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A few pieces of fishing new this Monday morning. A guest piece from Capt. Sonney Forrest of Reel Relief Charters and the Solomons Charter Association with some thoughts about this years Maryland Trophy Striped Bass Season in his, "Where are the Fish" piece. Then a short update on what has become the largest Striped Bass fishing tournament in the world, the 2012 MSSA Spring Trophy Tournament. And a few headlines on fishing in other areas of the Mid Atlantic.

First a tournament update. The Maryland Saltwater Sportsman Association 2012 Fishing Tournament ended yesterday afternoon and reported winner landed his 42.1lb striped bass on the last day. The results are unofficial until certified by the MSSA. Overall the report from Executive Dave Smith of MSSA is that everyone had good fun and the tournament went off with out a hitch. I'll post some pictures and the full unofficial results this week.

There are a ton of Maryland fishing reports from the weekend on the Maryland Fishing Forum. Reports seems mixed, some had some really slow fishing over the three days, while others managed some good catching. From talking with anglers ...

Good weather around the Mid Atlantic Region over this past weekend provided anglers the opportunity to get out and catch a lot of fish from reading around the Tidal Fish forums.

Starting at the top of the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland anglers fishing the Susquehanna Flats have been having good luck with some big stripers now and again as that season comes to a close. Further down Maryland's Chesapeake anglers fishing the Trophy Rockfish season are having good luck from Love Point all the way down to the Solomons Island area. While trolling has been the hot ticket, light tackle anglers are getting into the action as well with decent catches.

Offshore fishing out of Ocean City, MD the fishing report news was word of the first blue fin tuna caught ...

There have been lot of fishing reports coming in from Virginia's Chesapeake with good catches of big Red Drum. A lot of the reports coming in from Virginia's Eastern Shore area in and around Fisherman's Island. The drum are brutes and good fun on light tackle. The kayak fishermen are also already out there hooking up for good rides around the breakers. The fishing report below is from long time Tidal Fisher Al B who look his friend Mike out for his first ever Red Drum, congratulations Mike on a heck of a catch!

Fisherman's Island Red Drum Fishing Report by Al B
I'd been talking to Mike, one of my manufacturer's reps, about the Red Drum fishing in our area for over a year, sending him pictures of fish caught in the breakers, sight casting ...