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Fishing at Holland Island: Waiting for a Storm
Holland Island (Site 1, Chart 1) was once a thriving watermen’s community at the northern end of the Tangier Sound. Stephen White’s two-story house was still standing on the edge of the badly eroding north point during my first visit during 1999. Back then, a small reconnaissance team from the Maryland Port Administration (MPA) and the Maryland…
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Yamaha Helm Master EX Wireless Controller: Go Remote
June 9, 2025
Tired of being tied to the helm? The Yamaha Helm Master EX wireless controller lets you run the boat with a remote. What’s the one problem with controlling your boat via joystick? You have to…
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Kinetic Potential: Hone Your Topwater Fishing Skills
June 8, 2025
Few things get an angler’s adrenaline flowing like a topwater plug under assault. The strike of a surface ambush takes place at the junction between water and air, where you can see, feel, and hear…
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Tideline 365: More Power
June 7, 2025
It’s been a few years since we took a gander at the Tideline 365 (to see the original review hit Tideline 365 Offshore Boat Review: Sink Your Claws Into This), a super high-end custom powercat that’s…
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What to Look for in a Tow Vehicle for Boats
June 5, 2025
Whatever make and model tow vehicle you use to haul Mom’s Mink down the highway, chances are that you had the truck before you had the boat. Or maybe when you bought that tow vehicle, you just…
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Live-lining for Striped Bass From Shore for Beginners
June 3, 2025
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,…
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Fishing Forecast for June of 2025
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…
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New Fishing Gear, Summer 2025
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…
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Grady-White Canyon 306: New and Improved
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…
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Cell Phone Holders for Kayaks: Hold On, Don't Hang Up!
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…
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