Fabulous Fishing as Summer Arrives
Bluefish have taken over the bay from Hooper's Island Light to Smith Point.
Chris with Patuxent River rockfish this week.
Bluefish have taken over the bay from Hooper's Island Light to Smith Point. The blues have been breaking in schools of peanut bunker constantly for the week. The further south the bigger the blues, but most are good size everywhere. Spoons and surgical hose type eels are the most popular lures for trollers. Lure casters are using spoons, Gotchas, and most anything that moves and flashes.
Bluefish wide open at Hooper's Island Light all last week.
Steady catches of stripers are reported in the mouth of the Patuxent for those casting bucktails, plastics, top water poppers, and swimming plugs.
Jiggers are still finding eager rockfish at the Solomons Bridge pilings. Some savvy trollers have done well up the Patuxent on the shoreline using small bucktails.
Mark Frisco catches rockfish at reliable Cedar Point.
Cornfield Harbor in the mouth of the Potomac has rockfish, trout and red fish for lure casters on the drop offs, and in the shallows.
Breton Bay has had some really good perch catches this week for lure casters working the docks and shoreline structure. The Patuxent has white perch too.
Hunter Windsor with big perch from Breton.
Bottom fishermen have found spot, croaker, perch and even some decent flounder from Point Patience to Half Pone Point, Green Holly, Drum Point, and off the O'Club. The Potomac has spot at Ragged Point, Cobb Island, and Bushwood.
It doesn't get better than this!
Cobia fishing is improving with some keeper sized fish now off Point Lookout and below the Target Ship. The undersized fish from 25 to 35 inches are in the mouth of the Potomac.
Noble Hite leads Tackle Box perch contest for July with this 12 14 inch beauty.