Coast Guard pulls 4 from cold waters off of Cape Hatteras

Coast Guard Cutter Elm pulls 4 from water

“This case represents the effective use of safety equipment, including life jackets and a handheld VHF radio, that saved four lives today,” said Craig Sanders

Original Star Spangled Banner Manuscript Leaves Baltimore for the First Time on March 1st and 2nd; suggested history lesson at Fort McHenry questions if the Star Spangled Banner should be scrapped!

Fort McHenry Baltimore

And the rocket’s red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.
Oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave?

Natural Resource Cops Nab Six Watermen for Rape of Oyster Sancutuary

$3,000 fine and suspension of tidal fish license for 6 -12 months

Coast Guard searching for French sailing vessel

PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The Coast Guard is searching the Atlantic Ocean 1,582 miles east of San Juan, Puerto Rico for four people aboard the French flagged sailing vessel Recidive. Coast Guard watchstanders received notification of a broadcast from a personal locator beacon assigned to the vessel at 1:45 p.m. Saturday. Using Amver, the automated mutual [...]

Beneath the Surface Chapter Two

Jarboe, Capt. Larry with big flat fish Keys

          The August full moon lit up the mouth of Indian Creek in front of the bedoom window in the Largent home that faced upriver toward the small town of Benedict in neighboring Charles County. The moonlight that beamed through the window illuminated Carla’s olive colored face as she slept. It [...]

Rolling with the Punches

Serge photo two

One of the most beneficial legislative actions of the lame duck Congress was the extension of the Bush Era tax cuts. However, unless you take fairly quick action, the continued savings that you are supposed to see will not be going to your savings account. The same folks in the Middle East who built the [...]

Hotel was once a lovely old lady sitting on the beach at the Chesapeake Bay

Letter from Pt Lookout Hotel

I first visited the hotel sometime around 1937-38, and thought She was grand with Her wide double staircase leading to the upstairs from the great oaken-curved desk.

Good Ole County Geography

Uhler column head Jan Ches

And suppose that hillbilly had been doing a lot of sinning, you know, thieving, whoring, gambling and such as that.

Not Capt. Greg’s First Sailfish

Prior to the last day of the 2010 Maryland Rockfish Season, I had a charter booked for a group of us to catch those big trophy striped bass. Capt. Greg Madjeski was kind enough to call the day before to cancel the trip due to lingering windy weather. We were all disappointed, but Capt. Greg [...]

Hog Killing Time

Hog, Hung

The hair had been scraped off and they had been gutted by early morning and were hanging on make-shift scaffolds, losing their animal heat in the cool air.

The Chesapeake TAGS
Alan Brylawski Annapolis baitfish Baltimore bluefish Breton Bay Bushwood Wharf Capt. Greg Buckner catfish Chalk Point Charles County Chesapeake Chesapeake Bay Christmas chum Coast Guard deer Fred McCoy grass shrimp Gregorian Fault Jack Rue Key Largo Larry Jarboe Lexington Park Maryland MDE oysters Patuxent River Piney Point Point Lookout Point Lookout Hotel Potomac River Ridge Rockfish soft shell clams Solomon's Island Spring Gobbler St. Clements Island St. George Island St. Mary's County Stephen G. Uhler striped bass The Chesapeake trolling rigs trophy rockfish
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