Chesapeake Bay The defining estuary of the mid-Atlantic — striper country
43 of 48worth the trip today
Mostly white perch and striped bass today. Each spot is scored for whatever is in season and biting best there.
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Every spot on Chesapeake Bay
48 public spots, best first. Each is scored for whatever is in season and biting best there today.
62° water · 13 mph wind · outgoing tide
62° water · 15 mph wind · outgoing tide
62° water · 16 mph wind · incoming tide
62° water · 12 mph wind · high slack tide
64° water · 14 mph wind · incoming tide
64° water · 14 mph wind · incoming tide
64° water · 15 mph wind · incoming tide
63° water · 15 mph wind · outgoing tide
64° water · 16 mph wind · incoming tide
62° water · 14 mph wind · low slack tide
62° water · 13 mph wind · low slack tide
63° water · 18 mph wind · outgoing tide
63° water · 14 mph wind · outgoing tide
64° water · 12 mph wind · outgoing tide
62° water · 12 mph wind · low slack tide
62° water · 15 mph wind · outgoing tide
72° water · 17 mph wind · outgoing tide
62° water · 20 mph wind · low slack tide
63° water · 18 mph wind · outgoing tide
63° water · 20 mph wind · outgoing tide
63° water · 14 mph wind · outgoing tide
About Chesapeake Bay
From the Susquehanna flats to the mouth at Virginia Beach, the Bay drives almost all mid-Atlantic tidal fishing. Rockfish run the spring and fall migrations, white perch work the tributaries year-round, and blue cats have become one of the largest inshore fisheries on the East Coast.
What people fish for here
What anglers are reporting
Middle Bay. It is all about striped bass this week as the fall fishery kicks into gear. Anglers are enjoying excellent fishing along the shores of the tidal rivers and Bay this week. Casting paddletails , crankbaits , and topwater lures during the morning and evening hours has been very successful. This is a wonderful time of the year to get out for a short trip to the lower sections of the region’s tidal rivers for some evening casting for striped bass. A few anglers are magically finding the last of the spot and live-lining them along channel edges and the Bay Bridge piers with good success. Using live eels and cut bait also works well.
Upper Chesapeake Bay. Cooler water temperatures are turning up the fishing action for striped bass anglers casting paddletails and topwater lures in the shallower waters, especially near the edges of the Susquehanna Flats and structured shorelines along the Bay and tidal river shores. The best action occurs during the morning and evening hours when a good tide is running, and a flood tide is always an advantage. Upper Bay water temperatures are holding around 60 degrees this week. Baitfish in the form of juvenile menhaden are moving out of the major tidal rivers into the upper Bay, and into a gauntlet of hungry striped bass hoping to put on some weight after a long hot summer.
Lower Bay. Anglers in the lower Bay are enjoying the excellent striped bass fishing they’ve been patiently waiting for. Striped bass are being caught in a widespread number of locations from shallow water to deep water and everywhere in between. The lower Potomac River from Ragged Point to Piney Point and a few locations upriver have been providing excellent striped bass fishing for anglers casting and jigging . The lower Patuxent River is offering the same good fishing. Casting a mix of paddletails , topwater lures , jerkbaits and crankbaits are all working well in the shallow waters during the morning and evening hours.
Quoted from the Maryland DNR weekly fishing report. Reports are what anglers and biologists saw that week, not a forecast.