June Is Busting Out All Over
The first bluefish and big croaker catches of the season were reported this week, both in the lower Potomac.
Spanish mackerel swam into a pound netter's trap in Cornfield Harbor on Monday. There were also chopper bluefish in the 19 to 24 inch (size and a couple of brutes in excess of 30 inches), bull redfish, and big black drum.
Rhodell Richardson leads The Tackle Box big catfish contest for June with this 41 inch ,38 lb. 9 oz. beauty, the biggest of 12 catfish caught at Kings Landing in the Patuxent.
The summertime fish continue to swim into our waters as cobia have been sighted below the Target Ship. The fish are finicky eaters and want live eels. The Tackle Box now has them at the ready as the season begins on June 15.
Chris with the biggest of a dozen perch caught jigging with a shad dart tipped with grass shrimp on structure in the Patuxent.
Spot and tiny croaker are in the rivers and creeks. Croaker must be 9 inches to keep and the little ones grow fast. The spot are excellent for live-lining bait for stripers. The big ones are excellent eating and they will increase in size and numbers daily.
Big yellow Perch that took a Mepps spinner at St. Mary's Lake.
Some diligent perch seekers found some honey holes in the lower Patuxent this week and brought home trophy-sized fish.
Keeper rockfish from lower Potomac.
Both rockfish and bluefish have been caught daily by lure casters in the Potomac and Patuxent and the St. Mary's River this week. Some speckled trout have been caught near grass beds at Kitts Point in the Potomac. Both boaters and shore casters are finding eager fish at dusk and dawn.
Kyle. used surface popper to entice this fine striper.
St. Inigoes Landing has been rebuilt at the end of Beachville Road and is now open. A great place to launch your boat or to fish from pier and sandy beach. Rockfish, trout, spot, and perch have been caught there in previous seasons.
Eric Packard with a typical bass from St. Mary's Lake. Big fish took a whacky rigged worm.
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.