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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 »
November Lower Chesapeake Bay Fishing Report
November 2, 2018
Lower Chesapeake Bay Fishing Report, 11/30/18 Update: The lower bay, despite the harsher temperatures that we’ve come to accept as a reality of this approaching winter, has been crazy good for the amount and size of stripers compared to what we’ve… Read more...
October Lower Chesapeake Bay Fishing Report
October 5, 2018
Lower Chesapeake Bay Fishing Report, 10/26/2018 Update: The rockfish are out and about, even if the warm air and warm water are receding. The remaining blues are also busy picking off the scraps that striper schools are leaving behind, so keep in… Read more...
September 2018 Lower Chesapeake Bay Fishing Report
September 7, 2018
Lower Chesapeake Bay Fishing Report, 9/28/2018 Update: The Lower Bay regions aren’t as prone to the debris that we’re seeing in the Upper and Middle Bay, but there has been some fog in the mornings recently for those dedicated anglers out there,… Read more...