Posted: Aug 28, 2025
A Bright and Cool Labor Day Weekend
Spot and bluefish continue to be the mainstay in local waters.
Chesapeake Bay, Patuxent, and Potomac Rivers
Fishing Report
Created by local store owner, Ken Lamb from The Tackle Box.
The Tackle Box was started in 1960 by Howard and Lena Lamb who arrived in St. Mary's County in 1958 when serving in the Navy. Ken Lamb, who began as a teenager working in the store, is now the owner. Ken is still active in publicity, paperwork, bait handling, and sales and has no plans of retiring.
If you're looking for your next fishing spot, take a look at the fishing reports below to see what's biting! St. Mary's County: The Destination for Fishing.
Posted: Aug 18, 2025
Spot are big and heavy in the mouth of the Patuxent and at Ragged Point in the Potomac; this has been an epic spot year.
Posted: Jul 14, 2025
Summertime striped bass fishing closures are here.
Posted: Jul 08, 2025
Fabulous Fishing as Summer Arrives
Bluefish have taken over the bay from Hooper's Island Light to Smith Point.
Posted: Jun 26, 2025
The spot, perch, and croaker (small ones) are also in the Potomac and its tributaries.
Posted: Jun 17, 2025
Both the mouth of the Patuxent and the shorelines up the river are very good for slot stripers hitting swimming plugs, plastics, and bucktails.
Posted: Jun 13, 2025
Patuxent River Now Open for Stripers
There were big catches of two-to-three-pound bluefish below the Targets in the Bay at the end of May before the ugly cold, rain, and wind closed us out.
Posted: May 27, 2025
Cold and wind continue to plague us as summer is reluctant to appear.
Posted: May 20, 2025
Opening day of striped bass season found good action in the Potomac, the mouth of the Patuxent, and bay. Trollers in the Potomac did well in about 30 feet of...
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