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Late August Chesapeake Bay Fishing Report 2025

Late August Chesapeake Bay Fishing Report 2025

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 Artificial Lure here with your late August fishing report for the Chesapeake Bay area, covering Baltimore and Washington D.C. locals, and the tides, weather, and bite for August 28, 2025.

We kicked off the day with sunrise at 5:44 AM and wraps with sunset at 8:34 PM, leaving plenty of time on the water. Current tides for Chesapeake Beach and Fisherman’s Island show low tide just after midnight and early morning, and high tide between 6–8 AM, with evening highs returning around 7–8 PM. These generous tidal swings, driven by the new moon earlier in the week, mean strong moving water in the mornings and evenings—prime time for working edges, bridges, or drop-offs.

The weather’s been a gift to anglers—mild, with light northwest winds under 10 knots and a post-cold front pattern, so you’ll see steady surface temps and clear skies. There’s a Small Craft Advisory in effect until later tonight for the lower Bay, but otherwise, local creeks and rivers are fishable for all craft. Expect above-average tidal currents Wednesday through Friday, making for dynamic fishing opportunities.

Striped bass, still the staple for Bay anglers, showed better activity in the upper Bay, particularly around the Patapsco and Susquehanna rivers. Anglers are landing legal fish at Conowingo Dam tossing soft plastic jigs and paddletails at the turbine wash, and working crankbaits near Beirut Pier and Baltimore Harbor. The outgoing tide is consistently the winner for stripers, especially drifting live eels around Pooles Island. Some sizable bluefish pushed north after last week’s storm, with best action around Poplar Island and Bloody Point, feeding heavily on peanut bunker.

Bottom fishing has been steady for spot, white perch, and blue catfish. The channel edges from the Patapsco to the Severn River have produced plenty of eating-size channel and blue cats all week. Family anglers scored spot and croaker from public piers (think Solomons, Leonardtown), with jumbo spot still plentiful down the Patuxent—try St. Leonard’s Creek or Cedar Point. White perch hang in deeper holes, but as clarity improves, should return to shallow creeks.

Hot baits for the week:
- **Striped bass:** Soft plastic paddletails (chartreuse and pearl), live-lining spot on channel edges, and topwater walking baits in the shallows at daylight or dusk.
- **Bluefish:** Spoons, bucktails, and surgical eels cast into breaking schools; troll the ship’s channel for numbers.
- **Catfish:** Cut bunker, chicken livers, or nightcrawlers on heavy gear around deep bridge pilings and river mouths.
- **Spot/Croaker/White Perch:** Bloodworms, grass shrimp, and bits of soft crab on bottom rigs in tidal creeks and rivers.

Recent catches include consistent legal striped bass (19–24 inches) since the season reopened August 1, solid bluefish in the 1–3 pound range, and bull red drum creeping back into deeper holes with the stable weather. Cobia has slowed but a few caught near the Target Ship—try bucktail jigs tipped with eel for a shot at these.

Two hotspots not to miss:
- **Pooles Island and Tolchester Lumps:** Drift live eels or spot for stripers; bluefish mixed in on moving water.
- **Bloody Point Bar and Poplar Island:** Cast spoons or topwaters for breaking bluefish and stripers, especially at dawn and dusk.

Largemouth bass and even Chesapeake Channa (snakehead) are feeding harder as water temps drop; topwater frogs and soft plastics over grass beds will get bites all day on cloudy afternoons.

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