Virginia Beach Offshore Fishing With AquaMan Sportfishing
If you’re an ardent saltwater fisherman, you’ll love Virginia Beach and all its fishing opportunities.
The waters off and around Virginia Beach are often touted as the best fishing grounds in the mid-Atlantic. Due to its unique location, Virginia Beach offers both warm water and cold-water species.
Just about every type of saltwater fishing is available here, too, including great offshore fishing. Off the coasts of Virginia and its neighbor, North Carolina, are all sorts of places that attract fish.
These include wrecks, offshore towers, and underwater canyons, including Norfolk Canyon. The steep, rocky walls of the trench are a favorite hangout for big predatory fish species just waiting for the powerful current to deliver a meal to them.
Some of the most popular species landed while fishing offshore from Virginia Beach include wahoo, dolphin fish, mako sharks and other shark species, swordfish, sailfish, cobia, king mackerel, blue marlin, and white marlin.
Several varieties of tunas can also be caught here, including bluefin tuna, yellowfin tuna, longfin albacore tuna, bigeye tuna, and skipjack tuna. Bluefin tuna are often abundant in this area, and individuals that weigh in excess of 300 pounds are not unheard of.
Deep sea fishing charters out of Virginia Beach focus on canyons and other bottom structures like shipwrecks, downed planes, and debris.
Baits are dropped into the deep trenches and around wrecks and will produce blueline tilefish, golden tilefish, tautog, codfish, black sea bass, and the occasional snowy grouper, and most of these are delicious on the table.
Nice catches of rosefish are common in the deep water, too. Because the targeted fish might be as deep down as 300 feet or so, special reels are used by the fishing charters to make the experience more comfortable for their guest anglers.
Some of the best Virginia Beach offshore fishing spots are seventy-five miles from port, which means a fairly lengthy boat ride. That’s just one reason why it’s so important to find the best Virginia Beach fishing guides and charter boats.
You’ll want a fishing boat that’s fast, so that you can spend more time fishing. You also want one that’s comfortable. Of course, you’ll also want the services of an experienced captain and crew so that your chances of success will be increased. Fortunately, finding a great Virginia Beach fishing charters and fishing guides won’t be a problem.
Aquaman Sportfishing out of Rudee Inlet offers a variety of trips, ranging in time from a few hours to all day. It’s a great activity for anyone who enjoys angling and being on the water, no matter the age of the angler.
Our fishing boat captain welcome kids, so a Virginia Beach fishing trip can be a wonderful family activity. And if you’re a total “newbie” at fishing, don’t worry – our crew is there to lend you a hand and give you some pointers.