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)
First Quarter: "When half of the Moon's disc is illuminated, we call it the first quarter Moon. This name comes from the fact that the Moon is now one-quarter of the way through the lunar month. From Earth, we are now looking at the sunlit side of the Moon from off to the side."
Maryland Fishing Report - June 24th, Composed by Lyndsie Pratt of Anglers Sports Center (Click Here)
Rockfish: There is a decent rockfish bite, both north and south and of the bridge. Fish are still in the areas of Pooles Island, Hodges Bar and Rockhall, but are a bit more spread out. They can be caught by jigging or live lining spot. The mouth of the Patapsco and inside of the river itself has also been very good for jigging and live lining, and jerk baits or top water in the early morning and late evening. There are still small to keeper sized fish around the bridge pilings as well that can be caught jigging, live lining or with soft crab or peeler crab. Heading south, Thomas Point, Eastern Bay and Poplar and Tilghman Island area are also holding fish. These are great places to use jerk baits or paddletails on lighter jig heads in shallow water. You can also always troll channel ledges using small profile tandems. From shore, they have been catching a lot of catfish with rockfish mixed in at Sandy Point, Matapeake and Romancoke, but it’s a bit hit or miss. Use fresh alewife, soft crab or peeler crab.
White Perch: Bottom fishing for perch is picking up in main rivers. Use small pieces of razor clams, soft crabs, bloodworms, lugworms or fishbites on a bottom rig or on Chesapeake Sabiki. They can also be caught in shallow water in the rivers using perch pounders, rooster tails or small Rat-L-Traps.
Snakehead: Snakehead are everywhere, and while fishing is still a bit slow right now with a mix of pre-spawn and post-spawn fish, there are lots of opportunities to try to entice one to bite. Fish western shore rivers such as the Severn, Magothy and Patuxent, or try a variety of our local ponds. On the eastern shore they can be caught anywhere from ponds on Kent Island down to the Blackwater area and it’s surround tributaries. Live minnows still work well but a lot of people really enjoy casting chatterbaits or topwater popping frogs into shallow water this time of year!
Lower Bay: Everyone is excited about Cobia season opening, but it’s off to a slow start in Maryland waters. A few have been caught around the target ship, but most are in Virginia waters still. The same goes for those bull red fish. Keep an eye out though, in another month they should be moving up our way! Speckled trout fishing continues to be difficult because of cooler temperatures, rain and muddy water, but give it a few days for the water to clear up and you should be able to find them around the Maryland’s lower eastern shore islands and the mouth of the Potomac.
The first bluefish have been caught in lower Maryland waters, so keep an eye out for bluefish and Spanish Mackerel to start moving in to our area soon!!
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 7/6:
Low tide starting at 4:51 a.m. and again at 5:15 p.m.
High tide starting at 10:45 a.m. and again at 11:51 p.m.
Sunrise: 5:47 a.m.
Sunset: 8:35 p.m.
Thursday 7/7:
Low tide starting at 6:09 a.m. and again at 5:51 p.m.
High tide starting at 11:33 a.m.
Sunrise: 5:47 a.m.
Sunset: 8:34 p.m.
Friday 7/8:
Low tide starting at 12:45 a.m. and again at 12:26 p.m.
High tide starting at 7:32 a.m. and again at 6:30 p.m.
Sunrise: 5:48 a.m.
Sunset: 8:34 p.m.
Saturday 7/9:
Low tide starting at 8:50 a.m. and again at 7:14 p.m.
High tide starting at 1:40 a.m. and again at 1:24 p.m.
Sunrise: 5:49 a.m.
Sunset: 8:34 p.m.
Sunday 7/10:
Low tide at 9:58 a.m. and again at 8:04 p.m.
High tide starting at 2:35 a.m. and again at 2:26 p.m.
Sunrise: 5:49 a.m.
Sunset: 8:33 p.m.
Animal Cams (Click Here)
This week tune in to see this baby elephant hanging out with people.
Beach Cam
Take a look at whats going on at your favorite East Coast beaches right now.
