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Five Custom Fishing Boat Top Picks
You say you want a fishing boat that’s anything but average? A real head-turner that can handle Chesapeake Bay fishing on its worst days, fish with the best of ‘em, and is built to your own personal specifications? Sounds like it might be time for a custom boat built right here in Chesapeake country. Here are five (wildly different) top picks.…
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Fishing Tackle Organization Strategies
February 6, 2026
It’s the crack of dawn and the autumn sun is rising over Tilghman Island. Fishing was tough during the transition from summer to fall, but this late September morning, I’m hopeful. All the sudden a…
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Custom Fishing Rod Building: The Artful Angler Part III
February 4, 2026
If you missed the earlier installments of our series on building a custom fishing rod, be sure to check out The Artful Angler Part One: Custom Fishing Rod Parameters & Parabolics, and Part II:…
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Fishing Quiz!
February 2, 2026
It’s been a while since you put your Chesapeake Bay fishing and Mid-Atlantic angling know-how to the test? Well, maybe so—it is, after all, February. So, let’s find out how you rank as the 2026…
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Fishing Forecast for February, 2026
January 30, 2026
Our timely, up-to-date Fishing Reports are delivered via email and on the website every Friday by noon, just in time for weekend fishing adventures. Meanwhile, here's our forecast for the upcoming…
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Maycraft 2300 Pilothouse: Warm and Toasty
January 28, 2026
Coming off of late fall and early winter striper fishing, many Chesapeake Bay anglers are having the same thought: GEEZE it was cold out there! Racing around looking for bird shows here, there, and…
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Potomac River Hotspots near Memorial Bridge
January 26, 2026
John Duffy, the late great mandolin player with Washington’s bluegrass group Seldom Scene, once famously said he thought “Roe versus Wade” were alternate ways to cross the Potomac. The primary way to…
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Hot New Fishing Gear, Winter 2026
January 24, 2026
Ready to check out some cool new fishing gear for the 2026 season? Check out these awesome goodies: The newest generation Slammer is here, the Penn Slammer IV. Penn Slammer IV Spinning Reel The…
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Snow Daze: Winter Fishing Tackle Chores
January 22, 2026
Maybe you get to go winter fishing regularly, maybe it only happens a time or two, or maybe you hang up your rods and reels until the trees start budding. But even the heartiest of the diehard…
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Winter Fishing Options
January 20, 2026
It's blowing snow and the wind chill is in single digits, but we fish-heads, we’re not normal and we know there are pickerel to be pursued. We know that yellow perch will bite no matter how cold it…
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