Epic Rockfish Run
We are having the best fall rockfish run that we have seen in recent memory.
Captain Greg is loading up on stripers in the upper bay. The rockfish are more plentiful than he has seen in years!
We are having the best fall rockfish run that we have seen in recent memory.
Captain Bernie Shea with his Sunday morning catch of stripers in the Patuxent.
The Patuxent has exploded with rockfish. There were breaking fish from Drum Point to Green Holly on Sunday morning. A myriad of boats, trollers, jiggers, and lure casters caught plenty. There were trollers who went up the river to the Brooms Island area to avoid the crowds and found eager fish. The rockfish were breaking up there, too.
A double header in the Patuxent near Broome Island.
The Potomac fishermen are doing very well too. The region from St. Clements to Ragged Point and further north seems to be the most productive.
Zach Carrol shows off blue catfish from the Potomac.
There are catfish in the Potomac and Patuxent that are very active. The Patuxent hot spots are near the Benedict Bridge and the Power Plant. The Potomac has blue catfish from Bushwood north to the District.
Wayne Boothe with a 12-and-a-half-inch perch that leads the November contest at The Tackle Box.
White perch are schooled up in the lower Patuxent from Point Patience to Sandy Point with the focal area near the Solomons Bridge. One boater found them Sunday and landed 176 perch from 8 to 13 inches in a couple of hours with help from his first mate. Sabiki rigs and metal jigs tipped with bits of bloodworm proved irresistible to the perch. There are hungry rockfish that are mixed with the perch in the deeper holes.
White perch are in the Patuxent near the Solomons Bridge in great schools.
The only obstacle to a successful fishing trip is the onery winds. There should be a window all this week as small craft warnings subside starting Tuesday.