Stormy Monday

The storms of Sunday and Monday brought two inches of rain to my rain gauge. The fish may change some of their patterns when the weather clears, but great catches were made all week with spot the most dependable as usual. White perch are biting early and late with a great catch off Solomons pier by savvy fishermen using shad darts or Sabiki rigs tipped with grass shrimp.

Eric caught several speckled trout at Point Lookout early last week.

Speckled trout and bluefish are in the shallows at Point Lookout. 

Craig Roberts with bluefish caught night fishing with cut bait near Cedar Point.

Bluefish are schooled up in the bay often mixed with Spanish mackerel. Trolled spoons and surgical eel lures are fish getters. The blues have moved into the creeks and rivers too, cutting off hooks and lures with those razor sharp teeth.

Ken Lamb with a catch of white perch from the Patuxent.

Cobia are taking trolled surgical eel lures and are in the chum lines for folks using cut bait and live eels. There are a lot of under-sized cobia and over-sized red drum. 

Eric caught this 29 inch Snakehead in a Patuxent feeder creek.

Snakehead and catfish will love that rainwater and will be active in the upper regions of the Potomac and Patuxent.

Dylan Vollmer with two Spanish mackerel from last Saturday in the bay.

Crabs continue to be plentiful. 

Crappie at biting at St. Marys Lake!

Fresh water fishing is excellent with bass, crappie, pickerel, bluegill, and even white perch hitting all manner of lures and bait in St. Mary's Lake.