Bluefish and Spanish mackerel are caught on the troll, large red drum hit soft plastics in the lower Bay, and bottom fishing yields sea bass, flounder and triggerfish from the reefs.

Spanish mackerel and bluefish blitz in the Bay, cobia take eels drifted through chum slicks, and sea bass, triggerfish and flounder are caught around ocean wrecks.

Striped bass fishing is good along the Eastern shore, bluefish show around the inlets and Atlantic beaches, flounder bite in the coastal bays and black sea bass season is off to a steady start.

Hickory and American shad, snakeheads, catfish and early reports of sea trout entertain anglers in Chesapeake Bay as trophy striped bass season begins.

Channel and blue catfish bite well throughout the bay, shad fishing activity decreased with low water levels and flounder fishing improved in the back bays.

Blue cats and channel cats bite well throughout the bay, black drum are caught off Assateague Island and Ocean City beaches, and shad continue to run the rivers.