John says that there are ample numbers of breaking stripers as far up the harbor as the Hanover Street Bridge. Several stripers topping 20 pounds were caught by chummers working the lumps at the mouth of the Severn River early in the morning.
Big spot have been caught along the shoreline from Stony Point clear around to the mouth of Bodkins Creek with bloodworms the number one bait. Anglers fishing from the banks of Fort Smallwood have been catching a mixed bag. Big white perch have been turning up at Snake Reef, Baltimore Light and Podickory Point.
Fishing options are wide open, and some of the best striper fishing is yet to come. Chummers getting out very early have been catching the lion’s share of larger stripers at Hackett’s Can, Hickory Thicket, Belvedere Shoals, Swan and Love Points. Trollers have been making consistent catches throughout the day along the channel edges of the harbor, the shell bottoms from 6 Foot Knoll south to Podickory Point and Belvedere Shoals on tandem rigged small white bucktails. There are scattered bunches of stripers to 28 inches meandering throughout the mid-bay Mud Flats, but it normally takes a lot of looking to find them. Light tackle die-hards have been having a ball casting to the numerous schools of breaking rock and blues.
