Chesapeake Channa are still active to a degree despite chilly water temperatures. Look for them on the sunny side of tidal creeks and rivers during the midday to afternoon hours holding near shoreline brush or sunken wood.
Fishing at the Conowingo Dam pool has recently been centered around catching blue catfish.
White perch can now be found holding in about 35 feet of water out in the Bay over oyster bottom. Areas near the rock piles at the Bay Bridge, off Kent Island at places known as Brick House Bar and Gum Thickets, out in front of Matapeake, and the mouth of the Choptank are traditional winter white perch locations along the Eastern Shore.