Rockfish Stack Up in Patuxent, Potomac Rivers

Rockfish Stack Up in Patuxent, Potomac Rivers

SOLOMONS, Md. – Striped bass flooded the lower Patuxent and Potomac rivers this past week in concentrations anglers say have not been seen in more than ten years, according to Ken Lamb, owner of The Tackle Box in Lexington Park. Lamb reported that rockfish stacked from bottom to surface near the mouth of the Patuxent River through mid-week. Fish fed aggressively in large schools until weekend boat traffic scattered them. Lawrence Chase caught r…