November 17, 2025
After years of striped bass regulations ratcheting tighter and tighter, the Maryland DNR is considering a “baseline season adjustment” for rockfish for 2026. The proposed changes boil down to this: …
November 17, 2025
This month we pose some questions about catching Chesapeake Bay winter striped bass to Captain Steve Griffin, of Griffin’s Guide Service.
Captain Steve with a nice winter striper. Oooh, we can't…
October 23, 2025
Ah, November—striped bass are feeding hard to fatten up for winter, bite-windows are extended well past dawn and dusk, and bird shows are a distinct possibility. Much as we hate to think of the…
October 13, 2025
The waters around Pooles Island look like any other one might consider for Chesapeake Bay fishing, but the action around this little chunk of dry land is anything but normal. Pooles has a rich…
October 10, 2025
The month of Rocktober used to bring wide-open bites with frenzied striped bass churning water under diving birds all up and down the Bay. And this year we might see that happen, but during the last…
September 14, 2025
There was a time many years ago when surface plugging for striped bass was unheard of. Bob Pond, whom I knew well, introduced the Atom plug back in the 1960s. It soon became a favorite way of fishing…
September 9, 2025
Anyone who reads the Way North Fishing Reports has seen plenty about fishing in the Susquehanna River. With 18 million gallons of water flowing through its mouth every minute, the Susquehanna River…
August 9, 2025
There aren’t many experiences on the water as exciting as watching a fish engulf your topwater lure in a few feet of water. As luck would have it for those of us who dream big while captaining small…
June 11, 2025
Holland Island (Site 1, Chart 1) was once a thriving watermen’s community at the northern end of the Tangier Sound. Stephen White’s two-story house was still standing on the edge of the badly eroding…
June 8, 2025
Few things get an angler’s adrenaline flowing like a topwater plug under assault. The strike of a surface ambush takes place at the junction between water and air, where you can see, feel, and hear…
June 3, 2025
We’ve all been stopped in standstill traffic on the Chesapeake Bay Bridge during the summertime. We’ve all wished we were on the deck of one of the many boats fishing around the pilings down below,…
May 20, 2025
We waited, and waited, and waited, and now the 2025 rockfish season is ON! From the Chesapeake Bay’s headwaters clear down to its junction with the Atlantic Ocean anglers like us are in a celebratory…
April 18, 2025
This month we visit with Captain Tim Blanchard of Fish The Potomac to talk about fishing in the Potomac River.
Captain Tim hoists a Potomac River blue catfish.
Q: Sometimes those blue catfish get…
January 11, 2025
When trophy striped bass invade the Chesapeake Bay the action can get hot and heavy. Once water temperatures drop below the 40-degree mark, however, that bite usually shuts down. But, don't give up…
January 11, 2025
There are all kinds of wintertime opportunities for Mid-Atlantic anglers, ranging from ice fishing to trout fishing to tautog fishing. But in our neck of the woods, rockfish - AKA striped bass - take…
December 22, 2024
Don't fall victim to those winter doldrums, and don't start winterizing your boat just yet, because a popular winter fishery takes place on the ocean side of the DelMarVa Peninsula: trolling for…
December 22, 2024
If you enjoy winter fishing in the Mid-Atlantic region you might just be thinking: to heck with a Christmas goose, what better meal could there be to celebrate the holiday season with than fresh fish…
December 6, 2024
UPDATE: The ASMFC Striped Bass Board voted to make no changes in restrictions and regulations for 2025, taking a wait-and-see approach. That doesn't mean individual states can't make more restrictive…