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Lower Bay Fishing Reports

Lower Chesapeake Bay Fishing Report, March 2026
Lower Chesapeake Bay Fishing Report, March 20 Update: The spring runs are moving right along as the yellow perch run winds down, others are starting up. Contributor Eric Packard paid a visit to Mason Springs looking for shad, but only found a few mostly small male yellow perch. Other anglers on-site reported the same, with small fish present but only a couple of keeper-sized fish showing up. The water was high and muddy from the rain early this week, but it should have settled out by the… Read more »
Lower Chesapeake Bay Fishing Report, August 2022
August 5, 2022
Lower Chesapeake Bay Fishing Report, August 26 Update: Opportunities are plentiful in the Lower Bay; it may just take covering some water to find the fish. Spanish mackerel and bluefish provided a lot of good action this week. They have been all… Read more...
Lower Chesapeake Bay Fishing Report, July 2022
July 1, 2022
Lower Chesapeake Bay fishing report, July 29 Update: Anglers: with both sorrow and joy, we inform you of the departure of our Fishing Reports Editor Mollie Rudow. Mollie has begun a different chapter in her life with a new full-time job and will no… Read more...
Lower Chesapeake Bay Fishing Report, June 2022
June 3, 2022
Lower Chesapeake Bay Fishing Report, June 23 Update: There’s some great striper fishing in the Potomac right now, with plenty of action to go around. The Tackle Box checked in to let us know that the area around Piney Point to St. George’s Island… Read more...