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Chesapeake Bay Fishing Report: Bluefish, Reds, and Perch Biting Inshore

Chesapeake Bay Fishing Report: Bluefish, Reds, and Perch Biting Inshore

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 Artificial Lure here with your Chesapeake Bay, Baltimore and D.C. fishing report for Sunday, August 31st, 2025.

The **tide will be high at 3:50 AM, low at 10:43 AM, and high again at 4:26 PM** around the main bay—ideal for that early sunrise bite, which comes up at 6:34 AM, and the last light action with sunset at 7:33 PM, prime time for topwater chasers according to Tide-Forecast.com.

Today’s forecast calls for partly cloudy skies with light southwest winds, highs nudging the mid-80s, and humidity hanging in there, but nothing that should keep you off the water.

Local anglers have logged steady bent rods this week. **Sheepshead, Spanish mackerel, red drum, and bluefish are all making a solid showing inshore**—just ask folks working the pilings and jetties outside Baltimore Harbor. Spanish are darting along the shipping lanes and channel edges, favoring those faster retrieves and brighter lures.

Down in the lower reaches and bridge structure, **the bay bridges and Sandy Point have produced keeper stripers and chunky white perch. Many are limiting out on spot**, especially early and late in the day. Live-lining spot below the Francis Scott Key Bridge has been the ticket for rockfish, and some are also popping up on soft plastic jigs bouncing along the drop-offs.

**Top-producing lures lately have been the trusty silver and gold spinnerbaits, Beetle Spins in chartreuse or black, and Gulp swimming mullets for perch and schoolie stripers**. Keith Lockwood swears by Beetle Spins for yellow and white perch—can confirm, they’re hot right now! Classic cut bunker and peeler crab are the hot natural baits for everything from drum to sheepshead. Spanish prefer slim metals like Kastmasters, and bluefish are slamming spoons and Got-Cha plugs.

Some recent numbers: anglers out of Chesapeake Beach Marina are reporting double-digit days on bluefish up to 4 pounds and lots of Spanish in the 12- to 18-inch range. Red drum slots have been caught both at the mouth of the Patapsco and inside Eastern Bay on soft plastics at dawn. Kids working the shoreline with bloodworms or grass shrimp are filling coolers with spot and perch.

**Hot spots this week:**
- **Sandy Point State Park**: perch, spot, schoolie stripers at dawn and dusk around the bridge pilings.
- **Rock Piles off Fort McHenry**: solid action for bluefish and Spanish, with the occasional bruiser striper lurking deeper.
- **Poplar Island reefs**: solid for specks, reds, and even the occasional flounder. Drifting live spot or bouncing jigs has been money here.

With such strong bait runs and comfortable conditions, expect activity to stay high as the summer bite transitions toward fall. If you’re targeting trophy fish, make sure to hit those current edges right as the tide swings—fish have been using those windows to feed heavy.

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