The Great Fall Fishing Weekend
“Monday is a Holiday and I am also dubbing the weekend: "The Great Fall Fishing Weekend."
Plenty of slots rockfish in Cornfield Harbor.
Filling up the fish box!
The weather is finally clearing up. The forecast shows sunny days and light winds through the weekend. “Monday is a Holiday and I am also dubbing the weekend: "The Great Fall Fishing Weekend."
Spot are very active in the mouth of the Patuxent. Captain Bernie Shea is catching plenty everyday.
The bottom fishing is terrific with spot and both gray and speckled trout mixed together most everywhere. There are still some croaker available, but they and the bigger spot have started their migration to the Atlantic.
J D holds a big bluefish (30 inches, 9 pounds). One of 52 landed Sunday on the Kelly D. out of Solomons.
The bluefish are consistent for trollers in the Bay with medium size blues the more prevalent. There are good quantities of 7-to-10-pound bluefish still here. The most popular trolling set up is Captain John's Spoonbrella. There are snapper bluefish for bait fishermen off the shoreline and bottom fishermen in boats.
Eric Packard caught, redfish, trout, and bluefish at Point Lookout from his kayak this week.
Lure casters are finding trout, rockfish, and an occasional slot red drum in the shallows. Trollers will find rockfish in the rivers and bay. One of the most consistent spots is just south of the Potomac River Bridge in the Potomac at the entrance to the Upper Machodoc Creek. Piney Point, Ragged Point, and Kitts Point in the Potomac have good striper fishing. The St. Mary's River has great spot, trout, and rockfish. Stripers will be schooled up and breaking in the Patuxent near the Drift Inn by the time you read this.
Slot red drum.
The rain has not dampened the fresh-water fishing. Crappie love this time of year and are schooled up in St. Mary's Lake ready to take lures or live minnows. The largemouth bass are feeding up for the winter and are plentiful in the Lake.
Seatrout, both speckled and gray (weakfish), are in the Patuxent; many are legal size.
It is a great time of the year with the pivot to fall in full swing and great weather predicted.
Dominic, fisherman Alex's son, with striper caught off Solomons Island boardwalk this week.
Let's go fishing!
The views expressed in this Fishing Report are those of Ken Lamb and do not necessarily represent the views of Visit St. Mary's MD, its employees or board of directors. This report is for informational purposes only and details on MD fishing regulations can be found in the Maryland Guide to Fishing and Crabbing.