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Read more about the article Play Your Cards!

Play Your Cards!

  • Post published:September 21, 2022
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When weather conditions speak to you, "Go fishing," you darn well better get out there

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Read more about the article Hit & Miss Stripers

Hit & Miss Stripers

  • Post published:September 10, 2022
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How to fish the Chesapeake tributaries in early autumn, when the fish feed upriver

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Read more about the article Fish in a Barrel

Fish in a Barrel

  • Post published:September 9, 2022
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Tried and true tactics catch a mess of freshwater panfish at the local reservoir

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Read more about the article Three Times Tryin’

Three Times Tryin’

  • Post published:September 2, 2022
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Triptych of fishing trips target striped bass, spanish mackerel, bluefish, and white perch

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Read more about the article Follow the Birds!

Follow the Birds!

  • Post published:August 25, 2022
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Seagulls overhead pointed us in the right direction to catch many schooling stripers

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Read more about the article Chilly Water

Chilly Water

  • Post published:August 13, 2022
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The Little Patuxent River at Savage Mill offers cold-water respite from summer's heat, and fun fishing

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Read more about the article No Whammies!

No Whammies!

  • Post published:August 9, 2022
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Two mid-summer river trips running traps for blue crabs prove challenging, but yield the delicacy

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Read more about the article Back on Top!

Back on Top!

  • Post published:July 15, 2022
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Conditions, planning, and execution come together to make for a memorable mid-summer morning

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Read more about the article Mild Dividends Paid

Mild Dividends Paid

  • Post published:July 8, 2022
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When seemingly perfect conditions at dawn for stripers on topwater didn't pan out, a new approach earned a few bites

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Brothers don’t shake hands…brothers crab! Took my Brothers don’t shake hands…brothers crab! Took my brother @houckrob on the river this wknd and we caught some. Laid traps in 5-10’ and did okay. Good pickin’

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Morning fish on the fly. Ngl, I’m smitten with eve Morning fish on the fly. Ngl, I’m smitten with everything fly right now. The more ya put in, the more ya get out. Both the schoolies and the speckled trout (surprise!) hit the go-to Clouser

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Went to river church this a.m. and met a few in th Went to river church this a.m. and met a few in the congregation. Fly cast Clousers for schoolies but the perch said hi instead. All good. Itch scratched

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Gorgeous morning, beautiful fish. Fly casting to a Gorgeous morning, beautiful fish. Fly casting to a small group today. 💁‍♂️ Clouser on intermediate line. Ends of deep water docks. Fun way to finish the summer striper season before August closure.😎

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