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Early Season Shoreline Crappie Fishing for Beginners
Ah, yes, the sweet smell of spring, the earthy essence of morning dew, the floral scent of blooming silver maples, and of course, the mouth-watering aroma of crappie filets sizzling in hot oil. After a long, cold couple of months, crappie will abandon their winter haunts and start to head towards shallow water warmed by the springtime sun. And…
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How to Fillet a Fish for Beginners
March 18, 2025
When a beginner angler learns how to fillet a fish there’s one over-riding rule to remember: there’s more than one way to skin a cat. How you fillet a fish is up to you and you alone, and the end…
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Gearing Up for Trophy Blue Catfish
March 15, 2025
When it comes to fishing for big blue catfish, trophy size fish are utterly huge. Fifty pounds… sixty pounds… topping the magic 100-pound mark—is there an angler alive who doesn’t dream of doing…
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10 Tips for Stealthy Fishing
March 12, 2025
We’ve talked many times about how loud noises and vibrations can be scaring the fish and turning off the action as quickly as flipping a light switch, but the negative impact we anglers have on our…
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Going AWOIS for Chesapeake and Coastal Wrecks and Reefs
March 9, 2025
Progress is sometimes a step forward and backward at the same time, and in the name of progress the Office of Coast Survey terminated the Automated Wreck and Obstruction Information System…
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Cobia 285 CC: Twice as Nice
March 7, 2025
They say that two of everything is double the pleasure, double the fun, and that certainly seems to be the case when it comes to the all-new Cobia 285 CC. This boat runs on not one but two outboards…
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LIVE with Lenny
March 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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How to Catch Chesapeake Redfish in Cold Weather
March 3, 2025
One of the biggest mistakes anglers chasing slot redfish in the southern Chesapeake make is hanging up their rods in the winter. While it can be a bit tougher to locate them in colder weather, once…
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Fishing Forecast, March 2025
March 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…
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Kayak Rudder Upgrade: Steering You Right
February 25, 2025
I’ve been kayak fishing for some time with friends who also fish from various brands of kayaks, who all have different skill sets and styles of fishing. But one thing I’ve found that we all have in…
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