Fifty years ago, Allen’s Fresh Bridge on Rt. 234 was the place to be during the first week of March. I remember well as a boy seeing anglers standing along the concrete railings with long stringers of big Yellow Perch. I looked forward to getting big enough to drive there myself and join the fun. [...]
April is striper time in Southern Maryland waters and there is a lot to get ready before the big post-spawn rockfish begin their travels through fishing locales anglers and charterboat captains are familiar with. The 2011 spring was more seasonally predictable than in previous years, so timing could be in favor of opening [...]
By Steve and Chelly Scala As we muddle through one of the toughest winters in recent years, anglers can keep their spirits up by giving their fishing tackle the work over it deserves. Don’t fret those days or precious weekends when it is too cold and nasty to spend much time outside alongside a brackish [...]
Likely, you have favorite rod that you’ve had for a lifetime or maybe a rod that your Dad owned and you still use. Years of salt spray, sun baking, and general wear probably show the age of your favorite fishing tool. An eye or two might be missing, but this is still the go to [...]
There was about four or five inches of water between the ice and the concrete bridge supports where we eased our lines baited with live wiggling minnows. When a minnow would quit squirming, we hooked another and sent it to the cold depths. Four hours later, we had gone through most of the minnows without catching a single fish, though I thought I might have gotten one nibble, maybe.So, we loaded the gear back into the canoe and pushed back to the bank, loaded the truck and headed home.Needless to say, it was really cold under that bridge.
“…he can account for more than 80 percent of the annual variability in striped bass recruitment in Maryland, where the majority of the East Coast population is spawned.”
This sound was recognizable to me as either a porpoise or a big turtle exhaling.
Capt. Bill could read his old flasher fish recorder like no one else on the Bay. Time after time, he put us on a school of weakfish hungry for our peeler crab baits.
Since the working, fishing, music making portions of our lives left little time for practice sessions, Ralph and I came up with a plan to work out our sets and teach Tony consistent timing.
Ironically, the best quality, freshest bloodworms and soft crabs are not always found in bait and tackle stores.