Chesapeake Bay Fishing Report — June 11: Cobia & Red Drum
The lower Chesapeake is rounding into its summer form this week. Cobia have arrived at the mouth of the bay and are being sight-cast and chummed up around the shoals,…
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The lower Chesapeake is rounding into its summer form this week. Cobia have arrived at the mouth of the bay and are being sight-cast and chummed up around the shoals,…
Chesapeake Bay fishing report for June 4, 2026 — cobia building at the mouth, post-spawn stripers feeding, and red drum and speckled trout in play.
Cobia arriving at the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel, stripers transitioning to deeper structure, and summer patterns starting to set up across the lower Bay.
Chesapeake Bay fishing report May 2026 — cobia arriving at cbbt, stripers going deep, summer season beginning. Updated weekly every Thursday.
April 2026 fishing report for Chesapeake Bay. Inshore: striped bass excellent catch-and-release. Offshore: cobia arriving.
March 2026 fishing report for Chesapeake Bay. Inshore: striped bass pre-spawn in tributaries — catch-and-release. Offshore: tautog.
February 2026 fishing report for Chesapeake Bay. Inshore: yellow perch and crappie in rivers. Offshore: tautog on reefs.
January 2026 fishing report for Chesapeake Bay. Inshore: tautog on wrecks and rocks. Offshore: tautog offshore.
December 2025 fishing report for Chesapeake Bay. Inshore: striped bass in lower bay. Offshore: tautog offshore.
November 2025 fishing report for Chesapeake Bay. Inshore: striped bass peak catch-and-release. Offshore: tautog on offshore wrecks.