Spanish mackerel are becoming more common in the lower Chesapeake Bay this week near the mouth of the Potomac River and along channel edges.
Vacationing anglers at Deep Creek Lake are finding a mix of largemouth and smallmouth bass along shoreline structure and rocky points during the early morning and late evening hours.
The August striped bass closure offers anglers the opportunity to focus their fishing efforts on blue catfish that can be found throughout the region’s tidal rivers.
Read more about the week ahead!
recent article recommended not to eat blue catfish due to cancers in the fish which could be passed along. so once again md dnr is not looking out for the citizens of maryland who pay (are robbed) their salaries at the point of a gun! meanwhile you can still catch and eat snakeheads, dnr’s way of battling a trash invasive species, by getting you fools to eat them. but dont dare catch a crab or a rockfish! all while commercial and reedville va plant rape the bay!
The Omega Protein Plant in Reedville, Virginia, located on Cockrell’s Creek, is the largest fish-processing facility on the East Coast and the last remaining chesapeake bay menhaden reduction plant. It processes hundreds of millions of small oily fish into fish meal, fish oil, and animal feed supplements.