Rockfish are baaaack! Some big ones and plenty of action.
Fellow Tidal Fisher Hey Charlie reported that he ran out in the fog on Wednesday to Wolf Trap and dropped lines and did not mark anything at first. The fog was getting worse and decided to drag lines till it cleared off. Fog got worse! didn't clear till we started heading back to dock.. We put 40-50 in boat but most were very small. 7 people on board, Came back in with 7 fish most just at 20". As it always happens--lost the big one (hit a ...

“The Western Shore rivers have been on fire, alternately the shallows and the channel edges,” at times with birds working.” Lenny Rudow at Marine Editorial Services and www.boats.com said his sons have enjoyed fast action while casting topwaters from the shore, and wailed on fish up to 27 inches.” Rudow also reported a decent bite at Poplar Island, “with lots of throwbacks but a good number of ...

Anyone that has been around Tidal Fish for any length of time knows that I've been an advocate for the conservation of menhaden. They are one of the backbones of the bay that fish and birds rely to survive. The more forage fish we have, the better the ecosystem and better fishing and crabbing we have in the bay.

The fight to save menhaden has been a long one. While I'm not that old yet, I look back and realize that we have been been fighting the fight for over a decade. We made some progress. With increased pollution in the bay the need to preserve these forage fish becomes even more important.

Last week there was an important ASMFC meeting where ...

Cobia are mostly gone but some continue to be caught. They are being caught chumming on the hills in the bay and along the oceanfront and off of the buoys as they head south. While the cobia bite has greatly cooled down, the red drum bite continues to heat up. They are being found by anglers looking for cobia and more are being caught stacked up at the islands of the CBBT. Sheepshead are active at the CBBT along with a bycatch of triggerfish and tautog. There are still spadefish hanging around the islands but they will be moving out but will hang around the coastal wrecks into ...

Inshore and offshore fishing has been good this past week with a special emphasis with offshore anglers who have been having good luck with the early push of billfish making their way into local waters.

Starting with the offshore action this week Capt. Ken reported that even though we have not reached the prime time yet, billfish action remains very good with good numbers of blue marlin and a lot of white marlin being caught. The occasional sailfish also joins in. The Triple 0s area has been good for normal trolling while ...