Fishing has been great for striped bass at sunrise with a great top water bite in shallow water or around structure. Eastern bay is one of the areas with lots of shore line structure where you can find striped bass in the range of 18-29 inches long. The patapsco river is also producing some good fishing around the inner harbor area. Top water early in the morning or live lining spot and jigging around channel edges is the way to go right now in that area.
Heading south to the lower eastern shore the speckle trout bite has picked up and there has been some good catches of trout up to 28 inches long. Fishing the islands in the tangier sound or hoopers island and the Honga river will produce some speckle trout and even some puppy drum and striped bass. At the south end of the tangier anglers have been catching the first wave of bull reds moving north in to the Chesapeake bay with some pushing 48 inches long. Finding the schools around the channel edges is one way to look for them or anchoring at points that meet shallow water and chucking peelers on the bottom will produce some bull reds and even some trout.
Fishing Report written by Anglers Prostaff and Local Angler Alex Perez