Posted: Apr 14, 2025
The fishing is already good and will break wide open on the warmth.
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 to make St. Mary's your next fishing destination, take a look at the fishing reports below to see what's biting!
Posted: Mar 27, 2025
The Fishing Report is back! The catfishing is excellent in the northern regions of the Patuxent and Potomac.
Posted: Dec 19, 2024
A huge quantity of rockfish have moved into the lower Potomac.
Posted: Dec 03, 2024
The cold snap brought on hot fishing late last week, and the rockfish are schooled up and ready to bite.
Posted: Nov 26, 2024
Trollers and jiggers are finding rockfish, bluefish, sea bass and white perch in the Patuxent and Potomac.
Posted: Nov 12, 2024
There are rockfish still in the shallows and on the edges of drop offs and points in the Bay.
Posted: Oct 15, 2024
Rockfish are active in the Patuxent and Potomac for trollers using white bucktails with white plastic curly tails and no weight on the edges of the shallows.
Posted: Sep 23, 2024
The big storm that wiped out the first of the week with rain, tide surge, and wind promised to be a spoiler for fishing once it passed.
Posted: Sep 16, 2024
Blues, Bull Reds, Slot Reds, Rockfish, Cobia, and Perch!
There have been bluefish in the 4-to-8-pound category eating surgical hose lures (eels) in the bay for the last two months.
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