Chesapeake Bay Fishing Reports & Live Conditions
Live, data-driven fishing conditions for the rivers, flats, and channels of the Chesapeake in Maryland and Virginia. Pick a spot below for its real-time fishing score, best times, tides or river flow, water temp, and a species bite forecast.
Open the live dashboard →Spots in Chesapeake Bay
Fishing tips for Chesapeake Bay
Striped Bass
Speckled Trout
Fluke (Summer Flounder)
Sheepshead
Black Drum
Black Sea Bass
Tautog (Blackfish)
Bluefish
Reading Saltwater Conditions
Every spot links to a live page with a 1–10 fishing score, an hourly best-times timeline, tides or river flow, pressure trend, moon phase, and a species bite forecast — all free and updated in real time.