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Middle Bay Fishing Reports

Middle Chesapeake Bay Fishing Report, March 2026
Middle Chesapeake Bay Fishing Report, March 20 Update: Water temperatures on the main stem of the Bay are on the rise as we anticipate the start of the striped bass migration. Main stem temperatures on the west side are in the low to mid 40s, while on the east side they are closer to the 50-degree mark. The Eastern Shore always warms up quicker, and fish will often gravitate to those warmer waters. We didn’t have any readers check in with striper reports this week, but the Eastern Shore… Read more »
Middle Chesapeake Bay fishing Report, May 2023
May 5, 2023
Middle Chesapeake Bay Fishing Report, May 26 Update: The Angler in Chief says he continued to encounter a slow bite on rockfish last weekend, fishing most of a morning to catch a handful of fish up to 22 inches. Multiple spots proved barren until… Read more...
Middle Chesapeake Bay fishing Report, April 2023
April 7, 2023
Middle Chesapeake Bay Fishing Report, April 28 Update: Most anglers in the mid Bay region have been occupied with catfish during the rockfish closure. We heard from a couple of anglers targeting catfish this week, one in the Magothy and another in… Read more...
Middle Chesapeake Bay fishing Report, March 2023
March 3, 2023
Middle Chesapeake Bay fishing Report, March 31 Update: Tales of mixed success came in from catch-and-release rockfish anglers in the Middle Bay, with Bloody Point ID’d as a productive zone for some. A reader report of two fish caught (both in the… Read more...