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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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Read more about the article Return to the Millponds

Return to the Millponds

  • Post published:September 15, 2025
  • Post category:Reports

Largemouth bass fishing is the order of the day, but would the Eastern Shore millponds serve 'em up?

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Read more about the article Dude, Where’s My Fish?

Dude, Where’s My Fish?

  • Post published:September 5, 2025
  • Post category:Reports

The bite in the Severn River has been tough at best, but a few fish are starting to show as we inch toward fall season

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Read more about the article Grind on the River

Grind on the River

  • Post published:August 4, 2025
  • Post category:Reports

Striped bass action resumes across the Chesapeake Bay watershed, but would I find life in the Severn River?

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Read more about the article Bass Fishing at Wye Mills

Bass Fishing at Wye Mills

  • Post published:July 20, 2025
  • Post category:Adventures/Reports

We catch a bag of largemouth bass at a centuries-old mill lake on Maryland's Eastern Shore using a tried 'n true technique!

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Read more about the article Perch Poundin’

Perch Poundin’

  • Post published:June 27, 2025
  • Post category:Reports

White perch are, perhaps, the most reliable species to target during the hottest days of summer...if you know where to find them

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Read more about the article Early Returns: Striped Bass Fishing in the Severn

Early Returns: Striped Bass Fishing in the Severn

  • Post published:June 20, 2025
  • Post category:Reports

This June, we're seeing lot of bait, but fewer stripers; that should change in the coming days/weeks

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Read more about the article River Rascals

River Rascals

  • Post published:March 15, 2025
  • Post category:Reports

Flexing a 5w fly rod for the first time this winter on a stretch of Central Maryland water caught a few wily fallfish

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Uh so yeah…bit hazy this a.m. with the wildfire sm Uh so yeah…bit hazy this a.m. with the wildfire smoke hanging over MD. 😶‍🌫️ More practice on the fly. A few fish moving around but not much current. Heard dolphins have gotten stripers moving far upriver. Getting a touch better at casting clousers on intermediate line. Topwater (gurglers today) on floating line still tricky for me. Keepin at it tho 😵‍💫 

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Trying flies. Tying flies. Flying flies. Fly this. Trying flies. Tying flies. Flying flies. Fly this. Fly that. Man, this is becoming one big a**, addictive, obsession with a heckuva learning curve. Just trying to capture the summer river schoolie bite during the early dawn. It’s been a gas. Upgrading fly line a MAJOR boost. Caught a couple small bass on a clouser casted around docks close to a weed line on intermediate line

#stripersonthefly #stripedbass #severnriver #chesapeakebay #justchewit
We crab, they dab…Happy Fourth! Celebrated by the We crab, they dab…Happy Fourth! Celebrated by the dawn’s early light and got into good sized Severn crabs using traps and razors clams. Best crabs were in 8-10’….clickity clack!

#marylandisforcrabs #crabman #crabwoman #severnriver #annapolis
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 😎

#justfishin #stripedbass #whatamidoing #severnriver #annapolis
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 

#severnriver #chesapeakebayfishing #stripedbass #sunrise #reelgoodtime 😎
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