Captain
Cole Langley

Member since March 2022 Dameron, United States
Background
I was born and raised on the water in St. Mary's County on the western shore of the Chesapeake Bay. I grew up in the charter fishing business. My father ran charter boats my entire life and as soon as I was old enough to help I jumped on board. Now I still help run charter boats alongside him as well as run light tackle trips on my 26' C Hawk for smaller groups looking for a personalized day on the water.
Techniques
Desperate Measures Guide Service offers light tackle fishing for a variety of species from May through December. Top water plug, jigs, live lining what ever it takes to get anglers hooked up on quality fish. I use custom made rods paired with top quality reels so you can feel the slightest bump on a lure and enjoy fighting the fish rather than hoisting in a fish on heavy tackle. Most of the season is spent around remote areas fishing drop offs, grass beds, rips and channel edges.

Hey, I'm Captain Cole Langley

Dameron, United States
Background
I was born and raised on the water in St. Mary's County on the western shore of the Chesapeake Bay. I grew up in the charter fishing business. My father ran charter boats my entire life and as soon as I was old enough to help I jumped on board. Now I still help run charter boats alongside him as well as run light tackle trips on my 26' C Hawk for smaller groups looking for a personalized day on the water.
Techniques
Desperate Measures Guide Service offers light tackle fishing for a variety of species from May through December. Top water plug, jigs, live lining what ever it takes to get anglers hooked up on quality fish. I use custom made rods paired with top quality reels so you can feel the slightest bump on a lure and enjoy fighting the fish rather than hoisting in a fish on heavy tackle. Most of the season is spent around remote areas fishing drop offs, grass beds, rips and channel edges.

My Charter Listing

Excellent
4.9 / 5
(13 reviews)
Dameron
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Trips from US $650

Fishing Reports

Running the Islands
Running the Islands
May 6, 2023 Dameron
Imagine running 15 miles into the Chesapeake Bay and coming across a chain of uninhabited islands full of fish.... sounds to good to be true? Not at all. Spring has arrived and this is a common picture of what you can expect when we set out in the morning on your fishing adventure. The views alone of the vast remoteness, stretches of grass banks and random sand islands will make you forget that you are here to catch fish. Curiosity of the creation of what seems to be a fishing promised land dropped in the middle of a forgotten part of the Chesapeake, rolls through your mind as you cast a Clouser minnow to pristine current rips where hungry Stiped Bass and Speckled Trout await. May and June provide some of the best fly fishing opportunities of the season. Perfect water temperatures bring hungry fish close to shore and structures to feed on baitfish and crabs heading to the grasses to shed. I will target large grass flats in a sight fishing approach to cruising fish looking for an easy meal. I will also looks for tide rips coming around points of the islands, these rips create deep water channels that the fish use to ambush their prey. Structure can also be very productive this time of year, a stone bulk head that has failed its purpose and allowed the island shore to erode from be hind it, or an old sunken boat that lays just below the surface create disruptions in current flow that fish will use to their advantage when looking for a meal. An exciting time of year for a fisherman of any skill level has begun and is just a phone call away. Capt. Cole Langley
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Customer reviews

Rating summary
Excellent
4.9 / 5
out of 5 stars from 13 reviews
Boat
Excellent
4.9 / 5
Crew
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Experience
Excellent
4.9 / 5
Photos & videos by reviewers (11)
Great Day on the Water
Great day on the Potomac.
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Anglers claimed
Good experience
100%
Friendly captain
100%
Recommend this charter
100%
Appropriate for children
100%
Satisfied with the boat
100%
Caught fish
67%
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David H.
Takoma Park, MD
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Experience:
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Boat
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Crew
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Overall

Halfday trip with Captain Cole

VERIFIED   4 Hour Light Tackle Evening Trip on November 12, 2022
Great trip with Captain Cole.ย  Got everyone into multiple fish.ย  Perfect day capped with fast topwater action.
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Hussein A.
Ashburn, Virginia
Excellent
4.3 / 5
Experience:
Very good
4.0 / 5
Boat
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Crew
Very good
4.0 / 5
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5 hour fall Rockfish special

VERIFIED   6 hour on October 15, 2022
Capt Langley picked us up from our dock at sunrise. We caught our first rockfish very early into the trip but it was an inch...
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Aaron P.
Boonsboro, MD
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Experience:
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Boat
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Crew
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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6 hour trip w/ Captain Cole

VERIFIED   6 Hour Trip โ€“ Light Tackle on September 10, 2022
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