Fletcher Fishing

posted by John on Jun 8

Early fishing in the Chesapeake Bay yeilded one great Striped Bass. About 36-38″, this guy was a beefer. We were jigging around Podickery Point in the Chesapeake Bay, just north of the Bay Bridge, on April 5th and I got blasted by this leviathan. I think the fish weighed 15-20 lbs. The Chesapeake Bay is a cruel mistress. While I never seem to catch big ones, the bay throws one of these my way every so often to keep me buying a fishing license every year. At the time of this picture, the Bay is strictly catch and release in the early season, so this fish lived to spawn another day.