Tag Archives: Chesapeake Bay
Landing Striped Bass In A Muskie Cradle
My colleague John Page Williams, who works for the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, is also involved in the Maryland CCA. He turned me on to Careful Catch Maryland, which is promoting the use of catch cradles used by muskie anglers to … Continue reading
Filed under Fly Fishing, Inshore, Northeast, Pimped Content, Save the World, Video
And So It Begins (Book Saga Continues)
Tosh Brown flew in to Baltimore and I was an hour late picking him up, violating one of my guiding life principles: Never piss off a Texan. But the book project rolls on. We beelined it up to Havre De … Continue reading
Filed under Fly Fishing, Freshwater, Inshore, Media, Northeast, Travel
The Menhaden Problem
An article in the Richmond Times-Dispatch about the debate between anglers and scientists who have seen a decline in the atlantic menhaden population and the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) and the Omega Protein Corporation, who say the baitfish … Continue reading
Filed under 1, Inshore, Northeast, Save the World
Save the World Links
Tarbone sends a letter to Florida Fish and Wildlife asking for better bonefish, tarpon, and permit protections. Capt. Gordon sends word of more news in his battle against Carolina gill nets. Coastal Voices blog has a link to a map … Continue reading
Filed under Other Blogs, Pimped Content, Save the World
STRIPED BASS: Low YOY Numbers in the Chesapeake
An article on striper numbers from Annapolis. Interesting paragraph: Another factor worth considering is the fishing pressure. If you combine the recreational striper fishery, both in Maryland and Virginia (including the winter fishery at the Bay’s mouth) and along the … Continue reading
Filed under Inshore, Media, Northeast, Save the World
CHESAPEAKE: Monitor Buoys Vandalized
John Page Williams is a colleague, a fine angler, and, with his work for CBF, one of the most upstanding citizens in conservation. Stop shooting up his buoys.
Filed under Inshore, Other Blogs, Save the World
The Chesapeake and the Critical Area Act
What happens when the people in charge of upholding an environmental law work to circumvent it. For those not familiar, the Chesapeake Bay watershed is only the largest in the United States, as well as the most important estuary on the … Continue reading
Filed under Fly Fishing, Inshore, Save the World
