After the Storm
The Nor'easter has finally fizzled out.
Ian fished during the storm at Point Lookout Pier and landed this giant red drum on cut bait.
Josh caught trout in the middle of the storm in St. Mary's River.
The Nor'easter has finally fizzled out.
Captain Bernie is finding keeper trout for his parties.
Smaller blues still here.
After a week of non-fishable weather, we were all wondering what might have happened to the fish.
Spot are plentiful as shown here on Monday after Noreaster.
Lonnie with one of dozens of tiny trout from Cuckold Creek, Monday morning. All safely released. The target of spot for bait fishing were just as plentiful.
The Shea-D-Lady ventured out in the wind protected area of the lower Potomac on Sunday with a bottom fishing party and found plenty of spot, trout, croaker, blues, and even a whiting eager to bite. On Monday there was good fishing too, but a little more effort was required to fill the coolers. Capt. Bernie Shea can always find them.
Drew and Emma catch rockfish from Patuxent River pier.
Emma caught this one all by herself.
Others found fish on Monday as the water levels began to recede and the winds subsided. There were stripers taking cast lures in the mouth of Smith Creek in the lower Potomac. One angler landed about 20 stripers, mostly undersized, and one keeper over 19 inches.
Captain Bernie Shea loaded the coolers with spot, croaker, blues, and trout Sunday after the storm.
Hunter Windsor shows off a fine perch from Breton Bay, Potomac.
There should be some big bluefish and bull reds in the main stem of the bay. The mackerel may have mostly left for the Atlantic. We will all be pioneers when venturing out in the bay as the storm has had us all tied up tending to over-flowing tides.
Eric with Monday afternoon fish from St. Marys Lake.
Plenty of bass at the lake.
The fish were biting on Monday in St. Mary's Lake. Crappie and bass and even snakehead are very active.
Small trout are in Cornfield harbor and in all southern Maryland waters in huge numbers!
Snakehead, a hard fighting, delicious fish now in the lake.
Some spot are huge!
The views expressed in this Fishing Report are those of Ken Lamb and do not necessarily represent the views of Visit St. Mary's MD, its employees or board of directors. This report is for informational purposes only and details on MD fishing regulations can be found in the Maryland Guide to Fishing and Crabbing.