Tangier Sound Fishing Report 1/25/18 Update:
There's little to report that's different from last week, with all quiet on the sound itself and the only fishing action in town taking place up the rivers. Perch are present in their pre-spawn haunts and crappie can be found near pilings and deadfall. In the upper Wicomico near Salisbury, one reader had some success with crappie fishing small minnow under a bobber along the docks (no photos nor confirmation, but our Angler in Chief says this makes sense and in the past, has been a productive winter zone).
We wish we could scrounge more info, but that's all we could find in the area this week. Stay tuned, though, spring is just around the corner!
Tangier Sound Fishing Report 1/19/18 Update:
Sea Hawk reports that the Pocomoke thawed a little bit this week, allowing for some anglers to get out on the water. A few reports of yellow perch came in, however those who did fish aren't reporting catching any of the crappie and pickerel that were caught before the deep freeze.
The only other option for area anglers is to head for the ocean side, where tautog are the main target. See the Coastal report, for more info on that action.
Tangier Sound Fishing Report 1/12/18 Update:
Sea Hawk says that far as fishing goes, it’s hard to get out when there’s a layer of ice over everything. Just before everything froze there were great numbers of crappie, pickerel, and yellow perch in the Pocomoke River. But shortly after the fishing was hot, the water turned to ice. With such a strong current and temperatures now above freezing, you’d have to have a death wish to even try ice fishing in this area. The bright side, however, is that with the incoming warm weather and rain we can hope for the ice to thin out and bust up in short order.
Tangier Sound Fishing Report 1/5/18 Update:
Welcome to the first fishing report for the Tangier Sound in 2018. Sort of. Anglers, we hate to have to start the new year off with a report like this, but… Sea Hawk hasn't answered the phone lately (we don't blame 'em!), and we can’t find an angler alive who’s hit the sound in the past week. With the insane weather we’re currently having, we don’t expect things to change any time real soon. Most of the area tributaries and slow-moving rivers have frozen, making exploratory up-river trips tough. Meanwhile heavy winds have shut down tog fishing for the time being, so heading to the ocean-side isn’t an option right now, either. (Though we note that a day or two after the current weather event passes, we’d expect tautog on the inshore wrecks to provide a near-by shot at bending a rod).
Millpond spillways, which always have some amount of open water, may be the only option for anglers on the lower shore at this point – at least until the wind and freezing temps let up for a bit.