Cobia Season Opens
June 15 is the opening of Cobia season in Maryland waters.
Cobia like this from last June are the target now that the season is open.
June 15 is the opening of Cobia season in Maryland waters. The minimum size is 43 inches. Anglers are allowed one per day with a maximum of two fish per vessel.
Double header spot on the Shea-D-Lady. Captain Bernie: 301-672-3282
The Cobia can congregate most anywhere in the bay, but the most consistent area is below the Target Ship on the "humps" where the bottom rises about ten feet above the surrounding depths. Fishermen will anchor and put out a chum line and drift live eels. Cobia will school up close to the surface around buoy markers, floating debris, and cow nosed ray (skate) schools.
Bernie is catching rockfish too!
Cobia will be chasing bait on the Mud Leads where trollers using surgical eel lures can connect. Cobia also shadow schools of breaking bluefish looking for scraps of cut up bait fish.
Jen Tippet with a crappie from a local pond.
We had good reports of fish catches early last week of the waning moon. Blues and rockfish were hitting top water lures near the mouth of St. Jerome's Creek. Lure casters found blues and rockfish around Cedar Point and up the Patuxent around creek mouths and structure. A surf caster using cut bait hooked a 33-inch bluefish at Hog Point.
Big bass, too!
Spot and croaker were located in all the usual locations in the mouth of the Patuxent. Captain Bernie Shea did well with rockfish and spot in the Patuxent.
Von is catching huge bass in local ponds!
The fishing turned sour on the new moon on Sunday and Monday. The cool front came in and crashed temperatures down from the extreme heat. The fish went sulking and closed mouthed. The good news is the moon is on the wax with 35 per cent on Saturday , and temperatures return to a pleasing mid 80s, kicking off a new bite for all the fish.
Captain Bernie Shea is loading up on spot in the Patuxent.
Blue catfish are in full summertime mode. The catfish bite has been very good up the Patuxent at Kings Landing where shore fishermen have caught some big ones this week.