October 12, 2017
Wherever along the Chesapeake Bay your fishing grounds are located, one thing is for sure: catching flounder in the Bay is a ton of fun. Some years you’ll encounter plenty of these flat-fish as far…
September 26, 2017
This weekend the Coastal Conservation Association of Maryland (CCA MD) hauled their reef ball building trailer up to the Bass Pro Shops in Hanover, MD, where they set up shop and started building…
September 24, 2017
Anglers fishing the Chesapeake Bay for stripers just north of the Severn recently hooked into this rather usual looking mutant rockfish.
This mutant fish was caught on the 40-foot Reel Time, which…
September 6, 2017
You’re looking for keeper stripers in big schools, in the Upper and Middle Chesapeake Bay regions? Heading to the Chesapeake Bay Bridges might be your best choice. When the fishing is dead and all…
August 31, 2017
Chesapeake Bay fishing is best known for great light tackle striper action—there are not many places on earth where a person can get into huge slugs of predatory fish and catch them one after the…
July 5, 2017
Live lining with spot is highly effective, when you’re trying to put striped bass in the cooler. Most of the time if you drop this “rockfish candy” over the side, stripers will pounce right on them.…
July 5, 2017
Whether you’re on the hunt for striped bass, sea trout, croaker, bluefish, Spanish mackerel, or flounder, there’s one place in the middle Chesapeake that’s a good bet for all of the above: Eastern…
June 17, 2017
Poplar has proved a reliable hotspot for many middle Chesapeake anglers through the years. The ice breakers (A on the graphic), points (B), and outflow pipes on the southern end (C) are commonly the…
June 12, 2017
For many of us who regularly enjoy fishing the Chesapeake Bay, light tackle jigging is a favored method of chasing after striped bass. And it's no wonder—light tackle jigging is both fun and…
May 29, 2017
Last season we saw a terrific cobia bite in the lower and lower-middle Chesapeake Bay, and truth be told, many seasons there’s a good cobia bite in the Chesapeake’s southern reaches—as well as…
May 29, 2017
Chesapeake Bay fishing is world-renowned for its quality, diversity, and scenic qualities, whether you're plugging for striped bass in the Upper Bay or trolling for bluefish and Spanish mackerel in…
May 2, 2017
Youth angler Dawson Hoover and his father Dustin set out to start a new YouTube channel this spring, called Off the Streets and Outdoors, which began with this video of fishing on the Chesapeake for…
April 20, 2017
The warm water discharge at Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant (CCNPP) gushes a whitewater torrent into the middle Chesapeake Bay, yet the discharge at Brandon Shores meanders gently into the mouth…
April 3, 2017
Whether you're talking about freshwater fishing, Chesapeake Bay fishing, or coastal fishing, each of the states in our region has its own set of regulations regarding minimum size, bag limits, and…