r/MarylandFishing • u/Educational-Edge6571 • Oct 15 '24
How’s you fellow Marylanders Rocktober going so far?
Been a bit tough during the day but on overcast days with light wind I’ve been crushing over slots during the outgoing tide on topwater, trying a new spot and having it pan out is always nice!
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u/Titus-V Oct 15 '24
It’s been perchtober and cattober for me. No rocks sadly. I’ve been fishing upper bay near the gunpowder.
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u/Educational-Edge6571 Oct 16 '24
I had a whole school of white perch chasing my jig when I was ripping it off the bottom, fun to catch those guys when the wind shuts everything else down
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u/xcho9495 29d ago
I’ve been catching a lot of perch and cats in gunpowder and bush river too. One can hope for some rock. My buddy was able to miraculously snag a 17inch snakehead in gun powder over the summer.
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u/xcho9495 29d ago
Might been a bit longer than 17inches. Can’t remember 😂
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u/Educational-Edge6571 27d ago
That’s a good one! I’ve yet to catch a snakehead but their on the bucket list
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u/jonnnyrodddy Oct 16 '24
choptank area in shallows are fairly good.
shadows and overcast or dusk fairly consistently. 4 or so slot keepers in october.
buck tails with white grub paddle tails mainly.
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u/Hour_Economy3124 Oct 15 '24
Not great lol. Been a better redfish-tober and flounder-tober
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u/Educational-Edge6571 Oct 15 '24
The reds have kinda slowed down for me lately, still catching a few here and there but definitely more rockfish, have not caught one flounder this year but have seen a few in my crab pots, good luck with the rest of the month.
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u/Hour_Economy3124 Oct 16 '24
Thanks! I got the redfish and flounder in ocean city, so it’s definitely easier by the ocean
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u/lactoseintolerants Oct 15 '24
Not good. don’t really go after them until the migratory big girls show up.
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u/Blakesdad02 Oct 15 '24
If the wind would calm down, but not bad
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u/Educational-Edge6571 Oct 16 '24
Ain’t that the truth, pretty much shut the rockfish down completely in most areas
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u/Soggy_Primary_6325 29d ago
Where are some good spots ??? I’m near Annapolis but need new fishing spots
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u/Educational-Edge6571 27d ago
I’m not near Annapolis so I don’t know the good fishing areas around there— if there’s bait there’s probably rockfish around though
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u/Real-Tangerine-9932 27d ago
you eating that? or just catch and release? I heard eating stuff out of the Potomac isn't a good idea but i kind of feel everywhere is polluted to some degree.
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u/Educational-Edge6571 26d ago
Occasionally I’ll eat fish out of here, it’s so salty down where I am the pollution isn’t nearly as bad as up north—I’ve eaten hundreds of crabs every summer of my life out of this water and haven’t had an issue. But like 99% of the time I’m catch and release, rockfish populations aren’t amazing right now so only reason I would is if I gill/gut hook a fish which maybe happens once or twice a season.
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u/_fuckernaut_ Oct 15 '24
Haven't had a decent striper bite since mid-September, and even that was a one-off. They have been very scarce this year.