Main Image: Johnnie Caldwell with 27 inch red drum and 22 inch rockfish that took a YoZuri silver minnow at Hog Point Patuxent River.
The weather may have been awful with wind, weather and rain, but the fishing was great.
The weather may have been awful with wind, weather and rain, but the fishing was great.
Cobia are still on the middle grounds below the target ship in the magic 18 feet of water. Plenty were caught this week on live spot and live eels. There are a lot of undersized cobia in the 24 to 35 inch range, but enough keepers to make the trip worthwhile.
Puppy drum are plentiful in the creeks in the nine to fourteen inch range (please release carefully). Now we have keeper red drum (redfish, channel bass, and various other names) in the slot limit between 18 and 27 inches being caught consistently in the shallows of the rivers and creek mouths mixed with hefty rockfish, In addition the huge reds are still in the bay for trollers, chummers and sight casters.
Trollers and lure casters are doing very well with rockfish up the Potomac and Patuxent. There are breaking fish from time to time most everywhere.
Lenny Rudow with Cobia from SW Middle Grounds.
Black sea bass at St. George Island Bridge.
Spot are plentiful in the rivers.
White perch are very active on high tides taking bait or various lures. Perch Hounders and Beetle Spins are very popular.
There were some small black sea bass at Piney Point this week. Sea bass have a 12 1/2 inch minimum and a 15 per day bag limit.
Speckled trout can show up most anywhere in southern Maryland waters.
Ben Winsor with typical puppy drum that have invaded Southern Maryland.
Dickie Wose with a striper that took a Beetle Spin in the Patuxent.