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Choosing the Best Fishing Rod
It's not easy to choose the best fishing rod, whether you enjoy fishing for panfish like white perch or pelagics like wahoo. You could spend $1000 on a fishing rod, you could spend $10, or you could hack off a stalk of bamboo and make your own—and any of them can be used to catch fish. They most certainly are not, however, all going to be equally…
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Fishing Millponds for Beginners
January 15, 2025
One of the greatest things about being an angler living in Chesapeake Country is that even when it comes to winter fishing, the angling season never really ends. Spring, summer, fall, and winter…
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How to Catch Sucker Fish: I'm a Sucker for You
January 12, 2025
For many shoreline anglers like me, the start of winter may mark the end of a fishing season. Popular gamefish like rockfish, redfish, smallmouth bass, and others become increasingly difficult to…
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Catch and Release Off-Season Stripers, Part II
January 11, 2025
When trophy striped bass invade the Chesapeake Bay the action can get hot and heavy. Once water temperatures drop below the 40-degree mark, however, that bite usually shuts down. But, don't give up…
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Catch and Release Striped Bass All Winter Long
January 11, 2025
There are all kinds of wintertime opportunities for Mid-Atlantic anglers, ranging from ice fishing to trout fishing to tautog fishing. But in our neck of the woods, rockfish - AKA striped bass - take…
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Late Fall/Early Winter Light Tackle Striper Jigging on the Chesapeake
January 11, 2025
There are many effective ways of fishing for late season stripers on the Chesapeake Bay, but light tackle jigging is certainly one of the most fun. Jump aboard with FishTalk Angler in Chief Lenny…
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Pickerel Fishing Tips
January 11, 2025
As a chill creeps into the air pickerel fishing in spots like tidal tributary rivers and the Eastern Shore millponds will only get better and better. And wherever you live in the Mid-Atlantic region…
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On the Water Fishing Test on the Caymas 26 HB
January 11, 2025
We originally told you about the Caymas 26 HB when it was launched last year in Caymas 26 HB Center Console Bay Boat: Altered Reality, and at that time we said we’d report back after having the…
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Sea-Doo Switch Fish: Switching it Up
January 9, 2025
If you haven’t already heard of the Sea-Doo Switch, it’s a jet-propelled tri-hull pontoon boat that drives like a PWC. That’s right, the design at the helm features Sea-Doo’s handlebar-style controls…
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Paddler's Edge: Cold Weather Kayak Fishing
January 7, 2025
Are you ready for some cold weather kayak winter fishing action? Check out these tried-and-true winter haunts that will keep you casting and catching throughout the year. The author fishes from his…
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