Image Left: A local angler with Schooled Up Fishing Charters caught a good sized Houndfish with a G-Eye Jigs Rain Minnow! Image Right: Anglers Pro Staff Alex poses with a huge Reddrum he caught while fishing near Tangier Island with a 1 1/2 oz G-Eye Jighead and our Anglers Exclusive Bubblegum Zman Diezel Minnow!


The Anglers Chesapeake Bay Fishing Report has ARRIVED!

Upper and Middle Bay

  • The Conowingo Dam pool is the perfect place to get your fill of Snakehead and Catfish. Anglers are finding luck drifting cut bait or casting and retreiving Paddle tails! It offers a great substitute to targeting Striped Bass, which is currently closed until August 1st!
  • Bue Catfish are being found all along the shores of the lower Susquehanna River. Towards the middle bay area, the Choptank River is home to a significant amount of medium to large sized Blue Catfish. Blue Catfish are invasive, but they always put up a good fight while offering large amounts of meat!
  • Wherever there’s structure in shallower waters, you’re going to find White Perch. Pulling small spinners past shallow structures such as piers or oyster beds are an easy way to net tons of White Perch. When it comes to targeting them in the deeper water, however a simple bottom rig or a Chesapeake Sibiki Rig tipped with Bloodworms, Lugworms or Fishbites, jigged around deeper water structure at channel dropoffs will net you some larger Perch.
  • Anglers are reporting success while trolling for Spanish Mackerel and Bluefish in the middle bay area! Anglers Pro Staff Ben suggests that when it comes to trolling for these fish, a 1/30 oz G-Eye Jighead with a Chartreus Zman MinnowZ is key.
  • Areas like the Chesapeake Bay Bridge are proving to be excellent for catching White Perch, Spot, and small Croaker. You can find great success targeting the western part of the bridge casting around pylons and dropoffs. Closer towards Sandy Point, you can find good sized Blue Catfish casting cut bait such as Bunker or Soft Crab!

South Bay

  • White Perch can be found inside all tidal rivers of the South Bay. Targeting structures like piers, reefs, or fallen trees that are submerged is bound to net you lots of Perch. The favored tactic for shallow water is small spinners and shad darts. When it comes to the deeper water, bottom rigs or Chesapeake Sibiki Rigs tipped with Bloodworms or Lugworms are the key to success.
  • Anglers report Cobia from Target Ship to Middle Grounds. The most effective method for catching Cobia there at this moment is Live eels behind a chum slick. You may even find some Reddrum mixed in as well.
  • Blue Catfish continue to be found in large numbers in the Potomac. The mouth of the Potomac up to areas like Fletcher’s Boathouse are where you’re going to find the bigger Blue Cats. The Wicomico River has been found to have an increasingly big number of Blue Cats show up as well!

Additional Information

  • Remember Anglers, fishing for Striped Bass is closed until August 1st! Then they’ll return to their normal 19-31 inch slot with a limit of 1 Rockfish per day, per Angler.

See you next week, Anglers!