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Fishing Hotspots We Never See
Fishing reefs attract a lot of attention, but natural features abound in the Chesapeake Bay. The Susquehanna’s riverbeds snaked their way around many ridges as they cut their way through the coastal plain and were channeled by the progressive formation of the lower DelMarVa peninsula. We’re using the plural here because geologically there were…
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Stoked for Fishing the Pocomoke
February 17, 2025
Upriver the pickerel are pouncing and downriver the redfish are raging. Bass are biting and crappie are cavorting, even as bluefish are busting and croaker are crushing it. When you’re an angler…
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Trailers for Kayaks
February 14, 2025
If you enjoy kayak fishing you can load that kayak on top of your car or shove it into the back of a pickup truck, drive to a location for the day, then drag it down to the water. But today, with…
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Humminbird Xplore Fishfinder Introduced
February 11, 2025
Humminbird has an all-new series hitting the water, called the Xplore. Initialy introduced in 9”, 10”, and 12” models, the core concept behind their development is to make it faster and easier to…
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How to Fish for Yellow Perch for Beginners
February 9, 2025
Yellow perch are a widely distributed native panfish in North America, ranging from Georgia to Nova Scotia and westward all the way to southeast Alaska, and are an incredibly popular winter fishing…
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Sportsman Open 212 Center Console: Age of Innovation
February 7, 2025
If you’ve been reading the boat reviews in FishTalk for a few years you may have noticed a certain pattern when it comes to Sportsman boats: I’m a fan. IMHO the bang they deliver for your boat-buying…
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LIVE with Lenny
February 6, 2025
Join us on the first Thursday of each month at 6 p.m. for new episodes of LIVE with Lenny. Tune in for an interactive live stream with Angler in Chief Lenny Rudow where he discusses various seasonal…
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Center Console Versus Pilothouse: Put Yer Dukes Up!
February 5, 2025
As Bay fishermen we live for the adrenaline rush of topwater slams and bird blitzes, but the question is, will a center console boat or a pilothouse get us more epic fishing opportunities? I’ve been…
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Peak Perch Fishing: Preemptive Measures
February 3, 2025
The spring perch runs have always signaled the arrival of a new fishing season in Chesapeake country. Before the run began you could pluck them out of the deep holes downriver of spawning sites, but…
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Chesapeake Bay and Mid-Atlantic Okuma Fishing Tackle Dealers
February 1, 2025
The best option for fishermen aiming for trophy-sized catfish is the Okuma Cat Slayer Catfish Rods. Packed with cutting-edge technologies and expertly crafted, these rods are made to easily handle…
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