June 15 Chesapeake Bay Fishing Report: Sheepshead Sizzling, Cobia Season Opens, Variety Abounds

Good morning anglers, this is Artificial Lure coming to you with your fresh Chesapeake Bay, Virginia fishing report for June 15, 2025. The summer pattern is fully locked in now, and the fishing action is heating up right alongside the rising water temps. First, let’s talk tides: the first high tide rolls in at 1:05 AM with a second high at 1:37 PM, low tides at 8:31 AM and 8:29 PM. Sunrise was at 5:44 AM, and you’ve got daylight until sunset at 8:25 PM—plenty of time to get on the water and get after it, especially with calm, warm weather and light winds in the forecast, perfect for a full day on the Bay, according to Tide-Forecast.com. Sheepshead fishing is in prime form along the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel. The bridge pilings have been loaded with hungry fish, and both frozen and live fiddler crabs fished on bottom sweeper jigs are the ticket. Kayaks and jet skis have been doing real work out there, routinely bagging limits. You’ll also bump into some nice tautog and even some big spadefish around the structure—spadefish are lighting up bite-wise at the CBBT and at the Chesapeake Light Tower just offshore, as reported by FishTalk Magazine and Green Top Sporting Goods. Red drum and black drum action is steady. The bull reds are moving from shallow flats to the deeper structure, with CBBT islands and nearby rocky zones being hotspots. If you’re on a boat, keep an eye on your sidescan—locate the schools, then drop big paddletails or straight tails rigged on two-ounce jigheads right into the fray. Heads up: cobia season opens today in Virginia waters, and anticipation is sky-high. Boats running towers along the oceanfront and inside the Bay mouth are already spotting them, and numbers are set to rise all month. Live eels are proven producers, but don’t overlook artificial lures like bucktails, topwater plugs, and diving twitchbaits for a solid shot at these bruisers. For those targeting variety, Spanish mackerel and bluefish are cruising the lower Bay, especially around buoys 8 and 10 in 30-35 feet of water. Trolling Clark spoons or Drone spoons behind planers is the go-to setup. Meanwhile, flounder are starting to snap along the CBBT and inside the southside inlets, with Gulp! baits and bucktail jigs taking their share of fish. Hot spots today: the CBBT (especially between islands two and three), the Chesapeake Light Tower for spadefish, and the flats east of Fisherman’s Island for red drum and cobia. For those looking to mix it up, the HRBT and the Rappahannock are both solid bets for trout, croaker, and the occasional rockfish. That’s the scoop from your local water. Thanks for tuning in, folks—don’t forget to subscribe for more reports and updates. This has been a Quiet Please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai. This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI.