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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, February 2022
February 4, 2022
Lower Chesapeake Bay Fishing Report, February 25 Update: With some beautiful weather early this week, many anglers were able to get out on the water and enjoy some wonderful spring-ish fishing. Many of the reports coming out of the lower regions of… Read more...
Lower Chesapeake Bay Fishing Report, January 2022
January 7, 2022
Lower Chesapeake Bay Fishing Report, January 28 Update: The number of anglers who’ve headed out to catch and release rockfish during the past couple weeks has been slim, which could be accounting for part of why the Tackle Box didn’t have much to… Read more...
Lower Chesapeake Bay Fishing Report, December 2021
December 3, 2021
Lower Chesapeake Bay Fishing Report, December 31 Update: Welcome to the final fishing report of 2021! Here’s hoping that 2022 is a better year, both fishing-wise and otherwise. The 50-inch barrier has been broken, folks! Matt caught the fish of a… Read more...