It has been difficult to verify the annual May worm swarm that should have occurred on the new moon May 21, but may be delayed until the following new moon on June 13. Striped bass fishing is slow right now in the middle Bay, which has a lot of anglers scratching their heads. Greyson Dent holds up a nice 13-inch white perch he caught off the family dock. The season’s first spot are being caught at the mouth of the Magothy River and near Sandy Point by anglers fishing for white perch with bloodworms. Anglers are using grass shrimp or pieces of bloodworm on bottom rigs in the deeper waters. White perch fishing is good this week in the lower sections of the region’s tidal rivers and creeks. Drifting soft crab baits or using spot or white perch for live-lining is also a successful way to fish. Jigging with soft plastic jigs around the Bay Bridge piers is popular. Umbrella rigs and tandem rigged bucktails dressed with sassy shads or paddletails are popular offerings. Trolling is a good option, but it has been a slow pick. The Love Point rocks are giving up striped bass to those jigging with soft plastic jigs. Striped bass anglers fishing below the Hart-Miller Island to Tolchester line report a slow pick the fish seem to be spread out in many areas. Cut bait is perhaps the most popular bait and anglers chunking or chumming for striped bass will be catching their share of blue catfish. Ī mix of channel and blue catfish can be found from the Conowingo Dam pool south to most portions of the upper Bay and all the tidal rivers within the region. ![]() ![]() The Department of Natural Resources instituted a tagging program to reward snakehead anglers who catch these invasives and report the tags. Paddletails are the most popular lure to use for snakeheads, but with grass becoming more common, buzzbaits and frogs can also be effective. Northern snakeheads are being caught in the Conowingo Dam pool, the lower Susquehanna River, the Flats, and tidal rivers throughout the upper Bay. There has also been some early morning and evening topwater action along the shallower edges of the flats. Striped bass are being caught along the deeper edges of the Susquehanna Flats by jigging with soft plastics. Boundaries and dates can be found in a map on the Department of Natural Resources website and the online regulations for striped bass fishing in the Chesapeake Bay and its tidal tributaries. Effective that date the slot size becomes consistent with the rest of the Bay – 19 inches to 31 inches, with a limit of one fish per day per angler. Northern snakehead, photo courtesy Jason KendallĪnglers looking for a keeper striped bass in the Susquehanna River will see boundary restrictions removed and maximum slot size change beginning June 1. Īs always, the best fishing areas could be further refined by intersecting them with underwater points, hard bottom, drop-offs, and large schools of baitfish.įor more detailed and up-to-date fishing conditions in your area of the Bay, be sure to check out Eyes on the Bay’s Click Before You Cast. To see the latest water clarity conditions, check Eyes on the Bay Satellite Maps. Expect average water clarity in Maryland’s waters. There will be above average tidal currents all week as a result of the upcoming full moon on June 4. However, there are still plenty of cool, well oxygenated areas in the Bay to pursue gamefish.Įxpect below average flows all week. Some areas of low oxygen are present in the bottom waters in the main Bay from Tolchester down to the Gooses Reef, and on the Potomac River from Colonial Beach to Breton Bay. Warmest Bay waters will be found near the surface as well as near river mouths.īay salinity is still above average. Main Bay surface water temperatures have risen since last week to the upper 60s and low 70s. Continued warm weather will keep water temperatures rising for Chesapeake Bay gamefish.
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