# Artificial Lure's Chesapeake Bay Fishing Report – November 19, 2025
Hey folks, Artificial Lure here with your Wednesday morning report from the Bay. Let me break down what's happening out there.
**Conditions & Tides**
We're looking at improving conditions after some rougher weather earlier in the week. Winds are backing off nicely, giving us that calmer window we've been waiting for. Tides today are running modest – expect low around 0.97 feet and highs near 1.61 feet in the Point Lookout area, so nothing extreme. Water temperatures are dropping into that prime November feeding window, concentrating baitfish and bringing migratory species into our tidal rivers.
**Recent Hot Action**
Here's the real story – the Patuxent and Potomac rivers just experienced one of the strongest fall rockfish runs in recent years. This past weekend was exceptional. Ken Lamb over at St. Mary's Tacklebox reported breaking striped bass from Drum Point all the way up to Green Holly. Boats were filling coolers using trolling rigs, jigs, and cast lures amid active surface-feeding schools. The Broom Island area saw excellent action too when anglers moved upstream to escape crowds.
Blue catfish remain absolutely hot in both rivers. Benedict Bridge and the Chalk Point power plant discharge are prime zones in the Patuxent, with fish regularly exceeding 20 pounds. White perch have been schooling heavily in the lower Patuxent near the Solomons Bridge pilings – one crew landed 176 fish in just hours on Sunday.
**What's Working**
For rockfish, stick with your jigging game using 1/2-ounce bucktails and soft plastics, or go heavier with tandem trolling rigs along channel edges. Circle hooks are required when bait fishing, which reduces mortality and keeps our stocks healthy.
White perch are crushing Sabiki rigs and small metal jigs tipped with bloodworm pieces. Fresh bloodworms are your ticket right now. For those catfish, cut bait or chicken liver from shore or boat will get results.
**Hot Spots**
Two must-hit locations: Solomons Island ramps near the Solomons Bridge for perch grounds, and St. Clements Island north to Ragged Point in the Potomac for consistent rockfish limits.
**Regulations Reminder**
Maryland's 2025 striped bass regs allow one fish per angler daily, 19 to 24 inches. The fall season closes December 10 in these waters. The Potomac extends to December 31, so you've got time.
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