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How to Fish For Black Drum: Advanced Tactics
What’s the biggest fish you’ve ever caught while Chesapeake Bay fishing? A 50-pound striped bass? A 70-pound cobia? Whatever it may be, there’s a good chance that you can beat that mark with a successful day of black drum fishing. These fish grow utterly huge, and it's even possible you'll hit the magic 100 pound mark. Black drum can get quite…
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Chesapeake Bay Fishing
March 23, 2025
Chesapeake Bay fishing is world-renowned for its quality, diversity, and scenic qualities, whether you're plugging for striped bass or trolling for bluefish. The Chesapeake is North America’s largest…
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Spring Boat Show Extravaganza
March 23, 2025
Extravaganza? Yes, EXTRAVAGANZA! Those of us who have been attending the Bay Bridge Boat Show for years are finding out that for 2025, there’s an entirely new show in town: the Bay Bridge Boat Show…
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Early Season Shoreline Crappie Fishing for Beginners
March 21, 2025
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…
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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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