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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 2025
May 2, 2025
Middle Chesapeake Bay Fishing Report, May 30 Update: The weather has been all over the place recently with cooler temperatures and a rainy pattern persisting over the past few weeks. The AIC reports that the up and down temperatures made for an on-… Read more...
Middle Chesapeake Bay Fishing Report, April 2025
April 4, 2025
Middle Chesapeake Bay Fishing Report, April 25 Update: While there hasn’t been much action on the main stem of the bay with the striper closure, there are several tribs that are fishing well. We had a couple of reader reports of excellent white… Read more...
Middle Chesapeake Bay Fishing Report, March 2025
March 7, 2025
Middle Chesapeake Bay Fishing Report, March 28 Update: As the Spring striper shut-down approaches the warming waters have turned up the heat on Middle Bay catch-and-release action, with multiple reader reports flowing in of solid action in Eastern… Read more...