The Price of Free Bait

Ironically, the best quality, freshest bloodworms and soft crabs are not always found in bait and tackle stores.

Buzzy’s Country Store in Ridge: last stop before the fish!

Recycling your fish carcass

Finding a home for boneless fish filets is seldom a problem but disposing of fish carcasses can be a challenge.  Most of us do not live on the water where it is easy to feed the crabs. On a recent fishing expedition, Randy Guy gathered up all the striped bass backbones left over from the [...]

Frankie’s Last Big Fish

Together, we took turns doing the one armed sidestroke dragging the gaff and hooked gag grouper against the current about 300 yards back to the boat.

Skate Shooting Tournament with Bow and Arrow

By Rich Johnson THE CHESAPEAKE I attended the 13th Annual Skate Tournament that was just held on June 27 at the Sea Breeze Restaurant off Sandgates Road in Mechanicsville on the Patuxent River.  Now I have been in Saint Mary’s since 1987 and this is the first time I heard about it.  This event was [...]

September Smorgasbord

Finally, the cooler weather is causing fish to school and feed hard to fatten up for the coming winter.  Capt. Greg Buckner on the Miss Susie in Solomons is trolling to catch mixed bags of bluefish, rockfish, and Spanish mackerel from the Bay.  September and October are two of my favorite months to fish.  Almost [...]

September Is The Month To Rock With The Blues!

Tackle busting red drum were a real surprise for Southern Maryland anglers this summer and there may be some still around to test your endurance in September.

Mega Jaws

In addition to the milk crates full of Indian artifacts that he had collected from various sites in the Zekiah Swamp were boxes of whale bones, sharks teeth, and fossilized shells

Grief on the Reef

Ironically, I have swum with many barracudas and sharks.

That Smell

One of the most least understood and underestimated bits of fishing knowledge is the importance of reducing your scent that you leave on your baited hook and even the line attached to it.  If something smells fishy to you, no doubt, you will be wary.  Beneath the surface, how do you think fish respond to [...]