Image Left: Anglers Pro Staff Aidan holds up a Black Sea Bass he caught while fishing near Chesapeake Beach using a blue G-Eye Jighead with a Zman soft plastic!
Image Right: Local Angler Janis holds up a 28 and 29 inch Striped Bass caught around the Bay Bridge!
The Anglers Chesapeake Bay Fishing Report has ARRIVED!
Upper and Middle Bay
- The mouth of the Patapsco River or areas around the Key Bridge are excellent areas to target Striped Bass right now! With the cooling water temperatures, Striped Bass are hanging out around the mouths of rivers and feeding on bait fish swept away and out of the tidal rivers by the current! Chasing birds and jigging with soft plastics is currently the most efficient way to get on your fill of Stripers!
- Blue Catfish are in big numbers from the Conowingo Dam Pool, down to the mouth! Anglers are reporting huge success using soft plastics and jigs or even cut Bunker or Soft Crab!
- The early morning and late evening bite for White Perch is still going strong at the moment! Anglers are having success targeting shallow structures with spinners, and targeting deeper waters and structure during the day with Chesapeake Sibiki Rigs or Bottom Rigs tipped with either artificial or live bait!
- With the plummeting bay temperatures, Anglers are noticing a decrease in the Spot bite! Spot are beginning to move south toward warmer water and can be found deeper in channel edges using bottom rigs or Chesapeake Sibiki Rigs!
South Bay
- Striped Bass are being caught all around the mouths of rivers! With the cooling water temperatures, Striped Bass are being seen chasing small baitfish stuck being swept by the tide! Anglers are having the best success targeting them while either trolling or jigging with soft plastics rigged with a jighead during the early morning or late evening hours!
- Anglers are still catching Sheepshead around the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel and the Target Ship! The most favored method is using either Peeler Crabs or Soft Crabs! Be sure to get your fill of Sheepshead as they will not be around much longer as the water temperature begins to drop!
- The White Perch bite is still continuing strong in the tidal rivers of the South Bay Area! Anglers are having the best luck casting small spinners and spoons in shallow water around structure during the early morning or late evening hours! During the day Anglers are transitioning to deeper water to target the bigger White Perch using either bottom rigs or Chesapeake Sibiki Rigs tipped with either live or artificial bait!
- The mouth of the Patuxent River is offering some decent Reddrum, Speckled Trout and Kingfish opportunities! Same as with the Striped Bass, jigging and trolling is the most efficient way to get your fill of these fish! Spot and Croaker are also being caught in this area however with the cooling water temperature, they’re beginning to go south towards warmer water!