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How to Fish for Bigeye Tuna
If you're serious about offshore fishing and you’ve ever had a bigeye tuna inhale your bait, considering the fight that’s surely embedded into your memory, this fish’s scientific name - Thunnus Obesus - probably makes perfect sense. With tackle-busting ability and the determination to match just about anything ever hooked on the end of a line,…
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Chesapeake Bay Bull Redfish
May 16, 2024
Chesapeake Bay fishing is best known for great light tackle striped bass action—there are not many places on earth where a person can get into huge slugs of predatory fish and catch them one after…
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Smallmouth Bass: Small Streams, Big Fun
May 16, 2024
The small creeks and streams of Southern Pennsylvania and northern Maryland like Antietam, Big Pipe, Marsh, Conococheague, Conewago, Gunpowder, Codorus, Toms, Yellow Breeches, Octoraro, Monocacy,…
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Chesapeake Bay Striped Bass Season 2024: Maryland, Virginia, and the Potomac
May 15, 2024
Thanks to actions by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Committee, we enter the 2024 striped bass season, or the 2024 rockfish season as most locals would call it, with very different regulations…
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Spring Red Drum in the Lower Bay
May 9, 2024
When someone says the word “spring” to a saltwater angler who enjoys fishing in the southern Chesapeake, the run of bull redfish immediately comes to mind. Before indulging in the bite there are some…
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Fine Tuning Fishfinders and Marine Electronics: Zap and Trickle
May 9, 2024
Those of you who read FishTalk on a regular basis may have noticed that I swapped out my old reliable 22 Glacier Bay for a new Caymas 26 HB last year, and along with it, shifted to a completely new…
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Grady-White 231 CE: Angling Adventures Await
May 7, 2024
The Grady-White Coastal Explorers have always been a great option for people who like a good dose of open water attitude in a hybrid-style bay boat. But since they stopped building the 191 CE years…
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Five Tips for Fishing Spinnerbaits for Beginners
May 5, 2024
If you've ever read a word or watched a video about Chesapeake Bay fishing, you've almost certainly heard about spinnerbaits. In fact, there are probably a few of them sitting in your tacklebox right…
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A New TAX on Anglers?!
May 3, 2024
People, prepare your pitchforks and torches — I propose a new extra tax on anglers. Now, some of you may think that you already pay enough in taxes but clearly this is not the case because some very…
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Chesapeake Bay and Mid-Atlantic Honda Marine Outboard Motor Dealers
May 1, 2024
Cruise into Summer Sale! Up to $1,000 in Instant Savings on select new Honda Outboards*. See A Honda Marine Dealer Near You. Dealers are listed alphabetically by City. CLICK HERE for regional map…
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