It feels like spring is almost here and the fishing has been picking up around the region starting with the yellow perch run, most did well catching yellow perch but it seems like we are at the end of the run with most anglers this week catching post spawn yellow perch. White perch have started to mixed in with the remaining yellow perch in most of the rivers so that tells us that they are about to take over the upper part of the creeks and rivers. The hot baits where grass shrimp under a bobber and small 2 inch plastics on a 1/8oz jig bouncing it on the bottom. The hot areas have been the middle section of the Putaxent River and upper part of the Choptank River.  Catfishing has picked up with warmer water temperatures it seems like the are starting to feed a lot more! Can’t forget about the striped bass they have started to move up the rivers to begin their annual spawn so anglers have been catching a few in open water but most are still fishing the Calvert cliffs hot water discharge.