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Chesapeake Bay Fishing Report: Deep Channels, Catfish, and Transitioning Stripers
# Chesapeake Bay Fishing Report - November 27, 2025
Hey folks, Artificial Lure here with your Thursday morning fishing report for the Chesapeake Bay area.
**Tides and Conditions**
We've got a low tide this morning at 5:17 AM around 0.52 feet, with a high tide coming in around 2:48 PM at 1.88 feet. Water temperatures are hovering right around 50 degrees, so the fish are definitely transitioning into their deeper winter patterns. A Small Craft Advisory is in effect through 6 AM this morning, so if you're heading out on the water, give it a little time to calm down.
**What's Biting**
The striped bass action is heating up in the deeper channels right now. Most of the rockfish are suspending close to the bottom in 40-55 feet of water, especially around the steep edges like Line Bar and Sheepshead Bar down in the lower Potomac. The Conowingo Dam pool is absolutely loaded with big blue catfish and some solid stripers mixed in. Over in the upper Potomac, smallmouth bass and walleye have been fishing strong on soft plastic jigs and paddletails.
White perch are schooling up in the deeper waters near the mouths of the Choptank River and other tidal rivers. You'll want a good depth finder to locate these dense schools, then drop bottom rigs baited with grass shrimp or bloodworm pieces.
**Best Tactics**
For the stripers in deep water, large soft plastics in 6-10 inch sizes are your best bet, especially jigged along those channel edges. Thin braid and a fast-action rod make a huge difference when you're fishing 40 feet deep. Trolling tandem-rigged bucktails dressed with twistertails or umbrella rigs are becoming more popular as fish move deeper. For the blue catfish, they're taking a variety of baits readily along the channel edges and shelves.
**Hot Spots**
Head down to the lower Potomac between Cobb Island and Piney Point if you want to tangle with stripers on the edges. The Conowingo Dam pool is your ticket for blue cats and stripers all mixed together. And don't sleep on Eastern Bay—there are still some shallower-water stripers there if you want to avoid the deep drops.
Thanks so much for tuning in, and don't forget to subscribe for your daily fishing reports. This has been a Quiet Please production. For more, check out quietplease.ai.
Great deals on fishing gear https://amzn.to/44gt1Pn
This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI
Hey folks, Artificial Lure here with your Thursday morning fishing report for the Chesapeake Bay area.
**Tides and Conditions**
We've got a low tide this morning at 5:17 AM around 0.52 feet, with a high tide coming in around 2:48 PM at 1.88 feet. Water temperatures are hovering right around 50 degrees, so the fish are definitely transitioning into their deeper winter patterns. A Small Craft Advisory is in effect through 6 AM this morning, so if you're heading out on the water, give it a little time to calm down.
**What's Biting**
The striped bass action is heating up in the deeper channels right now. Most of the rockfish are suspending close to the bottom in 40-55 feet of water, especially around the steep edges like Line Bar and Sheepshead Bar down in the lower Potomac. The Conowingo Dam pool is absolutely loaded with big blue catfish and some solid stripers mixed in. Over in the upper Potomac, smallmouth bass and walleye have been fishing strong on soft plastic jigs and paddletails.
White perch are schooling up in the deeper waters near the mouths of the Choptank River and other tidal rivers. You'll want a good depth finder to locate these dense schools, then drop bottom rigs baited with grass shrimp or bloodworm pieces.
**Best Tactics**
For the stripers in deep water, large soft plastics in 6-10 inch sizes are your best bet, especially jigged along those channel edges. Thin braid and a fast-action rod make a huge difference when you're fishing 40 feet deep. Trolling tandem-rigged bucktails dressed with twistertails or umbrella rigs are becoming more popular as fish move deeper. For the blue catfish, they're taking a variety of baits readily along the channel edges and shelves.
**Hot Spots**
Head down to the lower Potomac between Cobb Island and Piney Point if you want to tangle with stripers on the edges. The Conowingo Dam pool is your ticket for blue cats and stripers all mixed together. And don't sleep on Eastern Bay—there are still some shallower-water stripers there if you want to avoid the deep drops.
Thanks so much for tuning in, and don't forget to subscribe for your daily fishing reports. This has been a Quiet Please production. For more, check out quietplease.ai.
Great deals on fishing gear https://amzn.to/44gt1Pn
This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI
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By Inception Point Ai# Chesapeake Bay Fishing Report - November 27, 2025
Hey folks, Artificial Lure here with your Thursday morning fishing report for the Chesapeake Bay area.
**Tides and Conditions**
We've got a low tide this morning at 5:17 AM around 0.52 feet, with a high tide coming in around 2:48 PM at 1.88 feet. Water temperatures are hovering right around 50 degrees, so the fish are definitely transitioning into their deeper winter patterns. A Small Craft Advisory is in effect through 6 AM this morning, so if you're heading out on the water, give it a little time to calm down.
**What's Biting**
The striped bass action is heating up in the deeper channels right now. Most of the rockfish are suspending close to the bottom in 40-55 feet of water, especially around the steep edges like Line Bar and Sheepshead Bar down in the lower Potomac. The Conowingo Dam pool is absolutely loaded with big blue catfish and some solid stripers mixed in. Over in the upper Potomac, smallmouth bass and walleye have been fishing strong on soft plastic jigs and paddletails.
White perch are schooling up in the deeper waters near the mouths of the Choptank River and other tidal rivers. You'll want a good depth finder to locate these dense schools, then drop bottom rigs baited with grass shrimp or bloodworm pieces.
**Best Tactics**
For the stripers in deep water, large soft plastics in 6-10 inch sizes are your best bet, especially jigged along those channel edges. Thin braid and a fast-action rod make a huge difference when you're fishing 40 feet deep. Trolling tandem-rigged bucktails dressed with twistertails or umbrella rigs are becoming more popular as fish move deeper. For the blue catfish, they're taking a variety of baits readily along the channel edges and shelves.
**Hot Spots**
Head down to the lower Potomac between Cobb Island and Piney Point if you want to tangle with stripers on the edges. The Conowingo Dam pool is your ticket for blue cats and stripers all mixed together. And don't sleep on Eastern Bay—there are still some shallower-water stripers there if you want to avoid the deep drops.
Thanks so much for tuning in, and don't forget to subscribe for your daily fishing reports. This has been a Quiet Please production. For more, check out quietplease.ai.
Great deals on fishing gear https://amzn.to/44gt1Pn
This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI
Hey folks, Artificial Lure here with your Thursday morning fishing report for the Chesapeake Bay area.
**Tides and Conditions**
We've got a low tide this morning at 5:17 AM around 0.52 feet, with a high tide coming in around 2:48 PM at 1.88 feet. Water temperatures are hovering right around 50 degrees, so the fish are definitely transitioning into their deeper winter patterns. A Small Craft Advisory is in effect through 6 AM this morning, so if you're heading out on the water, give it a little time to calm down.
**What's Biting**
The striped bass action is heating up in the deeper channels right now. Most of the rockfish are suspending close to the bottom in 40-55 feet of water, especially around the steep edges like Line Bar and Sheepshead Bar down in the lower Potomac. The Conowingo Dam pool is absolutely loaded with big blue catfish and some solid stripers mixed in. Over in the upper Potomac, smallmouth bass and walleye have been fishing strong on soft plastic jigs and paddletails.
White perch are schooling up in the deeper waters near the mouths of the Choptank River and other tidal rivers. You'll want a good depth finder to locate these dense schools, then drop bottom rigs baited with grass shrimp or bloodworm pieces.
**Best Tactics**
For the stripers in deep water, large soft plastics in 6-10 inch sizes are your best bet, especially jigged along those channel edges. Thin braid and a fast-action rod make a huge difference when you're fishing 40 feet deep. Trolling tandem-rigged bucktails dressed with twistertails or umbrella rigs are becoming more popular as fish move deeper. For the blue catfish, they're taking a variety of baits readily along the channel edges and shelves.
**Hot Spots**
Head down to the lower Potomac between Cobb Island and Piney Point if you want to tangle with stripers on the edges. The Conowingo Dam pool is your ticket for blue cats and stripers all mixed together. And don't sleep on Eastern Bay—there are still some shallower-water stripers there if you want to avoid the deep drops.
Thanks so much for tuning in, and don't forget to subscribe for your daily fishing reports. This has been a Quiet Please production. For more, check out quietplease.ai.
Great deals on fishing gear https://amzn.to/44gt1Pn
This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI