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  • Chesapeake Bay June Fishing Frenzy: Sheepshead, Cobia, and More!

    Chesapeake Bay June Fishing Frenzy: Sheepshead, Cobia, and More!
    Jun 20 2025
    Artificial Lure here with your Friday, June 20, 2025 Chesapeake Bay fishing report. Let’s dive right into what’s biting, where to fish, and what you’ll need to get tight lines today.

    Sunrise hit at 5:45 a.m. and you’ve got daylight running strong until sunset at 8:27 p.m. We’re looking at nearly 15 hours of fishing light, and tides are running on a moderate swing today, with high tide expected mid-morning and tidal coefficients around 59 to 61—plenty of moving water to stir things up, especially near structure, so plan accordingly for stronger currents around the bridges and pilings. According to Tides4Fishing, the tidal flow is steady throughout the day, so expect those prime bite windows around the turns.

    The weather’s sitting pretty for June: mild temps and a light breeze out of the south, making for comfortable runs and easy drifts along the pilings and reefs. Always double-check for any pop-up thunderstorms in the afternoon—this is the Bay, after all.

    As for fish, the Bay’s on fire right now. Sheepshead are the star of the show this week, especially thick around the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel (CBBT) and nearby structures. Both kayak and jet ski anglers have been pulling steady numbers—multiple reports of seven or more sheepshead per trip, with some nice tautog mixed in. Frozen and live fiddler crabs are the bait of choice, especially paired with bottom sweeper jigs or dropped tight against the pilings. If you’re after tautog and black drum, the CBBT and the other local bridges are producing as well.

    Spadefish are moving in around the Chesapeake Light Tower and any inshore structure. Try smaller hooks and clam for these fighters—Green Top Sporting Goods confirms the Light Tower is giving up solid catches this week. Bull reds are still patrolling the shallow flats and are now starting to shift to deeper structure near the islands of the CBBT. Sidescan is helpful, but if you spot a school, drop large soft plastic paddletails or straight tails on a two-ounce jighead for the big hit.

    The big buzz is all about cobia—the season just opened June 15 and numbers are climbing fast at the mouth of the Bay, especially for boats working the oceanfront and just inside the Bay’s mouth. Towers are key, and many are finding fish cruising the surface. Live eels are your golden ticket, but bucktails, topwater plugs, and shallow diving twitchbaits are hot too.

    Don’t sleep on Spanish mackerel, speckled trout, puppy drum, and stripers, especially working inlets, creeks, and points near the Rappahannock. Flounder action is heating up along the CBBT and in the southside inlets.

    For hotspots, get yourself to the CBBT for a multi-species shootout—sheepshead, drum, spadefish, and cobia all in the mix. Chesapeake Light Tower is prime for spadefish and the main Bay mouth shoals are loaded with patrolling cobia and red drum.

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  • June 18 Chesapeake Fishing Report: Cobia, Sheepshead, and Speckled Trout Bite Hot

    June 18 Chesapeake Fishing Report: Cobia, Sheepshead, and Speckled Trout Bite Hot
    Jun 18 2025
    Artificial Lure here, bringing you the June 18, 2025, Chesapeake Bay fishing report—local style, just the way you want it.

    First light hit the Bay at 5:44 AM, and we’ll have daylight on the water until 8:26 PM. High tides rolled in at 3:33 AM and will hit again at 4:13 PM, with lows at 10:46 AM and 11:27 PM. You’ll want to time your rockfish hunts around those moving waters, especially near the ledges and structure—the current is your friend today, especially with that early morning push.

    Current surface water temps are running in the mid to upper 60s, cooling things just enough to keep bull red drum and cobia active. Cobia season officially opened a few days ago, and more boats are finding them at the mouth of the Bay, particularly around the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel (CBBT), the oceanfront shoals, and up by Fisherman’s Island. Live eels are money for cobia, but big bucktails, topwater plugs, and shallow diving twitchbaits are also putting fish in the boat.

    The CBBT is absolutely firing for sheepshead right now. Folks are grabbing limits on frozen and live fiddler crabs, especially around the second and third islands and the pilings close to the Virginia side. Along with sheeps, there are some nice tautog showing up. For bait, you can’t beat those fiddler crabs on a bottom sweeper jig—presentation is everything. There are also spadefish stacking up around inshore structure and the Light Tower. Hit ‘em with small hooks baited with clam or the classic bits of jellyball.

    If you slide inside the inlets—Lynnhaven, Rudee, and the flats around Poquoson—you’ll find a mixed bite. Speckled trout are taking topwater spooks early, and soft plastics over the grass beds when it brightens up. Some redfish are cruising the shallows, but it’s still a bit spotty. A couple of folks reported success with large paddletails and jerkbaits, especially near Mobjack Bay and the Rappahannock shallows.

    On the southern Bay ocean wrecks and reefs, bluefish up to three pounds are in and ready to crush shallow diving cranks and flashy metals. The early run of Spanish mackerel fizzled, but a few are still biting around the CBBT—silver and pink spoons are your best shot.

    Hotspots today:
    - CBBT (for cobia, sheepshead, spadefish, and bluefish)
    - The flats around Fisherman’s Island (for bull reds, cobia)
    - Poquoson flats and Lynnhaven Inlet (for speckled trout and the occasional red)

    Bait up with eels or fiddler crabs for the big targets, and have those topwaters and soft plastics ready for when the bite turns on. Tide swings mean changing action, so stay mobile and keep your eyes on the water.

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  • June 15 Chesapeake Bay Fishing Report: Sheepshead Sizzling, Cobia Season Opens, Variety Abounds

    June 15 Chesapeake Bay Fishing Report: Sheepshead Sizzling, Cobia Season Opens, Variety Abounds
    Jun 15 2025
    Good morning anglers, this is Artificial Lure coming to you with your fresh Chesapeake Bay, Virginia fishing report for June 15, 2025.

    The summer pattern is fully locked in now, and the fishing action is heating up right alongside the rising water temps. First, let’s talk tides: the first high tide rolls in at 1:05 AM with a second high at 1:37 PM, low tides at 8:31 AM and 8:29 PM. Sunrise was at 5:44 AM, and you’ve got daylight until sunset at 8:25 PM—plenty of time to get on the water and get after it, especially with calm, warm weather and light winds in the forecast, perfect for a full day on the Bay, according to Tide-Forecast.com.

    Sheepshead fishing is in prime form along the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel. The bridge pilings have been loaded with hungry fish, and both frozen and live fiddler crabs fished on bottom sweeper jigs are the ticket. Kayaks and jet skis have been doing real work out there, routinely bagging limits. You’ll also bump into some nice tautog and even some big spadefish around the structure—spadefish are lighting up bite-wise at the CBBT and at the Chesapeake Light Tower just offshore, as reported by FishTalk Magazine and Green Top Sporting Goods.

    Red drum and black drum action is steady. The bull reds are moving from shallow flats to the deeper structure, with CBBT islands and nearby rocky zones being hotspots. If you’re on a boat, keep an eye on your sidescan—locate the schools, then drop big paddletails or straight tails rigged on two-ounce jigheads right into the fray.

    Heads up: cobia season opens today in Virginia waters, and anticipation is sky-high. Boats running towers along the oceanfront and inside the Bay mouth are already spotting them, and numbers are set to rise all month. Live eels are proven producers, but don’t overlook artificial lures like bucktails, topwater plugs, and diving twitchbaits for a solid shot at these bruisers.

    For those targeting variety, Spanish mackerel and bluefish are cruising the lower Bay, especially around buoys 8 and 10 in 30-35 feet of water. Trolling Clark spoons or Drone spoons behind planers is the go-to setup. Meanwhile, flounder are starting to snap along the CBBT and inside the southside inlets, with Gulp! baits and bucktail jigs taking their share of fish.

    Hot spots today: the CBBT (especially between islands two and three), the Chesapeake Light Tower for spadefish, and the flats east of Fisherman’s Island for red drum and cobia. For those looking to mix it up, the HRBT and the Rappahannock are both solid bets for trout, croaker, and the occasional rockfish.

    That’s the scoop from your local water. Thanks for tuning in, folks—don’t forget to subscribe for more reports and updates. This has been a Quiet Please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai.
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  • June 14th Chesapeake Bay Fishing Report: Cobia, Reds, and More Action on the Virginia Side

    June 14th Chesapeake Bay Fishing Report: Cobia, Reds, and More Action on the Virginia Side
    Jun 14 2025
    Chesapeake Bay anglers, this is Artificial Lure coming at you with your Saturday, June 14th, 2025, fishing report—straight from the docks and decks around the Virginia side of the Bay.

    Sunrise hit the water at 5:42 AM today, with sunset coming up at 8:28 PM. We’ve got classic June weather—warm, high 70s to mid-80s, with light to moderate winds and mostly sunny skies. The tide will be rising through mid-morning and then easing to slack around midday, so plan your runs around that moving water for the best chances.

    Fish activity is heating up alongside the weather. At the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel (CBBT), the sheepshead bite is turning prime; several boats and kayakers reported limits this week, mostly on live or frozen fiddler crabs and sand fleas fished tight to the bridge pilings. Black drum and spadefish are also stacking up on structure, with big spadefish coming from the Chesapeake Light Tower and around buoys—pieces of clam are your best bet there. Flounder and tautog are still being picked off the inlets and along bridge rubble, especially during moving tide when they’re hungry and chasing.

    The big news is cobia season—it opens tomorrow, June 15th, but plenty of boats are already spotting these bruisers cruising the surface near the Bay mouth and the CBBT islands. For early action, toss live eels or bucktails tipped with soft plastic trailers, and don’t be afraid to sling a topwater plug at a cruising fish if you see one. According to the latest from FishTalk Magazine and Green Top Sporting Goods, bull red drum schools are still working the rocky islands around the CBBT and the nearby flats. Sidescan sonar is the ace for these—find the school, drop a big paddletail or jerkbait, and hold on!

    Stripers (rockfish) are still providing action at first and last light, mostly around the CBBT, the Bay Bridge, and Patapsco River piers. Early risers working topwaters and jerkbaits along riprap and pilings are getting into slot fish along with a mix of bluefish, which have crashed the party in big numbers around wrecks and open water. Bluefish up to three pounds have been hot on shallow cranks and poppers.

    For bait, bring plenty of live spot, cut shad, or mullet, plus some frozen squid or clams for the bottom biters. Top lures this past week have been white and chartreuse paddletails, bucktails, and topwater spooks—keep your tackle box flexible, as the bite can change with the tide and wind.

    Hot spots? The CBBT remains the heartbeat of June fishing—both for sheepshead on the pilings and cobia cruising the channel edges. Fisherman’s Island flats are still holding reds, and the Chesapeake Light Tower is a go-to for spadefish and early cobia.

    That’s the scoop for mid-June—tight lines to everyone hitting the Bay this weekend! Thanks for tuning in, and don’t forget to subscribe. This has been a Quiet Please production. For more, check out quietplease.ai.
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  • Chesapeake Bay and Virginia Fishing Report: Sheepshead, Spadefish, and Cobia Hotspots

    Chesapeake Bay and Virginia Fishing Report: Sheepshead, Spadefish, and Cobia Hotspots
    Jun 14 2025
    Watermen and weekend warriors, it’s Artificial Lure here with your real-time report from the heart of the Chesapeake Bay and Virginia waters for June 14th, 2025.

    Weather’s shaping up fine for fishing today. The forecast—cooked up by local meteorological wizards—calls for warm, calm conditions with light winds and only a slim chance of any pesky storms rolling in. Highs sit comfortably in the mid to upper 80s, so slap on that sunscreen. Tides today, according to trusted tide charts, are running moderate, with a morning high around 7:30 AM and low just after noon, giving you a solid window for both incoming and outgoing fish activity. Sunrise came early today, around 5:45 AM, and sunset will hold off until about 8:30 PM, so you’ve got plenty of light to land a nice one.

    Fish activity’s right where you want it this time of year. Way down by the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel, sheepshead are thick on the pilings—kayak and jet ski anglers have been pulling limits and then some, especially with live or frozen fiddler crab on bottom sweeper jigs, as reported by local guides and Fishtalk Magazine. Tautog and black drum are in the mix, too. Virginia Beach inshore and the CBBT are also seeing schools of spadefish stacking up around structure and buoys, and the Chesapeake Light Tower is still a dependable spot for bigger spadefish, with folks in the know using clams or squid tipped jigs for best results.

    Bull red drum? They’re staging just off the islands at CBBT, and the magic trick is to use your sidescan to sniff out the schools before dropping a big paddletail on a two-ounce jighead—works like a charm. Cobia are just starting to show up in bigger numbers at the mouth of the bay, and things start to really heat up after the season officially opens June 15th—tomorrow, so get your gear ready! Live eels, bucktails, and topwater twitchbaits are going to be the best weapons when targeting these powerful fish, per insight from Virginia Saltwater Fishing Report.

    For those hunting bluefish, they’re mixed in with rockfish and pushing bait around wrecks and reefs—metal spoons or jigs will save your plastics from a quick demise. Flounder action’s been uneven, but around the CBBT and inside the inlets, they’re biting on live minnows or squid strips. Lower bay reports from The Tackle Box note that rockfish are still around ledges and shallow structure, with trolled plastics or paddletails doing the trick.

    Hot Spots to hit today:
    - **Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel (CBBT) pilings**—prime for sheepshead, tautog, and black drum, early morning or late afternoon, especially with fiddler crabs.
    - **Chesapeake Light Tower area**—where the big spadefish are gathering, perfect for drift fishing with clams or squid-tipped jigs.

    Thanks for tuning in to the Chesapeake Bay and Virginia fishing report—keep those lines tight! And if you like what you hear, do us all a favor and subscribe for more. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai.
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  • Chesapeake Bay Fishing Report June 14th: Sheepshead, Tautog, and Early Cobia Season

    Chesapeake Bay Fishing Report June 14th: Sheepshead, Tautog, and Early Cobia Season
    Jun 14 2025
    Hey there, folks I'm Artificial Lure, your go-to guy for all things fishing in and around Chesapeake Bay. Today, June 14th, the weather is looking pretty sweet for us anglers. We're expecting some moderate conditions with a bit of warmth, perfect for getting out on the water.

    First off, let's talk tides. The Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel is seeing a low tide at about 4:58 AM, with the next high coming in at around 11:47 AM. The tidal coefficient is average today, which means we can expect some decent currents and movement on the sea bed. Sunrise is at 5:44 AM, and we can look forward to a long day with sunset at 8:25 PM.

    Now, on to the fish Sheepshead are really starting to heat up, especially around the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel pilings. These guys are biting well on frozen or live fiddler crabs. Tautog are also in the mix, and if you're looking for something a bit bigger, black drum and red drum are moving into their usual spots. Bull red drum are starting to transition to deeper structures, so keep an eye out around the islands of the CBBT.

    If you're heading out to the oceanfront, cobia are starting to show up, and with their season opening on June 15th, now's a great time to prep for that. Live eels and artificial lures like bucktails will be your best bets for catching these guys.

    For those targeting sea bass, the offshore wrecks are still producing, though the bite can be spotty. Flounder fishing is hit or miss in the coastal bays, but there's been some success in the bays around Ocean City.

    Some hot spots to check out include the CBBT pilings for sheepshead and tautog, and the southern reaches of the Chesapeake Bay for early summer migratory species. Don't forget to explore the oceanfront for cobia once the season opens.

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  • Chesapeake Bay Fishing Report June 14, 2025: Sheepshead, Cobia, and More

    Chesapeake Bay Fishing Report June 14, 2025: Sheepshead, Cobia, and More
    Jun 14 2025
    Artificial Lure here, bringing you the Chesapeake Bay fishing report for June 14, 2025. First off, if you’re heading out today, you’re looking at light southwest winds, temps hovering in the mid-70s at dawn, and a partly cloudy sky expected to clear by midday. Sunrise hit at 5:43 a.m., and sunset will cap the day at 8:28 p.m. Water temps are pushing into the high 70s, and we’re just past a new moon, so expect robust, moving tides peaking mid-morning and again in the late afternoon—prime windows for a bite.

    Sheepshead action is lit at the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel (CBBT) right now, with reports of steady catches around the second and third islands. Folks are pulling in limits using live and frozen fiddler crabs fished on bottom sweeper jigs, and don’t be surprised to connect with tautog and the occasional black or red drum in the same spots. Spadefish are showing heavy around bridge pilings and the Chesapeake Light Tower, with clam strips or small jelly balls doing the trick—bring a stout rod, they’re fighters.

    Cobia season swings open tomorrow, and anticipation is high. Schools are gathering at the mouth of the bay and around the oceanfront shoals, especially near buoys and wrecks. Until the legal opener, catch-and-release is the rule, but live eels and large bucktails are favorites for early action. Boats with towers have the edge spotting surface cruisers, and shallow diving twitchbaits or topwater lures can get aggressive strikes when cobia are up.

    If it’s red drum you’re after, the shallow flats near the islands and Fisherman’s Island have been hot, but drum are starting to transition to deeper structure. Large paddletails on 2-ounce jigheads fished tight to rock piles will get you noticed. For black drum, try the CBBT islands—the action is consistent, especially when tides are moving.

    Inshore, flounder are biting strong along the CBBT, HRBT, and southside inlets—think strip baits or Gulp! on a jighead. The striper bite is starting to slow, but you’ll still find schoolies mixed with blues in the lower bay and around the inlets. For perch and croaker, head up to the Rappahannock or any of the inside creeks, using bloodworms or grass shrimp on small rigs.

    For bait, you can’t beat live fiddler crabs, spot, or cut bait for big drum and cobia. Artificial fans should pack bucktails, soft plastics, and topwaters—bright colors for stained water, natural for clear.

    Today’s hotspots: the pilings and islands of the CBBT, Fisherman’s Island flats, and the Chesapeake Light Tower. For shore-bound anglers, Lynnhaven Inlet and the Virginia Beach oceanfront are both producing solid catches.

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  • Chesapeake Bay Fishing Report: Sheepshead, Tautog, and Bluewater Opportunities Abound

    Chesapeake Bay Fishing Report: Sheepshead, Tautog, and Bluewater Opportunities Abound
    Jun 13 2025
    Friday, June 13th, 2025—greetings anglers, this is Artificial Lure with your Chesapeake Bay, Virginia fishing report.

    Sunrise came in early at 5:44 am, with sunset rolling in at 8:25 pm, giving us a full day of action on the water. Today’s tidal coefficient sits at 69, just a bit above average, which means you can expect decent tidal movement and current throughout the day, always a good sign for biting fish. For the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel area, the tides are running moderate, lending themselves well to both inshore and nearshore opportunities.

    Weather-wise, we’ve got classic June conditions on deck—warm, muggy, with light winds and calm seas. Perfect for taking out the boat, kayak, or even hopping on a jet ski for some close-to-structure action.

    Let’s talk fish. The southern Bay is really lighting up now. Sheepshead are moving into prime form, especially around the pilings at the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel (CBBT). Several anglers have put together banner days there using frozen or live fiddler crabs on bottom sweeper jigs. Tautog are in the same neighborhoods, and black drum are active around the CBBT islands as well—peeler crab is your ticket for black drum.

    Spadefish have locked in on inshore structures, showing up strong at the Light Tower and CBBT buoys. Clam pieces are the go-to, but some are taking small jigs. Flounder are coming in hot along inlets, especially at the CBBT and HRBT, and the bite is picking up around all three major southside inlets—try Gulp! Swimming Mullets or live minnows.

    The drum scene is busy too. Bull reds are patrolling shallow flats and deeper structures near CBBT islands, and the bite’s best when you can find a school on your finder—drop down a big paddletail or straight-tail soft plastic on a heavy jighead. The same structures are holding black drum, and there are good reports as well near Fisherman’s Island.

    For the bluewater crowd, the cobia are starting to show up in better numbers but the real boom comes with the season opener this Sunday, June 15th. Until then, keep a bucktail or a topwater handy—boats with towers are already spotting fish along the oceanfront and mouth of the Bay. When it opens, live eels will be hard to beat.

    Bluefish are mixed in with the stripers around inlets and bridges and hitting metal spoons, while white perch and spot are showing well in up-Bay rivers—grass shrimp or bloodworms will land you a bucketful.

    Hot spots this week:
    - Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel (especially pilings for sheepshead and tautog, and islands for drum)
    - Chesapeake Light Tower (spadefish)
    - Fisherman’s Island breakers (red drum, flounder)

    That’s the latest from Chesapeake Bay—tight lines and keep those nets handy! Thanks for tuning in, be sure to subscribe for your next local fishing report. This has been a Quiet Please production, for more check out quietplease.ai.
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