March 23, 2025
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
March 3, 2025
One of the biggest mistakes anglers chasing slot redfish in the southern Chesapeake make is hanging up their rods in the winter. While it can be a bit tougher to locate them in colder weather, once…
February 21, 2025
White perch are the Rodney Dangerfields of the fish world. Even though they fight hard and taste great, they don’t get no respect. Yes they’re small and no they’re not colorful, but when pursued with…
February 9, 2025
Yellow perch are a widely distributed native panfish in North America, ranging from Georgia to Nova Scotia and westward all the way to southeast Alaska, and are an incredibly popular winter fishing…
February 3, 2025
The spring perch runs have always signaled the arrival of a new fishing season in Chesapeake country. Before the run began you could pluck them out of the deep holes downriver of spawning sites, but…
January 12, 2025
For many shoreline anglers like me, the start of winter may mark the end of a fishing season. Popular gamefish like rockfish, redfish, smallmouth bass, and others become increasingly difficult to…
January 11, 2025
When trophy striped bass invade the Chesapeake Bay the action can get hot and heavy. Once water temperatures drop below the 40-degree mark, however, that bite usually shuts down. But, don't give up…
January 11, 2025
There are all kinds of wintertime opportunities for Mid-Atlantic anglers, ranging from ice fishing to trout fishing to tautog fishing. But in our neck of the woods, rockfish - AKA striped bass - take…
January 11, 2025
There are many effective ways of fishing for late season stripers on the Chesapeake Bay, but light tackle jigging is certainly one of the most fun. Jump aboard with FishTalk Angler in Chief Lenny…
December 19, 2024
You’ve been here before: A storm brought rain or snow a few days ago, and is being followed up by a days-long warming trend that has you itching to enjoy some winter fishing. You brush the dust off…
November 21, 2024
You were heading out for some pickerel fishing and maybe the tackle shop was out of minnow, maybe you prefer fishing artificials, or maybe the bucket spilled in the back of your pickup and you…
November 5, 2024
The email from David made my jaw drop: had we ever done an article on feather jigging for striped bass? Well, shoot — nope! Now in our seventh year of publication, with over 500 how-to/where-to…
October 24, 2024
We’ve all heard of the big three: blue catfish, flathead catfish, and snakeheads. All of these formerly foreign species can be found throughout Chesapeake Country, all offer intense angling…
September 21, 2024
This month we chat with Capt. Larry Geipe of Chasing Light Charters, about chasing striped bass and other fish on the Bay as fall sets in.
Captain Larry talks fall fishing - and we're listening up…