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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 anglers among us must, every once in a while during the middle of the winter, cancel his or her fishing plans due to the weather. Whatever your attitude…
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…
January 20, 2026
When the guys at PYY Marine told me they had a new Cape Horn 27 XS sitting in the water ready for a sea trial it wasn’t difficult to walk away from the desk and head for the marina. Join us for a…
January 19, 2026
Jigging for suspended fish is tough enough, but when the fish go really deep getting a lure down to ‘em can become challenging—and jigging spoons can save the day. With a super-fast sink and fish-…
January 2, 2026
There’s no shortage of structure to target when you’re wreck fishing southeast of the Cape May rips. Seasonal hotspots include extensive shoals, rocks, wrecks, obstructions, and artificial reefs in…
January 1, 2026
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December 31, 2025
Our timely, up-to-date Fishing Reports are delivered via email and the interwebs every Friday by noon, just in time for weekend fishing adventures. Meanwhile, here's our forecast for the upcoming…
December 28, 2025
Where are the white perch? That’s a question we’ve heard over and over again for several years running. You don’t have to be an old-timer to remember when white perch were so plentiful that catching…
December 26, 2025
I have this itch to get out and take a few casts on pickerel at a local lake. Even though it’s cold outside pickerel are still active and relatively easy to catch. But it’s the middle of winter and…
December 22, 2025
We’ve all heard an awful lot about catfish in Chesapeake country the past few years, but even after all the bashing on blues and fixating on flatheads, we’re returning to the topic once more. Why?…