They note that perch fishing is excellent in the Pax right now, as well.Crabbing Report: Crabbing south of the Bridge is in good shape, with both necks and clams working well. The Choptank is standing out as a hotspot right now, with Alltackle in Annapolis reporting that the grass beds are providing excellent opportunities to get into the fish. Jerk Shad jigged in deeper water just inside the river. While you may be able to catch them a bit further north, your best bet will be to head south the Point Lookout, the Target Ships and below. Most of the croaker are small but we heard of several keepers this week and of some huge perch. 5 a.m.-7 p.m. Fri. & Sat.
Another reader report from Choptank did include a handful of specks from the shallows, and another hitting the little Choptank had stripers up to 26.5 inches. In the more traditional spots like Black Water and Mallows Bay, a white top water frog has worked well! As is the case elsewhere, the continuing heatwave has compromised striper fishing throughout the Middle Bay except for the first and last light bites, and made it tough to even be out on the water midday. Anglers around the dial are reporting that Fishbites Bloodworm flavor has been the next best thing. Angler’s reported that most of the action has shifted to the different fisheries, which are picking up throughout the region. Heading north Pooles Island will also most likely be worth the trip. With crazy high temps, please be mindful of how you're releasing undersized fish. Jigging and live soft crab will be effective too. They also mention that bloodworms can be difficult or impossible to obtain, and remind folks that Fishbites, razor clams, and soft crabs — all of which they keep in stock — also make excellent perch baits when fishing bottom rigs in deeper waters.
He also said there were tons of undersized crabs chewing up the baits.Ummm… Errr… Dolphin Report? Image: Left: Jay Fleming reported a great Red Drum bite in the Tangier Sound using Peeler Crab! Lower Chesapeake Bay Fishing Report, August 2020 Lower Chesapeake Bay Fishing report, August 7 Update: Attention FishTalk Readers: Due to the impact of the storm Isaias on our region, we want to caution that regardless of whether you fish freshwater, the Bay, or the ocean, the fishing … A few small sea bass and micro-croaker are showing up for anglers dropping bottom rigs, too, and on top of that we had a reader report that bottom fishing produced spot, white perch, and some eating-sized croaker south of the West River.More on the bottom fishing front: The Tackle Box is reporting rather epic spot catches (eating-sized fish) for bottom fishermen in the lower Patuxent, from the river mouth to Benedict. Upper Chesapeake Bay Fishing Report, August 7 Update: Attention FishTalk Readers: Due to the impact of the storm Isaias on our region, we want to caution that regardless of whether you fish freshwater, the Bay, or the ocean, the fishing deck has been shuffled. Rudow also saw another boat fishing crab baits in the same area hook up three big black drum and catch two. Image: Left: Pro-Staff employee Sam got on the flounder bite from the shore at Ocean City! Chesapeake Bay Fishing Report: July 31st 2020. !If you are passionate about the outdoors and love to fish or hunt, Anglers is the place for you. We had two reader reports successful trips into the lower Choptank southern shoreline, where casting four-inch pink and white plastics and topwater at daybreak were the ticket to landing them. Note: if you're good with catching blues, they were thick in the Sharp's Island area several days last week.With striper fishing lackluster, some other anglers shifted their attention to speckled trout this week, as well. Bradley reeled in a 23” and 24” rockfish! Small croaker and plenty of spot, some eating size, can be found in these areas as well.Note: If you do choose to head out for stripers this week, please be mindful of how you handle the fish in extreme heat. This week, the flounder bite proved too tempting to resist for a number of anglers: we had multiple reader reports of limit catches around the CBBT, the Cell, and one from Bluefish Rock. He said he didn’t see the blues or specks, and the heat made fishing difficult.
Way South Chesapeake Bay Fishing Report, July 24 Update: The dog days of summer have been providing some excellent fishing opportunities throughout Virginia’s waters. In the rivers, the story is pretty much the same. Most notably, this was the first week that Spanish Mackerel began showing in the Middle Bay. Angler-in-Chief Lenny Rudow ran to the mouth of the Choptank this Saturday, and caught a few rock including two keepers off Sharps Island Flats and Todd Point.