trolling. Capt. Jim caught his limit plus the Captain's fish yesterday (13 fish).
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- Capt. Ken
May 21, 2010
Trophy season ended May 15th. Now we can keep 2 per person, 1 over 28" and 1 under 28". If you have trouble finding the overs you can keep 2 under. Once the spawn has finished the real big fish move back out into the ocean and continue their southward migration toward North Carolina. What is left is the medium size fish between 18 and 30 inches. I saw the first puppy drum come in yesterday, and the first bluefish, so things are still happening around the mid-bay. We are gearing up for live lining, which we expect to start next week, or as soon as the spot move in. We have open dates, and are available 7 days a week so if you want to fish on a comfortable, air conditioned boat give me a call.
- Capt. Ken
April 29, 2010
Fishing was hit and miss this weekend. We did better than most. We added Jim Ward aka "Capt Hub". He Captained for me Friday. I went out on the first trip and we had a great time. You'll be seeing a lot more of him this year. He will be running the boat mostly during the week when Justin or I can't be there. Another person I hope we can get as often as possible is Jason Norton. He's a good friend of mine and Justin's who grew up in Chesapeake Beach and is the most organized mate I have ever worked with. He's worked with us twice we've limited out both times, when other boat have struggled. Jason will be working with us this weekend during the tournament.
- Capt. Ken
April 19, 2010
The Trophy Rockfishing Season is Here!
Opening day was exciting and eventful to say the least. The wind was blowing, but not enough to dampen the excitement of the beginning of the Trophy Season.
- Capt. Ken
March 29, 2010
This weekend I sent out the first newsletter of the season, and want to thank everyone for your response. Saturday May 1, and Sunday May 2, of the ProAm Rockfishing Tournament have been booked. We still need 4 more people for Friday. It is going to be a make-up charter, so if anyone is interested, it will be $150.00 per person, and everything, including the tournament fee, will be taken care of, except your drinks and food. Shoot me an email with your name and phone number and I'll call you with more details. I fished it last year with The Sportsman's Magazine and it is a fun time.
- Capt. Ken
March 18, 2010
Just a quick update on what's going on with the Daydreamer. We just had a survey done by Frankie Pettolina. She passed with flying colors with an above average rating. She was out of the water last week for bottom painting and hull waxing. The old girl still looks good. I want to thank everyone we met at the Fishersville Outdoors Show. It was a great show with trained bears and outfitters from all over the globe. I recommend it if you can't make it to the Harrisburg show. We had some great conversations at the show with Capt. Dave Wentling of the Instigator. He will be fishing out of Hatteras Landing this year, so if you're heading to North Carolina give him a call. This weekend we will be at the Fishing Flea Market in Essex, MD. We will be selling Daydreamer T-shirts, and some good used equipment, including electronics, gaffs, trolling rods and some reels. Come see us if you can. Don't forget the season opens April 17th. We still have that afternoon available so call me if you want it. The next weekend we have both afternoons open also. We have found that the fishing is still good later in the day so, don't let the time be an issue. This time slot is also good for our Pennsylvania customers who have a longer drive. You won't have to come down and rent a room. Just be there by 12:30pm and hop on. It's only $92.00 plus tip per person on a 6 person charter. Don't forget if you haven't entered, sign up for my Newsletter and I'll enter you in the free trip give away. Just send me an email with your email address and phone number only, and tell me you want to enter, I'll take care the rest. The Newsletter will only be sent out no more than weekly (probably every other week). The drawing will be held once yearly on Memorial weekend. You will be entered every year for the free trip, as long as you are receiving my news letter.
- Capt. Ken
February 9, 2010
Don't forget this weekend (weather permitting) we will be at the 18th Annual Pasadena Sportfishing Flea Market/Show. This will be our first time there. We have our own booth and will be selling Daydreamer t-shirts for $10 and maybe a few other items. I still need to go through stuff. It's hard to do anything when all your free time is either spent shoveling snow or planning your trips to the store. Hope this is the last snow we have to deal with. I have a lot of projects on the boat that are waiting to get done.
- Capt. Ken
January 27, 2010
I want to thank everyone for stopping by the Sportsman's Magazine booth this weekend at the Chantilly Outdoors Show. I met some real nice people and especially Mr. Fletcher from Fletcher's Boathouse. He informed me that he had retired several years ago and we talked about the condition of fishing in general. I shared with him the first time I had went to his place when I was 10 years old (a long time ago). I still remembered that I bought night crawlers to go catfishing. It was good seeing him again. We got about 145 more entries in the Free Fishing Trip Contest. If you want to enter and can't get out to one of the shows I am working, just shoot me an email with your name and email address and I'll fill out the form for you. Then email you back confirming your entry. By entering the contest you will receive my weekly fishing report. If you need to know where the fish are sooner just email me and I'll try to let you know asap. A lot of people wanted to know how the rockfishing was going at VA. Beach. I talked to several Captains who where fishing there. Evidently they have moved on the North Carolina, so plan your trips accordingly. The next show I will be working at will be at Western Virginia Outdoors show in Fishersville, VA near Staunton, in late February. Hope to see you there.
- Capt. Ken
