Light Tackle Sportfishing
Chesapeake Bay • Potomac River • Patuxent River • Cape Charles
Fish With Captain Brian Thomason
Captain Brian runs light tackle guided trips built around the season, weather, tides, and current bite. From trophy striped bass and monster red drum to cobia and seasonal Chesapeake Bay action, every trip is planned around finding fish, working the right conditions, and giving your group the best shot at a productive day on the water.
Discover Premier Light Tackle Sportfishing Adventures
Striped bass are a core light tackle target throughout the year. Depending on the season, trips may include casting, jigging, live lining, or working birds, bait, structure, and current.
What Anglers Say After Fishing With Captain Brian
★★★★★
His boat is state of the art and was very comfortable to ride in on a choppy day. He was very flexible with scheduling and worked around spotty weather. I can’t speak highly enough of him and can’t wait to go out again with him.
This is the boat and captain to take out
5 hour Trip – Light Tackle on June 8, 2025
★★★★★
Brian is amazing just a great guy in general very knowledgeable and I will be booking again with him in the near future. Couldn’t have asked for a better trip!
Great Time
4 hour morning trip on March 21, 2026• 5 adults
★★★★★
Boat was awesome, captain was best you can get as a mentor and guide, we did catch fish, weather was even better, sunny day, good fishing spots. Overall I do recommend to everyone!
Great Experience
4 hour morning trip on January 8, 2026• 2 adults
★★★★★
Cpt Brian works hard to get fish and to make it a great experience. He stayed out past the scheduled 5hr trip to get me onto some red rum and I was able to catch my first red drum. He’s very personable and strives to give the best experience he can.
Amazing Experience
5 hour Trip – Light Tackleon July 28, 2025• 1 adult
★★★★★
Brian is a great , even more, an outstanding skipper! Due to bad weather conditions on the day before, finding the « big fish » was really very difficult. But Brian never gave up and after 4hrs of intensive search , he succeeded to put us on the fish: first a very big red drum, second, a huge Cobia!
Many thanks to you Brian, for your kindness and also for your professionalism! Fishing with you was a great moment for us! We’ll come back for no doubt!
Morning trop with Brian
5 hour Trip – Light Tackle on July 21, 2024• 3 adults
★★★★★
This was a great day on the water with Capt Brian. He was professional and easy to work with. He has a clean, new boat, with the latest gear needed to locate and put you on the fish. We originally booked a 600 AM trip, but he called to let us know the fishing would be better if we left a little later due to weather. We adjusted based on his recommendations and it paid off with some great fishing. We are looking forward to our next trip with him or his son.
Great Trip!
5 hour Trip – Light Tackle on August 19, 2023• 6 adults
