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It was on a late February drive to Cambridge, MD, that the beginnings of spring became apparent. The faint red tint of trees pushing buds from their dry, brown appendages, airborne whistling swans pointed in the “right” direction (north), tinges of soft green grass pushing from the earth, and slowly warming water temperatures in the Bay. It’s all good, and it only gets better.
As a result, area. . . Read More
In early February, Bay Country residents—anglers and non-anglers alike—were witnesses to this “greed principle” when videos and images of 20,016 pounds of rockfish seized from illegally anchored gill nets near Bloody Point spread around Internet news feeds and forums like avian flu in a chicken coop. The sight was gut-wrenching: The entire hardened steel foredeck of the state’s 73-foot icebreaking. . . Read More
An aptronym is a name that fits its owner’s avocation or affiliation, kind of like the URL “mssa.net” suits the Maryland Saltwater Sportfishermen’s Association (MSSA) to a tee. Since June 2010, I’ve been collecting aptronyms from around Chesapeake Country. One common thread runs through the list below, that of people being drawn to the water. The two names that started the ball rolling are Jerry Gaff. . . Read More
There were times this winter when I felt old. It wasn’t so much creaky joints revolting against bitter cold, though there was enough of that. Fitful weather and tired bones paled in comparison to the mental beating brought on by rampant poaching by unknown commercial gill netters in Maryland, North Carolina trawlers indiscriminately hi-grading stripers, and sport anglers sneaking across the exclusion. . . Read More
