July 7, 2026
Okay, maybe striped bass don’t really go on vacation and even if they did, they aren’t exactly visiting the National Aquarium. But considering that there’s a major metropolitan area perched on its…
July 5, 2026
Countless Chesapeake Bay anglers who enjoy light tackle fishing in the shallows look forward to spring, when the speckled trout bite cranks up. Except in Virginia waters this year, of course, which…
June 27, 2026
“We boarded the steamer all happy and gay, and got off in Seward the nineteenth of May,” according to Shorty Gustafson in his folksong Cheechako about newcomers to Alaska. Back when Shorty traveled…
June 14, 2026
It’s June, people, and for countless Chesapeake and coastal DelMarVa anglers that means counting down the days until the opening of cobia season. Cobia are among the biggest, most powerful fish we…
May 27, 2026
In this installment of our survey of natural formations in the Chesapeake, we’re going to take a look at three large natural anomalies on the east side of the Lower Bay. Each offers great bottom…
May 21, 2026
This month we talk with Capt. Chuck Jones of Salty Siren Fishing. The topic: thinking like a guide the next time you leave the dock.
Captain Chuck Jones of Salty Siren Fishing catches 'em up.
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May 8, 2026
You see rockfish rolling on the surface, cast time and time again, and you can’t get a bite… What the heck is going on?!? Then, you notice a steady stream of little red worms wiggling as the current…
May 2, 2026
Captain C.L. Marshall of Tangier Sound Charters has spent more time bobbing around on the Bay than just about anyone and has a well-earned reputation for putting anglers on the fish. It turns out he’…
April 24, 2026
It will come as a shock to exactly no one reading these words right now that striped bass regulations have grown tight in recent years. And that’s generated plenty of angst among recreational anglers…
March 2, 2026
After a long, tough stretch of winter fishing, the mouth of the Chesapeake is the first chunk of Bay Country to wake up for spring in a big angling way. Fifty is the magic number that makes it happen…
February 21, 2026
Major changes in landform have occurred to unprotected shorelines along Virginia’s Northern Neck shoreline. In some locations, such as Hog Island and Hull Creek, major shoreline losses have occurred…
January 10, 2026
Few people ever try recreational oyster tonging, which shouldn’t come as much of a surprise. It happens during the coldest months of the year, it can be a challenge to locate nearby public oyster…
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 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…
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…
December 7, 2025
As temperatures begin to plummet and anglers start thinking about winter fishing options, we're reminded once again that there's no such thing as the end of the fishing season. Any Chesapeake dweller…
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…
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…