Weather (Click Here)
Before you hit the trails or set up camp, make sure to take a second glance at the weather for this weekend!
Today's Moon Phase according to NASA (Click Here)
Waning Gibbous: "During the second half of the lunar month, the Moon grows thinner each night. We call this waning. Its shape is still gibbous at this point, but grows a little thinner each night."
Maryland Fishing Report - January 8th, Composed by Lyndsie Pratt of Anglers Sports Center (Click Here)
Rockfish: There’s still a great catch and release rockfish bite from Chesapeake Beach down to the lower bay out of Point Lookout. The best way to find them is to look for channel edges and specifically points where there is a change in depth. Drift across these edges, either from shallow to deep or deep to shallow. Metal jigs have been working especially well, but it’s a great idea to have a variety of plastics and jig heads on your boat as well. Anything from 5 inch Diezel Minnowz paddletails to 8 inch StreakZ straight tails has been working depending on the day, and depending on the current you might night to increase your jig head size to as much as 2 oz.
Pickerel: Pickerel fishing was a struggle this past week with most of the typical creeks and ponds being iced over, but the warmer weather that has moved in will change that! Head back to the creeks off of our western shore tributaries or to the eastern shore mill ponds, and join the CCA Pickerel Championship and our Daiwa Calcutta! The water clarity is still going to be pretty murky, so stick to those dark, natural colors and live minnows. Gold bladed chatter baits will create both vibration and flash in muddy water.
Panfish: Yellow perch are staging right now, which means that they are in deeper holes in the upper parts of tributaries such as the Magothy, Choptank, Tuckahoe Creek and Mashyhope. Over the next month or so, they will start to move in more shallow. Live minnows are a great option for targeting yellow perch as well! White perch will be in deep around structure in the main bay such as the bridge or the six and seven foot knolls. Blue gill are still prevalent in our local ponds. Use feather jigs and preserved wax worms! Crappie can also be caught in Eastern shore mill ponds with live minnows
This Weekend's Tide Predictions (Click Here)
Keep an eye on this weekend’s tide schedule. These are the predicted tides for the Western Shore of the Chesapeake from the Maryland Department of Natural Resources.
Wednesday 1/11:
Low tide starting at 2:21 a.m. and again at 1:27 p.m.
High tide starting at 7:46 a.m. and again at 8:16 p.m.
Sunrise: 7:24 a.m.
Sunset: 5:03 p.m.
Thursday 1/12:
Low tide starting at 2:52 a.m. and again at 2:16 p.m.
High tide starting at 8:33 a.m. and again at 8:52 p.m.
Sunrise: 7:24 a.m.
Sunset: 5:04 p.m.
Friday 1/13:
Low tide starting at 3:24 a.m. and again at 3:12 p.m.
High tide starting at 9:23 a.m. and again at 9:31 p.m.
Sunrise: 7:24 a.m.
Sunset: 5:06 p.m.
Saturday 1/14:
Low tide starting at 3:57 a.m. and again at 4:23 p.m.
High tide starting at 10:17 a.m. and again at 10:14 p.m.
Sunrise: 7:24 a.m.
Sunset: 5:07 p.m.
Sunday 1/15:
Low tide starting at 4:32 a.m. and again at 5:46 p.m.
High tide starting at 11:13 a.m. and again at 11:02 p.m.
Sunrise: 7:23 a.m.
Sunset: 5:08 p.m.
Animal Cams (Click Here)
This week tune in to see the trail cam in the Costa Rican Rainforest. This is 1000 hours of wildlife in the jungle.
Beach Cam
Take a look at whats going on at your favorite East Coast beaches right now.
