![]() The perch are also out deeper in 10 to 20 feet of water at the shoals and oyster beds where they can be caught alongside spot and small croaker. Both the rivers and bayfront are holding schools of perch around structure and all you need to target them is a light rod and reel combo, four-to-six-pound line, and a small spinner. Water temps are warm so a moving tide will is providing a better bite than the slack.įishing for white perch has been great in the shallows, especially around docks and rocky shorelines. Focus on shoreline points, stump fields, riprap, and other nearshore structure where fish will be looking to ambush bait. G-Eye jigs rigged with five-inch DieZel MinnowZ have been working great. Once the sun is up, paddletails have been the name of the game. The early morning topwater bite for rockfish has been good with some specks busting the surface. Both the Choptank and Little Choptank are producing some speckled trout for anglers targeting the shallows. Taylor enjoyed some action in Kent Narrows, fishing from the shoreline.Ī reader in the Little Choptank caught a pair of beautiful slot puppy drum on a Bass Assassin while casting in three to eight feet of water. While targeting rockfish on a recent trip, he retrieved multiple shredded plastics and a couple of accidental cutlasses. Another option is chasing cutlassfish, which Contributor Eric Packard reports are now in better numbers in the creeks on the lower Patuxent. One reader reported trolling up a “mess” of blues off the Sharps Island flats, with one Spanish in the mix. With this summer closure upon us anglers will be happy to learn that more blues and a few mackerel have moved up into middle Bay areas. During this time, no targeting of rockfish is allowed in Maryland waters of the Chesapeake Bay. Summer fishing has been picking up for many anglers but we are about to enter the rockfish closure from July 16th through July 31st. Middle Chesapeake Bay Fishing Report, July 14 Update: They weren’t keepers but any way you cut it that’s awesome to hear – and it means you could catch a red just about anywhere in the Middle Bay right about now. Mackerel reports have been slim but there seem to be a few mixed in near the blues.Ĭool catch alert: a reader who was perch fishing with a Beetle Spin near Shady Side tied into not one, but two little redfish this week. A few hearsay reports have come from around the mouth of the Choptank, but the better schools of bluefish seem to be sticking around Solomons and areas south. Their numbers should increase as we approach the end of the month. Scattered schools of bluefish and Spanish mackerel have started making their way into the mid Bay. The cutlassfish have been caught as far north as the South River this summer and one angler trolling near Thomas Point even caught one on a three-inch spoon. Creeks off the Patuxent have been producing plenty of cutlassfish, and Contributor Eric Packard has been catching them right off the docks (and losing plenty of paddletails). The diversity of species in the shallows will increase the farther south you go in the mid Bay. Bluefish numbers are on the rise - thank goodness!! A few 10-inch croaker and some toad fish were mixed in to round out a solid day of catching. He headed to the Bay Bridge pilings where he caught lots of small perch in the six-inch range and a few 10 inchers that went in the cooler. The spot were kept to strip up as perch bait (which works great). He started his trip by anchoring in 14 feet of water over shell bottom and found lots of small croaker and a few spot. An angler fishing out of Sandy Point took some time to target white perch while the rockfish are getting a break. They can be found in the shallows near docks or rock jetties, and out deeper close to shoals or oyster bars. White perch are fun to catch, great to eat, and easy to target. While the closure prevents anglers from directly targeting one of the more popular fish in the Bay, there are many other species to pursue. Rockfish season is currently closed until August 1st in Maryland waters of the Chesapeake Bay. Middle Chesapeake Bay Fishing Report, July 20 Update:
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