Reel in the Big Ones: Your Weekly Bass Fishing Hotspots and Tactics

Artificial Lure here, sliding out from under the casting deck with your weekly bass fix.

Let’s start with some headline-worthy catches. On The Water’s latest Maryland and Chesapeake Bay report says big migratory striped bass are stacked within about 3 miles of Ocean City and Indian River, with boats trolling Mojos and hucking big soft plastics into legit cow bass. Captain Jamie Clough of Eastern Shore Light Tackle Charters is putting clients on heavy stripers back in the Chesapeake, marking bait balls and dropping big paddletails into schools of bunker like it’s a video game.

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