Tammy's Tackle, Home of Calvin Tyler's Tackle Shop. We are located in Charlotte Hall, Maryland and we sell all kinds of fishing supplies and tools. We also provide fishing reports for the Southern Maryland area. We have rods, reels, hooks, sinkers, rigs, steel leaders, lures, bucktails, parachutes, spoons, planers, fishing bags, tools and much more.
The later part of this
week will resemble summer just as we approached some nighttime temps in the
40's. So, the fish may act like it's the Fourth of July one day and like it's
Thanksgiving the next.
Night fishermen at the head of Helen's creek off
the Patuxent caught a couple dozen big spot, plenty of perch, and some keeper
rockfish on bloodworms last Friday.
Spanish mackerel and bull redfish were caught near
buoy 72A on Saturday in the afternoon when the gale winds subsided.
Slot redfish were consistent all week in the
Potomac's Cornfield Harbor for lure casters from Harry James Creek to the tip
of Point Lookout. Plenty of undersized puppy drum are there too.
Speckled trout were caught by savvy fishermen
trolling bucktail tandems in the Patuxent from Sheridan Point to Half Pone
Point. That stretch of water is about 12 miles long and I have heard tales of
catches all week of rock and trout mixed throughout that area.
Hefty rockfish were reported caught at Benedict
both north and south of the bridge and under the bridge by trollers bouncing
bucktails on the bottom.
Crappie
fishermen using jigs and swimming lures caught as many as twenty good-sized
fish at St. Mary's Lake. The bass and pickerel fishing there is excellent, too.
Shore fishermen using live minnows fished under a bobber can get a good mess
for dinner.
Rockfish
on the points and creek mouths are playing hide and seek for lure casters. One
day they are plentiful, and the next they are few and far between. The very
high tides followed by very low tides have both fish and fishermen confused.
The trollers using tandems and small umbrella rigs of bucktails and small
surgical eels are doing very well in both the Patuxent and Potomac. The fish
are all over, from 15 feet to the very depths of the channel in 50 feet or
more. Bigger fish seem to be deeper.
Shoreline fishermen casting swimming plugs, bucktails, and spoons are still
doing well at dusk and dawn. Light trollers using bucktails in shallow water
are scoring. This fishing will dwindle as the water cools and clears. Old
school thinking is that shallow water fishing is done by Halloween, and the
deep trollers take over with good catches.
Bottom fishermen in the Patuxent at Hawk's Nest and in front of the Navy Pier
report spot, perch, and hardhead. But, it is very inconsistent.
Trollers in the Potomac are doing very well catching stripers in the deeper
water. There are big catfish taking those lures too. The aggressive catfish are
mostly active from St. George Island and north. The farther up the river, the
more catfish.
The fishing is really excellent now and we have great weather in the forecast.
Old man winter is coming; now is the time to go fishing.
Bluefish
and striped bass are at the top of the list for anglers in the lower bay region
this week. Bluefish ranging from ¾-pound to about 3 pounds are being found
chasing baitfish throughout the lower Bay, at times accompanied by striped
bass. The striped bass have more of a presence in the lower Potomac and
Patuxent rivers. The steep channel edge from St. Georges Island to Piney Point
has been holding good numbers of striped bass and bluefish.
Keeping
vigilant for breaking fish that are often marked by diving seagulls can pay
huge dividends for those who enjoy casting with light tackle to breaking fish.
Casting metal lures and jigs tends to be popular when toothy critters are
involved; soft plastics often take a beating when bluefish are involved.
Trolling
is another option, and pulling umbrella rigs with a small spoon or bucktail for
a trailer is perhaps the most popular way to troll for a fall mix of bluefish
and striped bass. Trolling single spoons behind inline weights is also an
effective offering when trolling.
Shorebound
anglers are enjoying good action with bluefish at the Point Lookout fishing
pier and the causeway just north of the pier. The small pier under the Route 4
Bridge on the Patuxent River is another good place to fish from shore. Most are
casting cut baits of menhaden or spot on a simple one-hook bottom rig with a
floater cork to keep the bait off the bottom.
White
perch are steadily moving into the deeper sections at the lower ends of the
Lower Bay’s tidal rivers. Fishing with bottom rigs baited with pieces of
bloodworm or dropper rigs with small soft plastic dropper flies will work well.
There are still some spot around, but they are quickly disappearing in the
region’s tidal rivers. A few large speckled sea trout are being caught on the
eastern side of the bay.
Recreational crabbing continues to be a bright spot for those hoping for a fall
crab feast or to pick crab meat for the winter months. The size of the crabs
being caught is something to marvel at, with some weighing as much as a pound
each. They are heavy and laden with meat so do not put all of that crabbing
gear away just yet. The best catches are being found in 10 feet to 15 feet of
water. Recreational crabbers report that chicken necks seem to be just as good
as razor clams for bait.
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