Welcome To Griffin's Guide Service

Chesapeake Bay Fishing Trips

Welcome To Griffin's Guide Service, the Chesapeake's premiere light tackle fishing operation, pioneering the way we target migratory fish in the bay.

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Featured Trip

Winter Trophy Striped Bass Fishing

As the state fish of Maryland, we strongly believe the Chesapeake Bay is the best place in the country to target these prized sportfish. Known for their aggressive strikes and strong fights, rockfish can grow well over 40 inches, providing a thrilling challenge.

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April-May

Bull Redfish

Sight-casting to massive schools full of Big Bull Reds. These trips are the perfect way to kick the winter blues and start the season off right! They are some of our favorite trips of the year.

Chesapeake Cobia Fishing
July-September

Reds & Cobia

Massive Bull Reds, large cruising Cobia, Bluefish, Stripers, and Spanish Mackerel are all a part of these crazy feeding frenzies. It's one of our favorite times of the year to take clients fishing.

Summer striped bass fishing
May-July

Topwater Season

As spring transitions into summer, our shallow-water fishery is in full force. This time of year we have big speckled trout showing up in good numbers and a lot of aggressive rockfish and speckled trout willing to put on a show.

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September - December

Fally Frenzy Striped Bass

The fall brings some of the most iconic Striped Bass fishing on the Chesapeake Bay! During these trips, we often find big schools of Striped Bass breaking the surface under birds while they feed on bait. As the temperatures drop, the bait flows out of the rivers creating a feeding frenzy for the hungry Stripers.

Our Story

How Two Friends Are Changing The Way You Fish The Chesapeake Bay

Fishing the Chesapeake has always been a passion of ours. For years, we've put in time patterning these fish and dialing in our light tackle tactics. Wake up, fish, work, fish, go to sleep, and repeat. That was our routine until two years ago, we decided to take the leap and start our own guide business. Now we are living the dream, showing folks like yourself the incredible fishing the Chesapeake Bay has to offer.

Target Species

Striped Bass »

As the state fish of Maryland, we strongly believe the Chesapeake Bay is the best place in the country to target these prized sportfish. Known for their aggressive strikes and strong fights, rockfish can grow well over 40 inches, providing a thrilling challenge. 

Redfish »

The Redfish, or Red Drum as it is called in the Chesapeake Bay, is a popular sportfish that visits our waters from spring through fall. Primarily eating smaller baitfish, crabs, or shrimp, these powerful sportfish are known to school up and can hunt in large packs both inshore and offshore.

Cobia »

Cobia are some of the most prized fish in the ocean to eat, and we are blessed that many migrate into the our waters in the late spring through fall! These fish will commonly float near the surface in groups with the giant redfish schools, making for very exciting sightfishing opportunities.

Bluefish »

Bluefish are present in the Chesapeake Bay spring through fall, and are a typical bycatch when fishing for Striped Bass. The bluefish in our waters can grow quite large and put up a great fight, they typically congregate in big schools in open water and are very aggressive.

Speckled Trout »

Spotted Seatrout are another migratory sportfish that live in our waters from spring through fall. These seatrout are another very popular fish to eat, and they are very plentiful in our waters! They typically hunt in shallow, sandy waters feeding near grass beds or hard structures.

Spanish Mackerel »

Spanish Mackerel migrate from Florida into our waters around May to feed in the Chesapeake Bay. Spanish Mackerel are known for being excellent table fare, their firm and oil-rich flesh make them particularly great eaten raw as sashimi.

It's More Than Just Fishing

Giving Back To The Bay

We pride ourselves in giving back to the bay in any way we can. The community around this fishery is incredible and we've teamed up with some amazing folks to make an impact in any way we can. From taking groups of foster kids fishing for the first time to taking folks in hospice care out with their families for a memory they'll never forget, we'll always donate our time, boats, and expertise to help make a difference in our local fishing community. 

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