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Snow Daze: Winter Fishing Tackle Chores
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…
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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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Cape Horn 27 XS Boat Review: Chesapeake Carnivore
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…
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Fishing With Jigging Spoons for Beginners
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-…
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Three Top Tactics for Bitter Cold Winter Largemouth Bass Fishing
December 20, 2025
You say that you want to enjoy brisk action on largemouth bass this winter? Sure, the bite slacks off in the bitter cold, but as long as the water’s surface doesn’t go from a liquid to a solid you…
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Chesapeake Bay Angler Red Alert: New 2026 Rockfish Regs
December 19, 2025
The Maryland Department of Natural Resources has announced that they’re moving forward with initiating a new “baseline” striped bass season for 2026. You may remember that a few weeks back we asked…
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Ask an Expert: Pickerel Fishing Tom Weaver
December 18, 2025
This month as winter hits we talk with Capt. Tom Weaver of Fish with Weaver about winter pickerel fishing. When the water temps grow too cold for the rockfish to bite this turns into an awesome…
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Notes from the Cockpit: Fishing with Grandkids?!?!
December 16, 2025
Ummm… is it really 2025? Are my kids all out there adulting on their own? Do my knees and elbows ache more than they used to, is that bald spot really visible when my back’s to the camera, and is…
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Paddler's Edge: Fishing Kayak Seats
December 14, 2025
Let’s talk about cushions for your kayak—bet you’re on the edge of your seat, right? It’s a subject you don’t hear people talking about too much, but if you spend hour upon hour sitting in a kayak…
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Rockin’ it at the Stone Rock
December 12, 2025
Year after year, decade after decade, anglers in the Middle Bay zone constantly hear about the Stone Rock. It’s one of those “old reliable” hotspots that produces fish on a regular basis throughout…
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