I've fished the upper bay my whole life and I can honestly say that the Striped bass fishing is better today then its been in the last 30+ years. Sometimes I don't know if Im just becoming a better fisherman or if the Striper fishing is better, but I think its a combination of both. (I wish I could say the same about some of the other species). I've had over 100 trips this year and over 50 of them I targeted Rockfish, And I've rarely ever had a problem catching lots of them, many trips I've caught fish 30" and over, with a few over 40". I've also had some good trips targeting Large mouth Bass, Pickerel, yellow perch and large White perch.
But overall, my best days of fishing has been targeting Rock. I sometimes miss the fishing years ago when we would bail Large horse Croaker for hours at spots like Belevedere Shoals, Snake reef and Love pt. We even got into them a few times at Pooles Island and Man o war. Back then you never knew what you were going to catch next, almost every trip was a surprise ( Specs in the patapsco, flounder at pooles and love pt, weakfish at Rocky pt. ect..) But I can't complain to much because the Striper fishing has just been off the hook this year from start to finish. Actually one of my worst trips of the year was when I went to the CBBT in mid December, I caught some fish in the mid 20" range, but it was nothing like the great fishing that I experianced in the upper bay during the spring summer and fall, and I didn't have to make the long drive or work near as hard to catch them. Every year just seems to get better and better
