Maryland Saltwater Sportfishermen's Association - Southern Maryland Chapter

Fishing Reports

June 27, 2009

It was another good week of fishing for the members of the Southern Maryland Chapter of MSSA. Jerry Gaff and Martin Duby caught their limit of stripers while fishing east of the gas dock. Stripers were caught on all color of six-inch lures. Captain Bruno of the “Dotty Vee” fished with multiple parties during the week. All parties caught their limit of stripers trolling east of Cove Point. Captain Bruno then took his parties bottom fishing near Cedar Point. They caught spot, croaker and flounder up to 19 inches.

Tom Kemp took chapter members Martin Wenick, John Blom, and Ron Altman fishing on his boat “Julie Beth”. In two hours while fishing between “77” and Cove Point, they caught their limit of stripers between 19 and 29 inches. Tom also reports excellent bottom fishing for croaker near marker 11 in the Patuxent River.

May 2, 2009

Fishing for the Southern Maryland Chapter of MSSA continues to be good. Early in the week Captain Chris Staley and Captain Bruno took a party out on the Josephine. They fished east of “77” and Cove Point, getting the limit for the party. All fish were between 35 and 39 inches. Also early in the week Ray Morgan and his son caught their rockfish east of “PR1”. Their largest fish was 44 inches, which they caught twice. As they brought the fish to the boat the leader broke, but they caught the fish again with their WWB line, thus getting their rig back.

Later in the week John Theunissen and Martin Duby caught their fish to 42 inches near “77”. Then Mike Reese, Dave Allaire, Larry Langfeldt fishing with Tom Kemp on “Julie Beth” caught their rockfish limit between 31 and 37 inches. They caught their fish between “PR1” and “HI”. After catching their fourth fish they caught and released three more before they could get all their lines in.

May 1, 2009

The Striped Bass season opened in the main stem of the Chesapeake Bay on April 18th and there must have been thousands of boats plying the waters. A lot of the fish were spooked and “catching” was a little tough for the first couple of days. Several SMC members caught good size rockfish from 32 inches up to 42 inches during the first week of fishing. More consistent catches have been reported during the second week on tandem rigs in both white and chartreuse colors. These fish have been more productive in the 40 to 60 foot depths, but as the day wears on, move on out to the deeper waters (i.e. 80 feet and up). One problem that most fishermen encountered was the presence of winter jelly fish or as we call them “snotties” which foul your lures. So one had to check the lures often to clean them up, even on your planer boards. With this warmer weather, get out there and enjoy a day’s fishing.