June 14th Chesapeake Bay Fishing Report: Cobia, Reds, and More Action on the Virginia Side

Chesapeake Bay anglers, this is Artificial Lure coming at you with your Saturday, June 14th, 2025, fishing report—straight from the docks and decks around the Virginia side of the Bay. Sunrise hit the water at 5:42 AM today, with sunset coming up at 8:28 PM. We’ve got classic June weather—warm, high 70s to mid-80s, with light to moderate winds and mostly sunny skies. The tide will be rising through mid-morning and then easing to slack around midday, so plan your runs around that moving water for the best chances. Fish activity is heating up alongside the weather. At the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel (CBBT), the sheepshead bite is turning prime; several boats and kayakers reported limits this week, mostly on live or frozen fiddler crabs and sand fleas fished tight to the bridge pilings. Black drum and spadefish are also stacking up on structure, with big spadefish coming from the Chesapeake Light Tower and around buoys—pieces of clam are your best bet there. Flounder and tautog are still being picked off the inlets and along bridge rubble, especially during moving tide when they’re hungry and chasing. The big news is cobia season—it opens tomorrow, June 15th, but plenty of boats are already spotting these bruisers cruising the surface near the Bay mouth and the CBBT islands. For early action, toss live eels or bucktails tipped with soft plastic trailers, and don’t be afraid to sling a topwater plug at a cruising fish if you see one. According to the latest from FishTalk Magazine and Green Top Sporting Goods, bull red drum schools are still working the rocky islands around the CBBT and the nearby flats. Sidescan sonar is the ace for these—find the school, drop a big paddletail or jerkbait, and hold on! Stripers (rockfish) are still providing action at first and last light, mostly around the CBBT, the Bay Bridge, and Patapsco River piers. Early risers working topwaters and jerkbaits along riprap and pilings are getting into slot fish along with a mix of bluefish, which have crashed the party in big numbers around wrecks and open water. Bluefish up to three pounds have been hot on shallow cranks and poppers. For bait, bring plenty of live spot, cut shad, or mullet, plus some frozen squid or clams for the bottom biters. Top lures this past week have been white and chartreuse paddletails, bucktails, and topwater spooks—keep your tackle box flexible, as the bite can change with the tide and wind. Hot spots? The CBBT remains the heartbeat of June fishing—both for sheepshead on the pilings and cobia cruising the channel edges. Fisherman’s Island flats are still holding reds, and the Chesapeake Light Tower is a go-to for spadefish and early cobia. That’s the scoop for mid-June—tight lines to everyone hitting the Bay this weekend! Thanks for tuning in, and don’t forget to subscribe. This has been a Quiet Please production. For more, check out quietplease.ai. This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI.