Fresh Dameron Fishing Reports

We are currently on a great bite of huge migratory Striped Bass. These monsters put up and incredible fight on light tackle. If you are looking for a fish of a lifetime right now is the time to go. While the trophy sized fish obviously take the spotlight, we are also putting up very impressive numbers of 20-30 inch fish mixed in. Most days we are easily catching 100 fish making for incredible non stop catching action!

We have entered into the winter bird show season! Just before Thanksgiving we started to see the first of the working bird activity in our local waters. This was a welcome sight, from now until the end of winter we will have incredible Striped Bass fishing on light tackle. There is nothing like experiencing hundreds of gannets, gulls and pelicans crashing on balls of bait being pushed up by large schools of hungry aggressive 20"-40" Striped Bass. If you are looking to scratch that fishing itch one more time this winter do not hesitate to get your trip booked, the bite is on!

The cold water bite has arrived and we are taking full advantage of the feisty striped bass migrating into our area. We are seeing large schools of healthy fish move into the area making for great light tackle and fly fishing action. If you have never experienced light tackle fishing for fall striped bass now is the time to get your trip booked! We have also been encountering large numbers of black sea bass and a few trout and red drum mixed in with the striped bass.

October is here and with it brings cooler water temperatures that really fires up the Stiped Bass bite. Most of our warm water summer fish will make their way south for the winter, Cobia, Red Drum, Speckled Trout, Spanish Mackerel and bluefish will be gone by mid-end October. Now we begin those fall patterns for Stiped Bass that you may have heard so much about! As water cools and bait pushes out of the creeks and tributaries, the Striped Bass follow and school up at river mouths, creek mouths, and ledges feeding heavily to stock up for winter. Our home port location turns into ground zero for the fall run as the fish push down the Bay. This time of year it is not uncommon to find large "bird shows" showing the way to large numbers of fish aggressively feeding, willing to take artificial lures and fly's. This is a great time of year for seasoned or new anglers to get out on the water and experience the best striped bass fishing that the Chesapeake Bay offers.

Spring has finally given way to warmer temperatures which raised the water temperatures just enough for me to start keeping an eye out for our big red friends. Well just like clock work they are here! It is mid June and we have schools of "Reds" eager to take soft plastic baits when we find them. What I am seeing right now are smaller schools of these giants cruising there normal haunts for this time of year. I am finding groups of 10-50 fish using side scan sonar then deploying a variety of large artificial lures to them. If we can get one of these baits in front of them it is game on! Drag screaming fun on a fish of a lifetime. Now as fun as that sounds it is far from easy. These fish are always on my mind when I have clients on the bay for a day of fishing but they are not the only fish I will target during a trip. Bluefish are here in good numbers and they are a good size to put up a nice fight. Striped Bass are still lingering in the shallows early in the morning and late in the evening taking top water offerings or soft plastics worked on the bottom. Speckled Trout are showing up in better numbers and are an impressive size this year. So as impressive as one of these giant Red Drum may be, they do not eat all day. Most days my strategy is to search for Red Drum at key times of the day when I know they are active. This changes all of the time but it is something I key in on and note every time I am on the water. Driving around all day for one or two shots at Red Drum does not sound like a fun trip to me... top water rockfish in the morning, jigging hard fighting bluefish and mackerel and throwing soft plastics to big speckled trout and finding a school of 40"- 50" Red Drum along the way at the right time.... now that sounds like a fun day to me I have a passion for putting clients on an unforgettable Red Drum bite and every time I leave the dock I set a goal to do so. But I also have a passion for catching fish and a variety of fish at that. If you book a charter with me know that you are in for an incredible light tackle and fly fishing experience, targeting all of the species of fish our great Chesapeake Bay waters have to offer. These next few months of summer offer incredible fishing here in Southern Maryland and I would hate to see you miss out on it.

We have actually had spring weather this year! After a very mild winter that mixed up the fishing a bit (in a good way) Spring has been right on point so far. The fishing has been great with Striped Bass in the 20"-30" range and some speckled trout in the mix along the way. Now we look forward to our summer fish as they begin to migrate up the bay. Red Drum, Cobia, Bluefish and Spanish Mackerel from this point on will be on the list of fish we will be on the hunt for along with Stiped Bass and Speckled Trout. Get your date booked and lets go fishing!