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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 Winter Perch ‘N Pickerel Archives

Winter Perch ‘N Pickerel Archives

  • Post published:November 11, 2025
  • Post category:Tactics

We've covered a lot of water fishing for the two species; read our reports from past seasons for tips, techniques, must-have lures, and locations!

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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 Target Species During Striper Shutdown
This perch hit a grass shrimp baited on a tiny hook and lowered below a shallow pier.

Target Species During Striper Shutdown

  • Post published:July 16, 2025
  • Post category:Tactics

Maryland DNR shuts down striped bass fishing in the Bay and all tribs 7/16 to 7/31; here's what species we're targeting during these next two weeks

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Read more about the article Blue Crabs 101

Blue Crabs 101

  • Post published:July 15, 2025
  • Post category:Resources/Tactics

Recreational crabbing is a summer pastime in the Chesapeake region beloved for generations; let’s learn crab biology, ecology, and how to catch, cook, and eat these beautiful swimmers!

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Read more about the article Striped Bass Topwater Fiesta

Striped Bass Topwater Fiesta

  • Post published:July 5, 2024
  • Post category:Reports/Tactics

A new moon, plus a favorable tide, temperatures, and cloud cover create the recipe for great fishing at dawn!

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Read more about the article The Invasive Blue Catfish of the Chesapeake Bay

The Invasive Blue Catfish of the Chesapeake Bay

  • Post published:June 19, 2024
  • Post category:Resources/Tactics

Introduced to the Chesapeake Bay in the 1970s, blue catfish have exploded throughout the watershed, concerning biologists but exciting anglers

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Read more about the article Spring Shad Runs Starting Early

Spring Shad Runs Starting Early

  • Post published:April 3, 2024
  • Post category:Reports/Tactics

The reports are in...early! Hickory and American shad are showing up weeks ahead of schedule in the Potomac, Patuxent, and throughout the Bay watershed

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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.

#stripedbass #springfishing #chesapeakebayfishing #baylife #marylandstyle
It was a good Friday morning. Goals met. April c+r It was a good Friday morning. Goals met. April c+r is the real deal. Found a couple packs of chunky stripers in the Severn/Whitehall area, cruising in 4–6’. Got a few fish to eat. All on the SP minnow pictured. A bit foggy through morning and overcast, which was great. Calm water until 10:30am. Fish seemed to bite about an hour into the tide turning. Bite lasted maybe an hour tops. Give it a shot when the conditions align—the opportunity is out there…

#stripedbass #chesapeakebayfishing #chasingtail #fishon #stripedbassfishing
More signs of Severn R. spring: snakehead in a tre More signs of Severn R. spring: snakehead in a tree, osprey return, skunk cabbage, redbuds, red-shouldered hawk, carp carcass. Lots going on—live, dead—circle of life is only going to move faster as the weather warms…

#severnriver #circleoflife #fishing #snakehead #chesapeakebay
Yellow perch have spawned in Severn Run…these egg Yellow perch have spawned in Severn Run…these egg masses are likely a week-plus old. Saw them when scouting the run last week. Best educated guess is the perch made their run during the first warmup earlier this month. Many more signs of spring up there. Will post more…

#severnriver #chesapeakebayfishing #yellowperch @sraontheriver #chesapeakebay #signsofspring
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