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.
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: 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...
Posted: May 15, 2025
There are plenty of rockfish here now just about everywhere.
Posted: May 01, 2025
A handful of spot have been mixed with alewife in the catches of pound netters this past week.
Posted: Apr 14, 2025
The fishing is already good and will break wide open on the warmth.
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.
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