… but when they do break there have been some really nice stripers. The shallow water bite on topwater plugs has been good early and on cloudy days.
Fishing Reports
with stripers and blues mixed and a few spanish mackerel. The best fishing is when the water is flat but on Monday they were breaking good in a big wind. We have also caught a few redfish on structure and in shallow water.
have been breaking real good for the last week. Stripers have gone up to 24 inches with a few bigger and blues up to 22 inches. They have been hitting on poppers, bucktails, and spoons. Fly fishing has been great also. In the shallow water we have caught stripers, afew small redfish and a couple speckled trout.
was great this year, with lots of fish and big fish. We landed several stripers over 40 inches. Now I am fishing out of Kent Narrows fishing the Eastern Bay area. Fishing hasn’t been on fire yet but we have caught some nice fish up to 29 inches. Fishing should only improve as more fish move down the bay.
was pretty good as the weather was much better than last year. Biggest fish onthe fly was 40 inches. I will be at Tie Fest at Kent Narrows on February 25, hope to see you there.
was great yesterday. Striped bass up to 24 inches were breaking on the surface for 4 hours. There was also bluefish mixed with the stripers. Blues were mostly small but a few nice ones were around. Most of the rockfish wre caught on poppers, with a lot caught on trailers behind the popper. We also caught fish with sinking lines with clousers. A lot of the schools of breakers did not have any birds on them, and these usually held the bigger fish.
We had breaking striped bass and bluefish off and on all day. The rockfish went up to 23 inches and our biggest blue was over 22 inches. We also caught our first spanish mackerel of the year. They were from 18 to 20 inches. Most of the fish were caught on Lil Bunker spoons made by Specialized Baits. These spoons work great either casting or jigging. We also caught fish on poppers. Ther has also been some speckled trout caught in the shallows.
Fly fishing on the Chesapeake Bay has been real good this week. Stripers have been breaking on the surface up to 26 inches. Light tackle fisherman have also been having great success too. Poppers, crease flies, and gurglers have all been bringing numerous strikes. When the fish go down, sinking lines with clousers or decievers will still catch striped bass. On spining tackle, jigging spoons can be hard to get to the bottom.
The fishing this week has been even better. Stripers up to 32 inches have been caught on jigging spoons and good numbers of stripers in the mid twenties have beenbreaking and hitting poppers.
Stripers up to 26 inches have started to break a little near the mouth of Eastern Bay. They are not consistent yet but should get better as August approaches. Yesterday we only flyfished and did well in the afternoon after a slow morning. Clousers, poppers and crease flies all worked.
We have been catching good numbers of stripers at the mouth of Eastern Bay and near Poplar Island. BKDs and jigging spoons have worked best. Most of the fish are in the low twenty inch range with a few in the mid to upper twenties.
Fishing in Eastern Bay has been good when the weather has cooperated. We have been catching stripers up to 30 inches with a couple of larger fish. Fishing humps with BKDs on leadhead jigs. Flyfishing with sinking lines has worked when the wind has let us get the fly down. Fishing should just get better in the next couple weeks.
I will be leaving for the Susquehanna Flats this weekend and hope to be there for three weeks. If you need to reach me, cell phone is the best way.
I will be at the National Chapter Trout Unlimited Show this March 12th at the Georgetown Prep School in Bethesda Maryland. There will be several guest speakers and drawings for assorted prizes. Hope to see you there.
Tie Fest was a huge success again this weekend. It was great seeing lots of friends and making new ones. As usual it was packed most of the day. There was some great fly tiers there. Tony should be congratulated for a super job.