The New Buckroe Fishing Pier in Hampton is now open!!

What a fantastic way to spend the weekend. Over 700 feet of pure fishing bliss! This Saturday was the grand opening for the new Buckroe Pier located on Buckroe Beach in Hampton Virginia. The last pier was legendary and was unfortunately lost in hurricane Isabel. Now thanks to the city of Hampton, the new pier is completed and just in time for Cobia season! This weekend a 43 pound Cobia was caught, just a fantastic catch. Congrads John!!! First Cobia caught off the new Buckroe Pier, and a great one!

The new pier is probably one of the best I have ever seen, anywhere! Loads of room, excellent fish cleaning stations, snack bar, and a huge T (70 feet wide) at the end just waiting for the next Cobia haul.

There were some nice Croaker being caught and a lot of Spot as well. There was also some nice 16- 18 inch Flounder being caught right off the pier.

JBO TV is looking forward to filming this month on the pier and spending some quality time fishing the Chesapeake's newest and finest pier. We filmed the grand opening on Saturday, then rode our Go Green bikes over on Sunday just to walk the pier and take it all in. Ruth is ready to become a full time pier fisherman, the view off the pier of Buckroe Beach and the Bay is just awesome. Great way to spend the day, right on the Beach in Hampton. After our afternoon on the pier, we biked up to Salt Ponds on the Bay and checked out the new waterfront restaurant that is opening. Was great to see everyone at Salt Ponds, and enjoyed biking along the Bay, great fun!

Here is a GREAT tip for everyone, come fish the pier and stay right on the beach at the Sans Souci Motel, Beach Front. The rooms are very nice and they have a great pool right out in front. The motel is located only about a block from the pier and you have the best access to Buckroe Beach. Book your stay today. For other lodging info just check out Hampton CVB at http://www.hamptoncvb.com/go/visitors

Sans Souci Motel

757-851-9300

Buckroe Fishing Pier

330 S Resort Blvd

Hampton, VA 23664

757-851-9146

Admission fees for 24 hours are $8 for adults, $6 for people 62 and older and $6 for children 10 and under. Sightseers pay $1 for adults and 50 cents for children.

JBO Veteran Cameraman Wayne Baker Happy Belated Birthday

Better late than never! Our long time friend, photographer, 3d animator and JBO Cameraman Wayne Baker has turned 60. I think I met Wayne back when he was around 43 years old when he first started shooting for us.

Wayne was with me most of the time during the filming of the programs we produced featuring Virginia Locations in association with Virginia Tourism. Wayne and I covered about every inch of the state over a two year period producing some 26 programs featuring Virginia. The road stories are endless, however we did manage to produce some excellent programs that covered a huge variety of topics. For the past several years, Wayne has taken a great job in West Palm Beach Florida. He is still in Photography and also does a lot of 3d animation work and doing very well. We work with Wayne when we head south for the Keys and for the Miami International Boat Show. Wayne still has a home here in Hampton on the Hampton river, so we get to see them when they come up. Hard to believe that time has flown by so fast! And it just keeps going faster.

It has been a pleasure working with Wayne Baker all these years and look forward to more shoots on the water with him. Have a great 60th!!

Below is a pic of Wayne "Buckaroo" at an early age playing the Banjo.

 

Wayne is also on FACEBOOK, look him up and say hey!!

Tight Lines,

JB

Captain Earls Captains Choice BBQ

Captain Earl Williams has been a long time friend and guest of JBO TV for over 15 years. Many viewers will recognize Captain Earl from our show, where he regularly appears fishing with us out of Hampton Va. Earl loves Hampton and tries to get here to fish as much as possible. The Captain has mostly chartered out of Smith Mountain Lake, as well as Bonita Bay FL near Naples. For years, the good captain has always said he was going to open up a NC style BBQ stand, and well, he finally did it. People have been lining up since Christmas to sample what some say is the best BBQ in the state. He really does a great job, the BBQ is Hickory smoked for over 11 hours, chopped and served. I don't know where the Captain got all of his recipes for sauces, but he has about the best I have ever had. Captain Choice BBQ also serves up Hot Dogs with a home made bean sauce that sells out almost daily. Fantastic stuff! Captain Earl has been bugging me to get up there and visit his new BBQ stand, and this was the first chance I have gotten to roll out of town in a couple of months.Captain Choice BBQ is located right on 460 just east of Roanoke in a place called Montvale Virginia. You will recognize this place because it is where all the Gas Trucks pull in to refill. Maybe 15 minutes East of Roanoke Stop by and visit our old friend Captain Earl Williams at his new BBQ stand. We had a fantastic time visiting his new place. The Captain has a new gated area with bench seating outside with music and plenty of entertainment.

(You may be able to order his BBQ and have it shipped, for more info call 540-521-4904)

One of our new shows this year features Captain Earl fishing the Outer Banks with his latest surf fishing tips. The show will be available to stream soon on our streaming page of our web site.

Captain Earl will be back here in Hampton in June fishing on the new Go Green Fishing Machine for Flounder. Cant wait!!

Tight lines,

JB

Go Virginia Green with some excellent Hampton Clam Chowder!

Hi folks, we would like to invite everyone to check out our new "Go Green" Eco-Friendly lifestyle web site at jimbaughoutdoors.com. The first phase is up and running. We are also glad to announce that in our home base port of Hampton Va both the Hampton Roads Convention Center and the Hampton Convention and Visitors Bureau are certified Virginia Green. http://www.hamptoncvb.com/go/visitors

Today, we were very excited to feature the first Virginia Green Certified restaurant in Hampton, the Coffee House in Phoebus!

We did a story there today that featured Hampton Clam Chowder, and it was about the best I ever had. The restaurant is one of the prettiest you will ever see and is centrally located in Phoebus, just down from the Virginia Theater.

Look for upcoming recipes from today's shoot in Travel Virginia Magazine in the May-June issue, "Vacations". The Coffee House is not only Virginia Green certified, but the food is awesome, made to order, fresh baked breads, and even a nice wine list. It is also on the Jim Baugh Outdoors Eco-Bike tour!!

We will be having more info about the Jim Baugh Outdoors "Go Green Fishing Machine" soon, so check back here soon!. Jim B

http://www.phoebuscoffee.com/

The Coffee House is also on FACEBOOK, look for daily specials

Here are just some of the ways The Coffee House has become Green and Eco-Friendly

*They reduced use of plastic cleaner bottles by installing a bulk concentrate system using green cleaning products.
*They compost coffee grounds, and offer customers grounds for their home compost pile.
*They do not use any Styrofoam products. All paper products are at least 50% post consumer recycled materials.
*Their recycle container is twice the size of our garbage. Recycling mostly cardboard and glass, but will recycle anything that they can.
*They use compact fluorescent bulbs everywhere we can. (CFL's)
*Most sinks are motion activated faucets and have motion activated paper towel dispensers. *Toilets are low flow.
*Most of our vendors are also green.

Art of the Decoy-Hampton History Museum

Yesterday I had the pleasure of filming the new exhibit \ gallery at the Hampton History Museum called "Art of the Decoy". This is presented from February 27-August 31, 2009, in cooperation with the Havre de Grace Decoy Museum. The gallery is on the second floor of the Museum and is a must see for any Decoy enthusiast. I have included just a few pics here today. You may contact the Hampton History Museum at 757 727 1610 or log on to the web at http://www.hampton1610.com/contactus_hhm.cfm

The Hampton History Museum is in close proximity to many, many excellent downtown attractions. Starting May 9th, don't forget to come by this years Downtown Farmers Market. The Farmers Market is scheduled every Saturday beginning May 9th through October 31st in Carousel Park, 8 a.m. - 12 noon. Come out and enjoy fresh local produce, seafood, fresh cut flowers and herbs, homemade pies, jams and preserves, crafts and more. Look for the Downtown Hampton booth and purchase an environmentally friendly "Market Bag" to carry your goodies home.

I like this Farmers market because it is located right on the water, downtown by the Carousel Virginia Air and Space Center, the New Crowne Plaza Hotel, and there is also a great new coffee shop that has just opened up. All along the waterfront in Downtown Hampton by the Farmers Market!

The "Art of the Decoy" exhibit will last threw August 31st, so be sure to check it out while your in Hampton!

See ya on the water. Tog bite is on!!

Jim Baugh

NOTE: The Farmers Market and the downtown Hampton area is on Jim Baugh Outdoors "GO Green- Eco-Freindly" web site. Everything is in walking \ biking distance. Check out our info at

http://www.jimbaughoutdoors.com/indexorig.htm We even have JBO's fav Hampton Bike routes. Ipod tours will be posted soon as well

Miami International Boat Show-Suzuki

Hi Folks. The Miami International Boat Show was once again something to be seen. One of the largest boat shows in the world. We had the pleasure of filming the Suzuki in water booth and have a great shot her of the new 90 hp four strokes. This one was rigged with twins. We Will be running a single 90hp on the "Go Green Fishing Machine". We are in the process of getting this new show bat rigged and ready for shooting. An awesome boat that will not even cost 20 bucks a day to fish out of!! We will have much more on this rig later, including performance test etc.

We headed down to the keys to film some Kings, but the bite was a bit soft. Ended up trying to get some nice sunset footage by water in front of Key West, just in time for the biggest fog front I have ever seen. This was some thick stuff to! So, we are staying another day in Key Largo getting some footage, and then back to West Palm and Hampton.

Whats been biting while we are gone??

Jim Baugh Outdoors reported and featured an offshore deep bottom trip with Captain Jim Before we left for Miami. The trip was fantastic.The Bite now though, has just gotten unreal!!! MONSTER GROUPER!!! Check out these pics.

If you have not booked a trip yet with Captain Jim, do it today while the bite it is on! Check below for all his info.

http://www.azinet.com/captjim/

Cell #252-336-4296

e mail-Capt. Jim B.

captjim@starpower.net

Tight Lines

Jim Baugh

http://www.jimbaughoudoors.com/

JBO TV

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We'll see guys---

Miami, West Palm, Key Largo, Marathon, and Key West

It is that time again! The Vette just got back from the shop for her complete check out before making the journey southbound. This year I will be attending the Miami International Boat show and film the Suzuki Booth, the Carolina Skiff in water display and also the Viking booth and the folks from Bluewater in Hampton VA.
This year we are most excited about our new "Go Green Fishing Machine"!!!! Thats right, we are building a boat with Carolina Skiff and powering it with the latest 90hp four stroke engines from Suzuki. We are putting together a fishing machine that you can fish all day in and not even spend 20 bucks. I will be interviewing the folks from Carolina Skiff at the show and will take lots of footage of the boats running. One Carolina Skiff will have twin 90hp's rigged, that one I really want to see. Once we are back from Miami and have the boat all put together, we will have reports on each day we go out. Exactly how much we spend on fuel, bait, everything. If it's more than twenty bucks, then we will of overspent. Jim Baugh Outdoors will be showing first hand to our audience just how affordable recreational boating and fishing can be. But you do need the right boat, and the right engine, all without sacrificing your kids college funds!!! LOL

We will shoot the C. Center-Suzuki Booth, C. Skiff in-water display, and Bluewater\Viking, then leave for Key Largo. Once we first arrive in West Palm, we will hook up with my Cameraman Wayne Baker and stay in West Palm for several Days before heading down to Miami and Marathon to see Hampton Native Barry Buchanon. If we have time, we may shoot some Suzuki Guides down in Key West. This will be a fast trip though, because we need to get back and work on getting the new show boat built, rigged, and ready.

The Suzuki booth is really something to see, and hope that a lot of folks will come down and check out the new product! We will be posting pics and updates here on the BLOG while we are down there.

(Suzuki Fishing Team, Captain Ron Mitchell)

*******Would like to remind everyone just how good the Sea Bass bite is offshore right now. Captain Jim has been tearing them up, and Max King sent me some awesome pics of there trip as well.

Got to go for now, Crockett is calling me on the phone, has some new speed trap updates for us. If you see a Mag Red 2 C5 Vette headin south with the top off-WAVE!

Jim B. Southbound

Hampton VA
http://www.hamptoncvb.com/go/visitors
Suzuki Marine
http://www.suzukimarine.com/
Miami International Boat Show
http://www.miamiboatshow.com/


































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