Fishing News for Mid-Atlantic Anglers

Our timely, up-to-date Fishing Reports are delivered via email and the interwebs every Friday by noon, just in time for weekend fishing adventures. Meanwhile, here's our forecast for the upcoming…

Where are the white perch? That’s a question we’ve heard over and over again for several years running. You don’t have to be an old-timer to remember when white perch were so plentiful that catching…

The Maryland Department of Natural Resources has announced that they’re moving forward with initiating a new “baseline” striped bass season for 2026. You may remember that a few weeks back we asked…

This month as winter hits we talk with Capt. Tom Weaver of Fish with Weaver about winter pickerel fishing. When the water temps grow too cold for the rockfish to bite this turns into an awesome…

Ummm… is it really 2025? Are my kids all out there adulting on their own? Do my knees and elbows ache more than they used to, is that bald spot really visible when my back’s to the camera, and is…

Maybe you prefer custom over mass-produced, maybe you want to give an angler a gift with real meaning, or maybe you just like fishing with the best, and in any of those cases you might want to build…

Most fishing reports that appear in print are generalized, and days or even weeks may have passed before the report gets into your hands. Not so, with our timely, up-to-date Fishing Reports delivered…

After years of striped bass regulations ratcheting tighter and tighter, the Maryland DNR is considering a “baseline season adjustment” for rockfish for 2026. The proposed changes boil down to this: …

This month we pose some questions about catching Chesapeake Bay winter striped bass to Captain Steve Griffin, of Griffin’s Guide Service. Captain Steve with a nice winter striper. Oooh, we can't…

Finally, something we can all agree on: the Chesapeake Bay Agreement. With its roots dating all the way back to 1983, the governors of Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Virginia, along with the mayor of…

We all know printed fishing reports are generalized, and weeks have passed before the report gets into your hands. For timely, up-to-date reports, visit our Reports pages. Current reports will be…

Wait a sec – November crabbing? You bet, people, most seasons you can catch ‘em right up to Thanksgiving! Steamed crabs are still a possibility, people!! Most people think of crabbing as a summer…

Like ‘em or not, blue catfish are here to stay in the Chesapeake. Long adapted to our country’s big Midwestern rivers, they have adjusted easily to Virginia’s large tidal rivers over the past 50…

It’s Saturday, July 19. The weather forecast is for low winds, calm seas, and cooler temps than we’ve been having all summer thanks to cloud cover, but no chance of rain. I’m taking a few friends…

You say you plan on wrangling rockfish and chasing cobia from a red-hot new fishing boat next season, but you’re not sure what to get? Never fear, dear boat shopper: the Annapolis Powerboat Show is…

We refer to years and years of the FishTalk weekly fishing reports when we make this monthly fishing forecast, but it does not include the very latest in angling intel. For current reports please…

Okay, I admit it: marine electronics have long been a crutch and now side-scan has become a critical part of my fishing repertoire, but drone fishing never struck me as an imperative. Yeah, the bow-…

We look back at the past years of FishTalk's fishing reports to put this forecast together, and it does not include the latest angling intel. For current reports please visit our Reports section …