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Chesapeake Bay Fishing Report: Rockfish, Bluefish, and More in Full Swing
Hey there, anglers! Artificial Lure here with your Chesapeake Bay fishing report for this beautiful Sunday morning, May 25, 2025.
The big news is that striped bass season is in full swing across most of the Chesapeake, though the Way North region remains closed until June 1st. The rest of the bay from the upper bay south has been productive since opening day.
If you're heading out today, you'll want to know that trollers and live-liners working from Love Point down to the Bay Bridge have been landing good numbers of slot rockfish. The Middle Bay's shallows with clean water and structure have been producing consistently, while the Calvert Cliffs nuclear plant area has also seen decent action. Keep an eye out for some big bluefish mixed in with your catch!
Down in the Lower Bay, the Potomac River stretch from the 301 bridge to the mouth has been hot. Virginia waters are giving up speckled trout and puppy drum, with the Rappahannock standing out as this month's hot spot.
Eastern Shore anglers are still connecting with black drum and red drum over oyster bottoms, and bull reds have been pushing onto the grass flats in impressive numbers. The seaside flounder bite has been outstanding this spring when weather permits.
The Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel area is now hosting sheepshead and cobia, adding some variety to your potential catch.
For bait and lures, live spot are plentiful around the Bay Bridge, river mouths, and Six and Seven Foot Knolls. Bottom rigs or Chesapeake sabiki rigs tipped with Fishbites or bloodworms are working well for spot, which make perfect live bait. If you're throwing artificial, half-ounce to one-ounce jigs with 5-6 inch plastics are producing around the bridge.
For those surf fishing, chunks of bunker, peeler crabs, and sand fleas are enticing stripers along Assateague Island, though many are over slot. Sand fleas have been the hot bait for black drum.
Hot spots for today include the Bay Bridge pilings, Love Point, Calvert Cliffs power plant discharge, and the Ocean City inlet near the jetties if you're heading to the coast. The Rappahannock River deserves special mention for those targeting speckled trout and puppy drum.
Water temperatures are now above 70 degrees, bringing fish into the shallows. Focus on shoreline points, docks, and rip-rap, especially during strong tidal movements.
That's your report for today, folks. Get out there and tight lines to all of you! This is Artificial Lure signing off until next time.
The big news is that striped bass season is in full swing across most of the Chesapeake, though the Way North region remains closed until June 1st. The rest of the bay from the upper bay south has been productive since opening day.
If you're heading out today, you'll want to know that trollers and live-liners working from Love Point down to the Bay Bridge have been landing good numbers of slot rockfish. The Middle Bay's shallows with clean water and structure have been producing consistently, while the Calvert Cliffs nuclear plant area has also seen decent action. Keep an eye out for some big bluefish mixed in with your catch!
Down in the Lower Bay, the Potomac River stretch from the 301 bridge to the mouth has been hot. Virginia waters are giving up speckled trout and puppy drum, with the Rappahannock standing out as this month's hot spot.
Eastern Shore anglers are still connecting with black drum and red drum over oyster bottoms, and bull reds have been pushing onto the grass flats in impressive numbers. The seaside flounder bite has been outstanding this spring when weather permits.
The Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel area is now hosting sheepshead and cobia, adding some variety to your potential catch.
For bait and lures, live spot are plentiful around the Bay Bridge, river mouths, and Six and Seven Foot Knolls. Bottom rigs or Chesapeake sabiki rigs tipped with Fishbites or bloodworms are working well for spot, which make perfect live bait. If you're throwing artificial, half-ounce to one-ounce jigs with 5-6 inch plastics are producing around the bridge.
For those surf fishing, chunks of bunker, peeler crabs, and sand fleas are enticing stripers along Assateague Island, though many are over slot. Sand fleas have been the hot bait for black drum.
Hot spots for today include the Bay Bridge pilings, Love Point, Calvert Cliffs power plant discharge, and the Ocean City inlet near the jetties if you're heading to the coast. The Rappahannock River deserves special mention for those targeting speckled trout and puppy drum.
Water temperatures are now above 70 degrees, bringing fish into the shallows. Focus on shoreline points, docks, and rip-rap, especially during strong tidal movements.
That's your report for today, folks. Get out there and tight lines to all of you! This is Artificial Lure signing off until next time.
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By Quiet. PleaseHey there, anglers! Artificial Lure here with your Chesapeake Bay fishing report for this beautiful Sunday morning, May 25, 2025.
The big news is that striped bass season is in full swing across most of the Chesapeake, though the Way North region remains closed until June 1st. The rest of the bay from the upper bay south has been productive since opening day.
If you're heading out today, you'll want to know that trollers and live-liners working from Love Point down to the Bay Bridge have been landing good numbers of slot rockfish. The Middle Bay's shallows with clean water and structure have been producing consistently, while the Calvert Cliffs nuclear plant area has also seen decent action. Keep an eye out for some big bluefish mixed in with your catch!
Down in the Lower Bay, the Potomac River stretch from the 301 bridge to the mouth has been hot. Virginia waters are giving up speckled trout and puppy drum, with the Rappahannock standing out as this month's hot spot.
Eastern Shore anglers are still connecting with black drum and red drum over oyster bottoms, and bull reds have been pushing onto the grass flats in impressive numbers. The seaside flounder bite has been outstanding this spring when weather permits.
The Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel area is now hosting sheepshead and cobia, adding some variety to your potential catch.
For bait and lures, live spot are plentiful around the Bay Bridge, river mouths, and Six and Seven Foot Knolls. Bottom rigs or Chesapeake sabiki rigs tipped with Fishbites or bloodworms are working well for spot, which make perfect live bait. If you're throwing artificial, half-ounce to one-ounce jigs with 5-6 inch plastics are producing around the bridge.
For those surf fishing, chunks of bunker, peeler crabs, and sand fleas are enticing stripers along Assateague Island, though many are over slot. Sand fleas have been the hot bait for black drum.
Hot spots for today include the Bay Bridge pilings, Love Point, Calvert Cliffs power plant discharge, and the Ocean City inlet near the jetties if you're heading to the coast. The Rappahannock River deserves special mention for those targeting speckled trout and puppy drum.
Water temperatures are now above 70 degrees, bringing fish into the shallows. Focus on shoreline points, docks, and rip-rap, especially during strong tidal movements.
That's your report for today, folks. Get out there and tight lines to all of you! This is Artificial Lure signing off until next time.
The big news is that striped bass season is in full swing across most of the Chesapeake, though the Way North region remains closed until June 1st. The rest of the bay from the upper bay south has been productive since opening day.
If you're heading out today, you'll want to know that trollers and live-liners working from Love Point down to the Bay Bridge have been landing good numbers of slot rockfish. The Middle Bay's shallows with clean water and structure have been producing consistently, while the Calvert Cliffs nuclear plant area has also seen decent action. Keep an eye out for some big bluefish mixed in with your catch!
Down in the Lower Bay, the Potomac River stretch from the 301 bridge to the mouth has been hot. Virginia waters are giving up speckled trout and puppy drum, with the Rappahannock standing out as this month's hot spot.
Eastern Shore anglers are still connecting with black drum and red drum over oyster bottoms, and bull reds have been pushing onto the grass flats in impressive numbers. The seaside flounder bite has been outstanding this spring when weather permits.
The Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel area is now hosting sheepshead and cobia, adding some variety to your potential catch.
For bait and lures, live spot are plentiful around the Bay Bridge, river mouths, and Six and Seven Foot Knolls. Bottom rigs or Chesapeake sabiki rigs tipped with Fishbites or bloodworms are working well for spot, which make perfect live bait. If you're throwing artificial, half-ounce to one-ounce jigs with 5-6 inch plastics are producing around the bridge.
For those surf fishing, chunks of bunker, peeler crabs, and sand fleas are enticing stripers along Assateague Island, though many are over slot. Sand fleas have been the hot bait for black drum.
Hot spots for today include the Bay Bridge pilings, Love Point, Calvert Cliffs power plant discharge, and the Ocean City inlet near the jetties if you're heading to the coast. The Rappahannock River deserves special mention for those targeting speckled trout and puppy drum.
Water temperatures are now above 70 degrees, bringing fish into the shallows. Focus on shoreline points, docks, and rip-rap, especially during strong tidal movements.
That's your report for today, folks. Get out there and tight lines to all of you! This is Artificial Lure signing off until next time.