Hot fishing in mid June
Both the mouth of the Patuxent and the shorelines up the river are very good for slot stripers hitting swimming plugs, plastics, and bucktails.
Big catches in Potomac shallows and St. Mary's River around grass beds.
Striped bass are hitting jigged lures in the Patuxent at the Solomons bridge pilings. The change of tides is very good when the water is just beginning to move. When the fish light up all the pilings are productive and plentiful.
Tammy Baker with a pair of Patuxent River stripers.
Both the mouth of the Patuxent and the shorelines up the river are very good for slot stripers hitting swimming plugs, plastics, and bucktails. Shore fishermen using bait and lures are doing very well.
Peeler crab is the preferred bait along with razor clams, cut bait, bloodworms, and shrimp and squid.
Trollers are catching plenty of stripers in the Potomac and Patuxent now that the weather is approaching normal.
Spot are getting bigger every day!
Josh with two at the time spot on the St. Mary's River.
Spot, perch, and croaker are now plentiful in both the Potomac and Patuxent. Capt. Bernie Shea on his charter boat, the Shea- D-Lady, loading up on spot in the Patuxent. There are white perch and croaker in the mix, too. The spot are at Hawk's Nest, Kingston Hollow, Sandy Point and the Three legged. Plenty of spot have now advanced up the river to Benedict and into most all the creeks. The St. Mary's River has spot on the shoreline. All the tributaries of the St. Mary's have spot off most any pier or dock, they love bloodworms.
Ken Lamb with a surprise snakehead that took a perch lure in the Patuxent.
Lower Potomac, excellent fishing!
Fishermen have been reporting good catches of white perch in the creeks using small spinner baits. Beetle Spins and Pech Hounders work very well. Puppy drum should be here soon.
Trout this week mixed with rockfish in Potomac.
Chris with rockfish Tuesday morning on surface popper in Patuxent.
The bluefish have moved into the bay. Trollers using surgical eel lures caught plenty of bluefish in the 18-to-24-inch category before the weather closed out Sunday and Monday. There were numerous cobia caught by trollers seeking blues in the area of the Target ship as late as Saturday when the cold front came through. The cobia caught and released were big! Tuesday will be the first day that weather permits a trip to mid-bay for trollers, chummers, and live eel fishermen targeting cobia. The rest of the week looks like excellent conditions.
Its going to be a great summer for bottom fishing.