PORTSMOUTH, Va. (Oct. 17, 2010) – Coast Guard and local agencies respond to a collision in the vicinity of the James River Bridge Sunday morning. At 9:53 a.m. Coast Guard Sector Hampton Road watchstanders received word over channel 16 VHF-FM that a Sea Tow vessel with one person aboard, and a 19-foot boat with two [...]
Unlike oysters, which build elaborate reefs, soft-shell clams burrow into the sediment where they are out of sight – and seemingly out of mind.
Hoeltje contacted Coast Guard Sector Baltimore watchstanders via marine-band radio at 1:51 a.m., reporting that his 28-foot sailboat was disabled and beset by weather.
Ironically, the best quality, freshest bloodworms and soft crabs are not always found in bait and tackle stores.
Lynx evokes the life, spirit, and atmosphere of a vanished age of sail.
By Cap’n Larry Jarboe THE CHESAPEAKE While cruising by car on a weekday lunch trip through Solomons, I saw a boatload of happy anglers from the Miss Susie cleaning their catch. Each one had a trophy rockfish for a picture and fine family dining. Though today a catch like this is a regular occurrence with [...]
By Richard Pelz Special Correspondent THE CHESAPEAKE Larry Jarboe asked me to start writing about oysters. Specifically he asked me to get the facts out there. My knowledge comes from having commercially grown oysters in the Chesapeake Bay for over 25 years. Larry and I both believe oysters are the key to the Chesapeake Bay’s [...]