Maryland NRP round up poachers, drunk hunters, assist tree stand victims

NRP charged Michael Brian Heslop, 32 of Friendsville, Md., with driving under the influence of alcohol, driving under the influence of alcohol per se, driving while impaired by alcohol and hunting under the influence of alcohol.

Bringing Back the Little Nippers

Oyster tongers on Wicomico River

Unfortunately, diving for oysters requires submerging your body into cold water. Those months with an “R” in them happen to be on the cool side of the calendar.

Hunting Near Halloween in Southern Maryland Can Get Kind of Spooky

I can remember trekking down my old hunting trail at 3 AM on a moonless night with my flashlight off so that I did not spook the deer.  As I neared the steel gate on the old fire road, I was startled from something screeching at me off to my right.  It sounded like it [...]

There’s not much time when fire breaks out on your boat

Cobb Island VFD fireboat. THE CHESAPEAKE

Tieman’s arrival was less than five minutes after the time of the mayday call, yet the vessel’s deck was already hot enough to burn the mate’s feet before Tieman was able to evacuate the captain and mate to the TowBoatUS vessel.

Five Somalis Convicted of Piracy Against USS Nicholas

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“These five Somali pirates were convicted of an armed assault on the high seas against what they thought was a merchant vessel, but turned out to be a U.S. Navy frigate engaged in counter-piracy operations off the Horn of Africa.

Police nabbed man with ton of illegal rockfish in dead of night

Waterman charged with 35 counts of Striped Bass violations

Human error usual cause of boating fatalities

Coast Guard & NRP boats in Baltimore

By ARIEL ZIRULNICK News21/CNS= PHILADELPHIA – Like most accidents, it wasn’t just one thing that went wrong when a barge rammed into a tour boat on the Delaware River in July, killing two. First, the engine malfunctioned on the duck boat, an amphibious craft popular with tourists visiting Philadelphia. The boat’s master turned off the [...]

Smoked and Fried Turkey Cooking Tips

Turkey

  Bradley Smokers www.bradleysmoker.com-November 2010, Turkey Recipes (will work with other fowl). First a quick sales pitch (your recipes follow closely) It is all about great flavor, but convenience does not hurt either and in fact in the first two following recipe ideas you can see how easy it is to do a normally time consuming [...]

Cops collar poachers, spotlighters and sea bass violators

Bushwood Wharf

The investigation revealed that the men entered onto private property carrying two rifles and killed two whitetail deer. Gonzalez and Soto were charged with hunting without a license, hunting on private lands without permission, hunting with a rifle in a county restricted to shotgun only and hunting deer during closed season.

Passengers on cruise ship sailing from Baltimore could have stayed home to be robbed

The Celebrity Mercury  THE CHESAPEAKE staff photo

Local heathens put a tree across the road and blocked the path of a tour bus filled with passengers on an excursion from the ship.

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