06/13/2026
🚨🎣 CAPTAIN'S LOG – SATURDAY JUNE 13, 2026 🎣🚨
GOOD MORNING, FISH HEADS, CRAB CHASERS, TACKLE ADDICTS, AND PEOPLE WHO SWORE THEY WERE "JUST STOPPING IN FOR WORMS" AND LEFT WITH A NEW ROD.
🌞 CARROLLTON WEATHER REPORT 🌞
☀️ High: 93° 🌤️ Partly Sunny 💨 Light Southwest Winds ⛈️ Slight chance of afternoon thunderstorms 🌅 Sunrise: 6:18 AM 🌇 Sunset: 8:36 PM
Translation: Mother Nature turned the thermostat to "medium rare." Hydrate accordingly.
🌊 CARROLLTON TIDE REPORT 🌊
⬇️ Low Tide – 5:36 AM (0.23 ft) ⬆️ High Tide – 11:02 AM (1.84 ft) ⬇️ Low Tide – 5:24 PM (0.20 ft) ⬆️ High Tide – 11:19 PM (2.36 ft)
Prime moving-water windows are around tide changes. If the fish aren't biting, it may be because they're smarter than your buddy running 90 mph to the next spot.
🔥 BAIT OF THE DAY – PEELER CRABS 🔥
PEELER CRABS ARE ABSOLUTELY COMMITTING FELONIES ON THE JAMES RIVER.
Stripers love them. Drum love them. Catfish love them. Your buddy who "doesn't fish with bait" suddenly wants one.
If fish had a dating app, peelers would be the profile everyone swipes right on.
🦀 PEELERS IN STOCK NOW 🦀
🎯 TIDAL JAMES RIVER REPORT 🎯
The James and its tributaries are producing:
🐟 Striped Bass 🐟 Red Drum 🐟 Black Drum 🐟 Catfish 🐟 Sheepshead 🐟 Speckled Trout
TOP TIPS:
• Fish bridge pilings and current breaks with peelers or eels. • Work creek mouths on moving tides. • Early morning topwater action can be explosive. • If the catfish aren't biting, find deeper channel edges and soak fresh bait. • Don't overlook docks and riprap during incoming tides.
Basically, if water is moving and bait is present, something with fins is trying to commit a crime.
🏆 SUFFOLK LAKES REPORT 🏆
🎣 Largemouth Bass are chasing shad early and late. 🎣 Weightless stick worms around grass remain strong. 🎣 Frogs around pads and shallow cover are producing quality fish. 🎣 Crappie are hanging around brush and deeper structure. 🎣 Bluegill are on summer patterns and perfect for family trips.
If you're fishing Suffolk lakes after lunch, remember: The fish are looking for shade just like you.
🚨 CRUSH CITY CUSTOMS ALERT 🚨
WE HAVE THE LARGEST SELECTION OF CRUSH CITY CUSTOMS IN THE AREA.
More colors. More styles. More fish-catching goodness.
At this point some bass are probably swimming around with Crush City catalogs tucked under their fins.
⚡ NEW ARRIVALS ⚡
🎣 Coike Style Baits by Mike Greening 💥 3 FOR $10 💥
If you've been hearing whispers about these things... the whispers are true.
They catch fish.
They also cause grown men to buy colors they absolutely do not need.
🎣 PENN & PENN SELECT AUTHORIZED DEALER 🎣
We are proud to be your local authorized Penn and Penn Select dealer.
The first shipment has landed and they're ready for battle.
Big fish. Big drag. Big attitude.
🎣 ABU GARCIA ALERT 🎣
🔥 Revo X Volt IQ 🔥 Revo SX Volt IQ
NOW IN STOCK.
Technology so advanced your grandfather would call it witchcraft.
🏆 THANK YOU SOUTH HAMPTON ROADS 🏆
Because of YOU...
🥇 VOTED #1 TACKLE SHOP IN SOUTH HAMPTON ROADS FOR 2026 🥇
We're honored, grateful, and still slightly surprised they let a bunch of fishing addicts win anything.
Come see why anglers from all over the region keep making Feel The Payne Fishing their first stop before hitting the water.
🎣 FEEL THE PAYNE FISHING 🎣
"Everything to make your next trip your best trip."
Now quit reading Facebook arguments, grab some peelers, and go bend a rod.
The fish aren't catching themselves.
Legal disclaimer:
Fishing reports are always best treated as trends rather than guarantees, but the combination of warm weather, moving water, and fresh peelers should have plenty of species active this weekend.
