Fly Fishing on the Chesapeake Bay For Striped Bass - They're Starting to Show Up

Fly Fishing on the Chesapeake Bay has been a rather unpredictable this year. I've been fishing, except when there was ice on the Bay.   Until last Sunday locating striped bass while fly fishing on the Chesapeake Bay has been difficult. It now appears that the schooled stripers are starting to show up at the locations tas hey do each year in the Upper and Middle Chesapeake Bay.

This past Saturday, 05/16/15, I was joined by 2 father and son teams who were fly and light tackle fishing for striped bass.

Chris Johnson, Mark & Jeff Whitting, Don Johnson

Staying out of the south wind allowed everyone to fish at the same time. The mouth of the Severn River gave us some protection on the western shore.  Catching was possible, but difficult, due to the limited number of past productive locations that had been fishable.

Sunday turned out to be a productive trip for fly fishers from England. They were in DC for a conference and wanted to take a trip on the Chesapeake Bay and catch a striped bass. It would be the 1st for both of them.  George broke the skunk on his second cast by landing a nice 19" striper.

George's 1st Striped Bass

By the end of their trip they had caught a few doubles, and a good number of stripers.

Alistair Makin & George Webster - English Fly Fishers

There have been some good reports of nice stripers just south of Chesapeake Beach. They should be on the move to around the Bay Bridge and above....lets hope.