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Read more about the article Schoolies in the River

Schoolies in the River

  • Post published:May 17, 2026
  • Post category:Latest/Reports

Hungry packs of striped bass are roaming middle Chesapeake Bay tributaries, providing a fun angling opportunity!

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Read more about the article Assateague Island Wonderland

Assateague Island Wonderland

  • Post published:May 11, 2026
  • Post category:Adventures/Latest/Reports

A quick, spring trip to the shore for big migratory fish and camping under the stars was both charming and challenging!

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Read more about the article Big Striped Bass in Annapolis

Big Striped Bass in Annapolis

  • Post published:April 4, 2026
  • Post category:Features/Reports

The spring catch-and-release season for striped bass is here. With a goal and plan to target big fish, we set out on Good Friday to find them near Annapolis

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Read more about the article Early Spring at Severn Run

Early Spring at Severn Run

  • Post published:March 28, 2026
  • Post category:Features/Reports

Signs are everywhere that activity in the upper Severn watershed is increasing, from the perch spawn to eagles, hawks, ospreys, turtles, deer, and foliage springing to life!

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Read more about the article Maryland DNR Fishing Reports Return!

Maryland DNR Fishing Reports Return!

  • Post published:March 6, 2026
  • Post category:News/Reports

After a three-month hiatus, Maryland Department of Natural Resources' weekly Maryland Fishing Report returns, just in time for the Spring season

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Read more about the article 2025 Angling & Adventure Review

2025 Angling & Adventure Review

  • Post published:December 25, 2025
  • Post category:Adventures/Features/Reports

From January through December and season to season, we fished for various species in many locations using multiple angling styles!

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Read more about the article Wonderful Pickerel Fishing!

Wonderful Pickerel Fishing!

  • Post published:November 23, 2025
  • Post category:Reports/Tactics

Several outings produced a creek pattern that's fairly easy to replicate, given the right conditions, for very good pickerel fishing

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Read more about the article Rocktober is Here!

Rocktober is Here!

  • Post published:October 10, 2025
  • Post category:Reports/Tactics

The autumn season of quality fishing for striped bass has arrived in the Severn River, and throughout the Chesapeake Bay!

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Read more about the article Cool in the Creek

Cool in the Creek

  • Post published:October 1, 2025
  • Post category:Reports/Tactics

Water temperatures continue to dip lower as autumn sets in, contributing to an improved bite in the feeder creeks of the Severn River

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Coaxed this little one w/ a clouser, trying my nov Coaxed this little one w/ a clouser, trying my novice hand at fly casting an 8w for schoolies. Got a ways to go. Tried poppers in morning. Then clousers. Arms are sore. A fun and frustrating challenge sheesh. Pretty morning tho 😎

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Sunrise over the Severn this morning. Gave fishing Sunrise over the Severn this morning. Gave fishing a shot with friends Erik and Lucas before the wind won the day. It was really blowing out there but we tried some protected areas. Didn’t get on any—there will be a next time. Beautiful day otherwise 

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Plenty of stripers runnin’ around the rivers right Plenty of stripers runnin’ around the rivers right now (crowded charters too). Packs here and there, in the mid-Severn for example. Found em several times over on a Sunday morning. Target shallows adjacent to deep water access. They roam and feed. I slowly cruise ideal areas with the quiet troll motor. Cast to likely spots for fun, then occasionally the schools show up in full force, some larger than others. Fun time to fish before the summer heat picks up. Most of these came on a white paddletail or a small bucktail

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Run to Assateague Is. this wknd was cold, rainy, w Run to Assateague Is. this wknd was cold, rainy, windy, worthwhile. Nice fish hit (peeler crab, clams, sandfleas), birds everywhere, my brother joined for a night, campfires, heart healthy breakfast (egg whites and Gimme Lean “sausage”), a rainbow, sunsets, and them horses. Swell time

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Found a spritely school of striped bass up to 30”i Found a spritely school of striped bass up to 30”ish, more or less. Not the giants, but fun to catch and release for about an hour in 3-6’ of relatively clean water over an expansive shoal. This was an early morning this week. The new moon helps. Interestingly, the bass were hitting the silver SP minnow but not fully taking it. So I tied on a smaller silver jerkbait. No hits at all. Hmmm. Switched back to the SP, but in gold bunker color. The fish ate it time and again! Go figure. When things aren’t quite working, change something. Colors, retrieve, scents, location, etc., etc.

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