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Coastal Mid-Atlantic Fishing Report, August 22 Update:
Anglers had to make the most of the weather windows as Hurricane Erin traveled up the East Coast, creating rough seas and causing coastal flooding. The MidAtlantic Tournament was still hosted this week, and it was undoubtedly a sporty ride out, but the fishing grounds offered some great fish. White marlin, blue marlin, tuna, wahoo, and mahi were all checked in. The most impressive catch came courtesy of the Reel Toy with an 804-pound blue… Read more from Coastal...
Freshwater Fishing Report, August 22 Update:
The special catch and release trout areas, and gear restricted zones in western Maryland are providing a good summer bite for fly anglers thanks to recent rains. Mossy Creek Fly Fishing also reports that the stream flows in their neck of the woods are at good levels for this time of year. This has led to better than average trout fishing and with safe temperatures to target the mountain fish, they encourage anglers to get out there. Their bass… Read more from Freshwater...
Way North Chesapeake Bay Fishing Report, August 22 Update:
Fishing in the Way North region has been centered on catfish recently. The summer bite is usually dictated by the power generating schedule at the Conowingo Dam as water releases increase flows and thus increase dissolved oxygen levels in the river. The bite has been good from Port Deposit down to the Susquehanna Flats. The big fish seem to be biting too, and we saw reports of several fish over the 30-pound mark this week. The stretch… Read more from Way North...
Upper Chesapeake Bay Fishing Report, August 22 Update:
White perch fishing has been off this year in the Bay. There were some glimpses of better action over the past few weeks, but the bite has been very inconsistent. A reader who lives on the Magothy reports that perch fishing had improved quite a bit after a very tough start, but last weekend it was again tough to find the fish and the action was “so-so” with a morning of casting at docks with Super Roosters and little spoons producing five… Read more from Upper Bay...
Middle Chesapeake Bay Fishing Report, August 22 Update:
The Angler in Chief says that just before heading south this week he hit the Choptank shallows and the shallows at the CCNPP, and while the bite was on the slow side, a smattering of rockfish including a couple of over-slots slammed the crew’s jerkbaits. Rapala X-Raps were by far the preferred bait, although a couple of fish also hit white paddletails. We had a report this week of some stripers, including unders, one slot, and one over… Read more from Middle Bay...
Lower Chesapeake Bay Fishing Report, August 22 Update:
Late summer is a fun time to fish on the Chesapeake Bay because you never know what you might catch. FishTalk Contributor Eric Packard has been fishing out of Point Lookout on his kayak quite a bit recently and reports a decent bite. Packard has been catching speckled trout, striped bass (some overslot), small bluefish, lizardfish, and pufferfish. The northern pufferfish numbers have been growing, and they are a neat bycatch that visits… Read more from Lower Bay...
Tangier, Pocomoke, and Lower Shore Fishing Report, August 22 Update:
It has been an unseasonably cool August so far, but we aren’t complaining, as the cooler weather has made for better fishing. Sea Hawk Sports Center reports that the bite on the Chesapeake is heating up. The Wicomico and Manokin Rivers have been the scene for good white perch and rockfish fishing. Anglers hitting the shallows are catching them on spinners and jigs. The shallow grass flats in the Tangier and Pocomoke have… Read more from Tangier and Lower Shore...
Way South Chesapeake Bay Fishing Report, August 22 Update:
Several members of the FishTalk crew, including the Angler in Chief, Zach Ditmars, Eric Packard, Adam Greenberg, and Dillon Waters, headed down to fish out of Kiptopeke for the first half of the week. This time of year, is usually when there are several bites are happening, but they found quite the opposite. Day one fishing around the concrete ships produced a hot toadfish bite, but that was about it. A few dink flounder and weakfish… Read more from Way South...