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Read more about the article Halloween Week: Are the Fish Scared?

Halloween Week: Are the Fish Scared?

  • Post published:November 4, 2022
  • Post category:Reports

We target pickerel, panfish, striped bass, and snakehead, and the results were...uh...something

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Read more about the article Post-Frontal Fishin’

Post-Frontal Fishin’

  • Post published:October 9, 2022
  • Post category:Reports

After periods of rain and cold weather, the bite can be downright difficult

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Read more about the article Play Your Cards!

Play Your Cards!

  • Post published:September 21, 2022
  • Post category:Reports

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
  • Post category:Reports

How to fish the Chesapeake tributaries in early autumn, when the fish feed upriver

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Read more about the article Three Times Tryin’

Three Times Tryin’

  • Post published:September 2, 2022
  • Post category:Reports

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
  • Post category:Reports

Seagulls overhead pointed us in the right direction to catch many schooling stripers

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Read more about the article No Whammies!

No Whammies!

  • Post published:August 9, 2022
  • Post category:Reports

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
  • Post category:Reports

Conditions, planning, and execution come together to make for a memorable mid-summer morning

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Read more about the article Perch Jerkin’

Perch Jerkin’

  • Post published:June 10, 2022
  • Post category:Reports

A reliable technique for catching white perch comes into play during a gorgeous morning on the Severn River

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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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A Bethany Beach / Atlantic sunrise 😎☀️ #sunriselo A Bethany Beach / Atlantic sunrise 😎☀️

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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.😎

#flyfishing #stripersonthefly #stripedbass #littlefish #chesapeakebay
Snagged a couple dozen bigs (largest 8” on the tip Snagged a couple dozen bigs (largest 8” on the tips) on the traps this morning with my beautiful bride. The two of us been doing it for all 23 yrs together—she’s our good luck charm! Most crabs in 5–8’. Expected em deeper but thats where we found em after all. Tons of baby throwbacks too. Eatin good today! 🦀

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Casting a lot for a few littles this early morning Casting a lot for a few littles this early morning—stunning sunrise, gentle puffs from the northeast, and some modest gains made on the fly. I still suck, but suck less than a week ago…I think. Figuring things out one cast at a time. Practice before fall bite. Feels like the payoff will come…

#flycasting #stripedbass #severnriver #annapolismorning #chesapeakebay
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