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White Perch Fire and Stripers in the Shallows - March 13 Bay Report
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Hey folks, Artificial Lure here, your go-to Chesapeake Bay angling pro, bringin' you the straight scoop on today's action around Baltimore and D.C. waters. It's Friday, March 13, 2026, sunrise hit about 6:20 AM EDT, sunset 'round 6:10 PM—plenty of daylight to chase 'em if the weather holds.
Tides at Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel show low activity with a coefficient of 86 high today; expect high around 11:55 AM at 3.2 ft, then low 6:09 PM at 0.2 ft—fish the incoming for best bites. Weather's dicey per WBOC On The Waters: small craft advisory with S winds 20-30 knots, waves 2-4 ft in the Bay, so watch for rough patches but calmer slots in protected spots.
White perch are on fire in middle tidal rivers like Choptank and Patuxent—anglers pullin' good numbers on small jigs with 2-inch plastics, minnows, or grass shrimp, per OnTheWater's March 12 report. Striped bass bitin' on-and-off in shallows near marshes and deeper channel edges from Chesapeake Beach to Solomons; cast topwater spooks tight to sod banks or jig heavy soft plastics. Big females headin' up Choptank but that's closed to targetin' thru May 31, says Maryland DNR—stick to catch-and-release in open lower Bay and Potomac. Yellow perch spottier but heatin' up in upper Patuxent, Mattawoman Creek, and Nanticoke; lip-hook minnows near bends and treetops. Blue catfish active in Potomac channels off Fort Washington—cut bait or live shad rules, no limits on those invasives.
Best lures: 2-inch soft plastic jigs, Beetle-spins, shad darts for perch; large soft plastics or topwaters for stripers. Live minnows, grass shrimp top baits—scent 'em up.
Hot spots: Middle Patuxent for perch waves, channel edges Chesapeake Beach to Solomons for stripers—mind closures.
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Tides at Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel show low activity with a coefficient of 86 high today; expect high around 11:55 AM at 3.2 ft, then low 6:09 PM at 0.2 ft—fish the incoming for best bites. Weather's dicey per WBOC On The Waters: small craft advisory with S winds 20-30 knots, waves 2-4 ft in the Bay, so watch for rough patches but calmer slots in protected spots.
White perch are on fire in middle tidal rivers like Choptank and Patuxent—anglers pullin' good numbers on small jigs with 2-inch plastics, minnows, or grass shrimp, per OnTheWater's March 12 report. Striped bass bitin' on-and-off in shallows near marshes and deeper channel edges from Chesapeake Beach to Solomons; cast topwater spooks tight to sod banks or jig heavy soft plastics. Big females headin' up Choptank but that's closed to targetin' thru May 31, says Maryland DNR—stick to catch-and-release in open lower Bay and Potomac. Yellow perch spottier but heatin' up in upper Patuxent, Mattawoman Creek, and Nanticoke; lip-hook minnows near bends and treetops. Blue catfish active in Potomac channels off Fort Washington—cut bait or live shad rules, no limits on those invasives.
Best lures: 2-inch soft plastic jigs, Beetle-spins, shad darts for perch; large soft plastics or topwaters for stripers. Live minnows, grass shrimp top baits—scent 'em up.
Hot spots: Middle Patuxent for perch waves, channel edges Chesapeake Beach to Solomons for stripers—mind closures.
Thanks for tunin' in, subscribe for more Bay intel! This has been a Quiet Please production, for more check out quietplease.ai.
Great deals on fishing gear https://amzn.to/44gt1Pn
This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI
This episode includes AI-generated content.