Madness on the Marshy Hope Blue Catfish Fishing Tournament happens the first Saturday in November. Blue Catfish are an invasive species to our Marshy Hope and a danger to our native species. Do your part! Catch and Eat this tasty, invasive fish! This event includes a food festival, youth & family fishing event and fishing tournament. Click here for full details. Or click here to directly register for the event.
Chesapeake Bay angling summary of what's biting and where throughout the watershed
Angling, outdoors, and conservation news recap for the week ending July 15th
Presented by Salisbury University. Dr. Noah Bressman's lab at Salisbury University is hosting the third annual fishing tournament on the Nanticoke River (including tributaries like Marshyhope Creek and Barren Creek) targeting Blue Catfish and Northern Snakeheads. These are both invasive species that the Bressman lab is researching to learn more about their effects (or potential effects) on the local ecosystem. There is no entry fee, but we will have many prizes to give out!(details to come soon as the final funding is determined, but if last year was any indication, we had over $2000 in prizes!). Some prizes will be for a variety of categories including biggest, most by number, and most by weight for blue catfish and snakeheads, as well as prizes for just showing up and participating! There will be prizes for shore-based anglers, kayakers, and boaters. If you do not have any fishing gear but are…
Chesapeake Bay angling summary of what's biting and where throughout the watershed
Angling, outdoors, and conservation news recap for the week ending April 22nd
Angling, outdoors, and conservation news recap for the week ending April 15th
Angling, outdoors, and conservation news recap for the week ending April 8th
Angling, outdoors, and conservation news recap for the week ending April 1st