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Fishing Forecast for January, 2026
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 month of angling based on the recent weather patterns and what we've seen on a month-by-month basis looking back at our eight years of weekly fishing…
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Notes from the Cockpit: Where are the White Perch?
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…
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Paddler's Edge: Dry Suits
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…
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Winter Blue Catfish: Felines in the Frost
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?…
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Fishing Gear, Winter 2025
November 27, 2025
The new Minn Kota Riptide Terrova kayak motor is ready to take on saltwater kayak fishing adventures. Minn Kota Riptide Terrova Kayak Motor: Rippin’ the Tide Following up on its recent…
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PB Striped Bass
November 25, 2025
While striped bass stocks may be depressed and our summer fishery certainly isn’t what it once was, we here in Chesapeake country are still major-league lucky. Even though the big, beautiful trophy…
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Robalo R300: Space Jam
November 23, 2025
You say you want a center console fishboat big enough to sport triple-wide seating at the helm, room for multiple anglers on the bowdeck, livewell space for dozens of baits, and tuna-sized fishboxes…
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Fishing at the Calvert Cliffs Warm Water Discharge
November 21, 2025
Knowing how to fish a warm-water discharge stream greatly increases the probability of a successful fishing trip, which ceretainly applies to fishing at the Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant (CCNPP…
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Fishing Jerkbaits for Beginners
November 19, 2025
If you read the FishTalk fishing reports on a regular basis there’s a good chance you’ve seen the term “jerkbait” pop up plenty of times, and if you want to catch more, bigger fish, jerkbaits…
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New Rockfish Regs for Maryland in 2026?
November 17, 2025
After years of striped bass regulations ratcheting tighter and tighter, the Maryland DNR is considering a “baseline season adjustment” for rockfish for 2026. The proposed changes boil down to this: …
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