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Hayes angler current state leader for cobia

Chase Horsley with his citation winning, 7-pound, 5-ounce flounder.
Kyle Lewis won a citation for this speckled trout weighing 5 pounds, 3 ounces.

A cobia weighing 87 pounds, 3 ounces, caught at New Point on June 17 by Joseph C. Brown IV of Hayes, is the current state leader for that species in the Virginia Saltwater Fishing Tournament.
Another leader is a 4-pound, 14-ounce gray triggerfish, caught May 29 off Cape Charles by Kyle Flippin of Hayes.GTown Bait & Tackle of Hayes weighed in two citations this week: a 7-pound, 5-ounce flounder caught by Chase Horsley, and a 5-pound, 3-ounce speckled trout caught by Kyle Lewis.
Local citation catches in the June 28 update of vasaltwaterjournal.com include the following:
Lester M. Breen Jr. of Gloucester, 8-pound spadefish caught June 18 at Chesapeake Light Tower;
Paul Reynolds of Hayes, 8-pound, 2-ounce spadefish caught June 9 at Chesapeake Bay Buoy;
Ethan Evans of Mathews, 6-pound, 8-ounce spadefish caught June 8 at Chesapeake Light To...

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