RIDGE, MD. Sept. 2, 2013 — Christy Henderson reports great days of full coolers.
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April is striper time in Southern Maryland waters and there is a lot to get ready before the big post-spawn rockfish begin their …
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 …
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.
Ironically, the best quality, freshest bloodworms and soft crabs are not always found in bait and tackle stores.
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 …
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.