When you wake up in the morning to cold rain and snow in our Chesapeake Bay watershed, believe it or not, the weather is warm and the sun is shining in the Caribbean. Southern Marylanders live in a world class cruising, fishing, and water sports area for most of the year. However, the winter months [...]
From NBC 4 Washington: Two crew boats loaded with rowers overturned on the Potomac River Wednesday afternoon. The incident happened around 4:30 p.m. near Hains Point in the Washington Channel. About 20 rowers from the crew team at McLean High School in Virginia were dumped into the water. Fire department spokesman Pete Piringer said that [...]
“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
$3,000 fine and suspension of tidal fish license for 6 -12 months
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 [...]
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 [...]
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.
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 [...]
Cap’n Larry Jarboe wants all of his many fans and constituents to know that he has spent countless days snorkeling, checking underwater reefs and wildlife for new stories and details of how to get there, get underwater and find fish. He has also extensively investigated pool side bars and grills, tasted fish fried, broiled, uncooked, [...]
BALTIMORE – The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Capstan, homeported in Philadelphia, breaks ice on the Chesapeake Bay near the Sassafras River in Maryland, Jan. 14, 2011. The Capstan and its crew conducted ice breaking operations in the upper Chesapeake Bay for three days. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jonathan Lindberg.