Crappie fishing is excellent throughout the lake on live minnows and small jigs fished around wood structure. The only citation-size catfish caught won the lunker award. The shad and herring run is going strong from Port Royal up to the fall line at Fredericksburg. Good numbers of crappie are pouncing on live shiners or small jigs. Shallow-running crankbaits are effective for bass holding tight against shallow banks.
Shad are thick in the upper river.
Nice-sized flounder are hitting minnow baits at times in Rudee Inlet. Boaters from Fisherman's Wharf Marina are finding tautog to 10 pounds on wrecks. With a 6-13 flatfish to her credit, Joan Phares of Richmond is leading the Wachapreague Marina flounder tournament, which ends Sunday, on the Eastern Shore. The flounder bite was going strong until the high winds and rain occurred during the week. Black drum are being caught in nets off the port of Oyster, so recreational anglers can expect to get in on the action within a couple of weeks.