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Chesapeake Bay April Striper Bite: Post-Spawn Action and Hot Spots from Baltimore to Ocean City
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Hey folks, this is Artificial Lure, your Chesapeake Bay angling guru, comin' at ya live from the salty shores 'round Baltimore and D.C. on this fine April 24th mornin'. Water temps hoverin' 'round 60 degrees in the Bay, upper Choptank hit 68 last week but cooled off with the chill—perfect for post-spawn stripers droppin' outta rivers like the Choptank, Nanticoke, Patuxent, and Potomac, headin' south toward the ocean.
Tides? Fallin' tides are key right now—shadow lines under bridges light up after dark. Weather's cooperative: cooler snaps keepin' things steady, sunrise 'bout 6:15 AM, sunset pushin' 7:45 PM. Fish activity's hot—Maryland DNR reports big post-spawn stripers mixin' with schoolies (18-40 inches) crashin' menhaden schools along channel edges and shallows. Recent catches: tons of stripers on paddletails and jigs in Middle and Lower Bay; hickory shad tearin' it up in Potomac near D.C. and Mattawoman Creek; white perch headin' downriver; blue cats goin' nuts from Route 301 Bridge to Wilson Bridge on the Potomac. Ocean City side seein' flounder keepers (17+ inches), tautog on crabs, and surprise specks.
Best lures? Big paddletails on jigheads, walk-the-dog topwaters imitatin' bunker, 6-inch soft plastics, chartreuse bucktails with sassy shads. Live bait: grass shrimp, minnows, bloodworms for perch; sand fleas, green crabs for tog. Troll edges or jig shallows—find bunker, find stripers!
Hot spots: Middle Bay river mouths like Choptank for cow stripers; Potomac from Wilson Bridge down for shad and cats—light tackle heaven. Bridges after dark for chunkers.
Tight lines, stay safe out there!
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This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI
This episode includes AI-generated content.
Tides? Fallin' tides are key right now—shadow lines under bridges light up after dark. Weather's cooperative: cooler snaps keepin' things steady, sunrise 'bout 6:15 AM, sunset pushin' 7:45 PM. Fish activity's hot—Maryland DNR reports big post-spawn stripers mixin' with schoolies (18-40 inches) crashin' menhaden schools along channel edges and shallows. Recent catches: tons of stripers on paddletails and jigs in Middle and Lower Bay; hickory shad tearin' it up in Potomac near D.C. and Mattawoman Creek; white perch headin' downriver; blue cats goin' nuts from Route 301 Bridge to Wilson Bridge on the Potomac. Ocean City side seein' flounder keepers (17+ inches), tautog on crabs, and surprise specks.
Best lures? Big paddletails on jigheads, walk-the-dog topwaters imitatin' bunker, 6-inch soft plastics, chartreuse bucktails with sassy shads. Live bait: grass shrimp, minnows, bloodworms for perch; sand fleas, green crabs for tog. Troll edges or jig shallows—find bunker, find stripers!
Hot spots: Middle Bay river mouths like Choptank for cow stripers; Potomac from Wilson Bridge down for shad and cats—light tackle heaven. Bridges after dark for chunkers.
Tight lines, stay safe out there!
Thanks for tunin' in, folks—subscribe for more Bay bites! 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.