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The Thanksgiving Day weekend can deliver good fishing action, but it depends on the waters you choose. Of course, unknown factors like sudden high winds, rain showers or severely dropping temperatures can affect your chances of hooking something. But always remember that bad weather often affects humans more than it does fish. Washington Times -ContinueContinue reading “Bad weather comes with good fishing”

RICHMOND, Va. – A chronic bacterial disease that infects more than half of all the striped bass in the Chesapeake Bay is also lethal to the prized game fish, researchers concluded. Scientists at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science said they are the first to conclusively link mycobacteriosis to the death of rockfish, the moreContinueContinue reading “Scarring disease also deadly to bay rockfish”

  State officials have approved another measure to protect blue crabs in the Chesapeake Bay by limiting their harvest, a move that comes on the heels of several other dramatic rules enacted this year in Virginia waters. 800-plus Virginia watermen could lose crabbing licenses | HamptonRoads.com | PilotOnline.com

The Thanksgiving Day weekend can deliver good fishing action, but it depends on the waters you choose. Of course, unknown factors like sudden high winds, rain showers or severely dropping temperatures can affect your chances of hooking something. But always remember that bad weather often affects humans more than it does fish. Washington Times -ContinueContinue reading “Bad weather comes with good fishing”

Virginia Beach residents, environmentalists and scientists helped to defeat a proposal Tuesday for two new pound nets – long, fence-line structures that catch thousands of fish – near busy beaches on the Chesapeake Bay. Plan for new pound nets in Chesapeake Bay denied | HamptonRoads.com | PilotOnline.com

It’s Thanksgiving Day, and for area anglers, there is plenty for which to be thankful. Today also marks the final Fishing Forecast this year. Many have asked in the past, with such good fishing all winter, why we don’t publish the forecast year-round. Fishing forecast for the week of Nov. 27 – Dec. 4 |ContinueContinue reading “Fishing forecast for the week of Nov. 27 – Dec. 4”

If you’re a young person who loves to cook, why not spend some of the long Thanksgiving weekend in the kitchen creating a recipe for the 2009 Junior Chefs Rockfish Cook-Off in Ocean City? For the second year, chefs will compete in the 7-11 age group or 12-17 (group determined by age on the dayContinueContinue reading “Junior chefs: Ready your rockfish recipes for cook-off”

The Natural Resources people said the Chesapeake Bay has been losing as much as 2,600 acres of hard bottom oyster habitat every year. It is hoped that the watermen will reclaim at least 1,000 acres of oyster reefs. Washington Times – GENE MUELLER: Watermen take up new role

The striped bass and bluefish fisheries are following last year’s pattern with the exception of the forage base. Bass, bluefish following 2007 patterns | APP.com | Asbury Park Press

I would like to inform the hunters, gun owners and fishermen about the laws of the state of Maryland that pertain to them.One politician has manipulated the General Assembly, abolished Comar Regulations in the 2005 session and created House Bill 756 or Senate Bill 685 — both are the same. The bill gives all shootingContinueContinue reading “Arrogant state puts squeeze on sportsmen”

Green Top Sporting Goods is pleased to have Capt. Max King of Virginia Beach Contender Fishing Charters giving two complimentary seminar sessions Wednesday night Dec 3rd @ 4pm-5:30pm and 6pm-7:30pm.  Capt. Max will deliver his EELING for striper presentation as seen on his very popular DVD “EELING and REELING for MONSTER Striped Bass”. He willContinueContinue reading “Chesapeake Angler Forums: Free Eeling Seminar in Richmond Area 3 DEC 2008”

  Outdoors: Trophy rockfish spring forth in Chesapeake – Outdoors – (HometownAnnapolis.com)

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Courtney Craft and I had gone to rockfish school with Capt. Bobby Jenkins out of Urbanna. Along with our friend Tim Tigner, Courtney and I had booked a full day trip on the Rappahannock with two objectives: First, a potential fish fry that evening, but mainly we wanted to learn more about how to catchContinueContinue reading “Passing the rockfish exam”

  Trolling the ticket to landing trophy bass | APP.com | Asbury Park Press

A second batch of retired New York City “Red Bird” subway cars are expected to find a permanent home off the coast of Ocean City this weekend, possibly as soon as tomorrow, when 46 of the cars will be dropped at one of two possible locations on the growing artificial reef system Ocean City MarylandContinueContinue reading “More Subway Cars To Find Home Off OC Coast”

Researchers from Penn State and the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science are studying the Chesapeake Bay to see how changes in sea level may have affected the salinity of various parts of the estuary. Sea Level Rise Alters Chesapeake Bay’s Salinity

With hunting season in full swing, the school year under way, all the distractions that pop up on the news each night, and the weather the past few weeks being more "off" than "on," it’s under-standable that a lot of anglers have fallen out of the loop of knowing what’s going on with local fishingContinueContinue reading “Yes, Virginia, there are rockfish in the bay”

Fishing for Rockfish has been excellent in the middle Chesapeake Bay and in the Potomac River.  Trollers using umbrella rigs, tandem bucktails, parachutes, daisy chains and big spoons boated fish everyday the wind, fog and rain allowed the boats a moment’s respite from lousy conditions Local Fishing Report – Southern Maryland News, Charles County, CalvertContinueContinue reading “Local Fishing Report – Southern Maryland News, Charles County, Calvert County and St. Mary’s County News”

Thanksgiving Day is traditionally the peak of the striped bass run in the Shore area, and the fishery appears to be on track except for larger fish. Big bass yet to show | APP.com | Asbury Park Press

Delaware Bay striped bass fishing seems to be at a peak. Pat Harris at Longreach Marina in Bivalve on theMaurice Riverhas reports of recent catches that back up her statement that the fall bass run there is better now than it was during the spring and last year. Shep On Fishing: Delaware Bay is hotContinueContinue reading “Delaware Bay is hot spot for striped bass this week”

Rockfish and the Rappahannock River: Now there’s a winning combination. Last weekend, that’s exactly what our party of three was able to experience. Fishing with Tim Tigner of Orange and Courtney Craft of Charlottesville, I had previously made on-line contact with Capt. Bobby Jenkins out of Urbanna. Since we were to be in Urbanna attendingContinueContinue reading “Rockin’ on the Rappahannock River”

Researchers from the College of William and Mary’s Virginia Institute of Marine Science have found that the bacterial disease mycobacteriosis, currently found in over half the striped bass in the Chesapeake Bay, has increased the mortality rate of the fish. VIMS links bass mortality to bacteria | Flat Hat News

A joint undercover operation by NOAA’s Fisheries Service Office of Law Enforcement and New York and New Jersey enforcement agents has uncovered evidence of alleged illegal fishing by two charter operators NOAA Charges Charter Operators with Illegal Fishing for Striped Bass – 7thSpace Interactive Feds say fishers crossed the line to catch stripers

Just a quick update tomorrow is a pre-fish day for the Casey Neal Rogers striper tournament at smith point marina. I will be leaving Hamptons roads in the am and fishing my way up the bay. I will check on the eel bite off the eastern shore. The reports are of some nice fish beingContinueContinue reading “Capt Max King’s New Contender”

  Chesapeake Sportsman: Declining rockfish population cause for concern – Outdoors – (HometownAnnapolis.com)

Big fall stripers key on the peanut bunker run. Fall Stripers – Peanut Bunker Run

Everyone thinks the life of the outdoors writer is all fun and games. Well, it has its bubbles but it’s not always champagne. Many folks who fish and hunt and boat — I’d say the vast majority around here — are staunchly conservative, which makes rough sledding for a die-hard liberal like me. Angus PhillipsContinueContinue reading “Rockfishing on the Heels of a Big Night – washingtonpost.com”

Some hunting and fishing enthusiasts in western Maryland are seeking a moratorium on wind power development in the mountainous region. Maryland sportsmen seeks halt to wind turbines – Forbes.com

To pay back overages from last year, the North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries reduced the commercial red drum harvest limit this year by more than half Seafood News – N.C. Reduces Red Drum Catch Limit

Dan Dise steered his skiff past empty crab shacks that line Tangier Harbor, the gateway to this historic fishing outpost in the Chesapeake Bay. "For Rent" and "For Sale" signs were taped to many of the dusty windows. "That guy’s on the tug," said Dise, president of the Tangier Island Watermen’s Association, pointing to aContinueContinue reading “Chesapeake Watermen Hang Up Traps”

January 15th – 18th 2009 at Virginia Beach, Virginia. More information at the link below: http://www.vafrostbite.com/

Newport News–A critical component of Virginia’s effort to better regulate the fishing pressure put on blue crabs in the Chesapeake Bay will have to be put off at least a year because of a lack of money. Seafood News – Va. Crab-Tagging Program on Hold

Blue crabs, those tasty symbols of the salty Chesapeake Bay, are showing up in the freshwater of the James River in downtown Richmond. Crabs invade James River – Sports – inRich.com