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We’ve all been stopped in standstill traffic on the Chesapeake Bay Bridge during the summertime. We’ve all wished we were on the deck of one of the many boats fishing around the pilings down below, as opposed to being stuck in a hot metal box hundreds of feet above the water. And, after watching someone pull a rockfish over the gunwale we’ve all…
June 1, 2025
Remember, folks, this is a forecast as opposed to a current report, which is built from looking back at the past eight years of FishTalk's reports, so for current reports please visit our Reports…
May 30, 2025
Whether you're fishing a lake for crappie or casting on the Bay for cobia, as summer approaches there's no doubt you'll be hoping to find some cool new fishing gear. And this sumer, there's a bunch…
May 28, 2025
All the way back in 2006 Grady-White reinvented one of its eminently popular center console boats, the Bimini 306, and it became the Canyon 306. Large enough to take on just about anything the…
May 26, 2025
Oops, darn, and crap are some of the nicer comments I have heard from friends over the years when they dropped a cellphone off their fishing kayak. Back in the day when a few raindrops would wreak…
May 21, 2025
You say you enjoy fishing the shallows for puppy drum? Well, of course you do! This month we talk with Captain Jonathan Bland of Bay Bound Guide Service about catching reds in shoal water. Capt.…
May 21, 2025
It’s true that in many of our waterways, their huge populations make catfish one of the easiest species to target. But it’s just as true that there’s no such thing as a sure thing when it comes to…
May 20, 2025
We waited, and waited, and waited, and now the 2025 rockfish season is ON! From the Chesapeake Bay’s headwaters clear down to its junction with the Atlantic Ocean anglers like us are in a celebratory…
May 18, 2025
I’ll never forget the guy who laughed at me as I launched my treasured though cheap boat, a 16-footer, at a ramp on the Tangier Sound back when I was in my early 20s. It was about as cheap a boat as…
May 15, 2025
Welcome to kayak fishing - are your feet feeling a bit cold? Or wet? Too warm? Maybe the ramp’s slippery underfoot? As seasons change we face weather conditions that dictate what footwear works best…