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C. Boyd Pfeiffer
Reeling in the top tackle of the past 75 years
- What are your choices for the top tackle innovations of the past 75 years? That was the question asked and answered by the American Sportfishing Association during its Las Vegas ICAST tackle show, which introduced new tackle to dealers.
Fishing fun, filets add up to a great day
- Murray “Hurricane” Adams suddenly got a serious look on his face. His rod tip jiggled a little, as he lifted it sharply with a decided set in his jaw. Nothing.
- Murray “Hurricane” Adams suddenly got a serious look on his face. His rod tip jiggled a little, as he lifted it sharply with a decided set in his jaw. Nothing.
Wishful thinking leads to a fun day of fishing
- Brian Aiken is excited about fishing. His wishes are coming true. Brian, 11, is going fishing on his first Wish-A-Fish Chesapeake Bay fishing excursion July 19, out of Sandy Point State Park in Annapolis.
There will be no August goose hunting this year
- The option of Canada goose hunting starting as early as Aug. 1 has been nixed by Maryland, according to Department of Natural Resources waterfowl project leader Larry Hindman.
Everywhere you look, the fishing is getting better
- After what appeared to be late spring and early summer fishing doldrums, the action — both freshwater and saltwater — seems to be picking up.
Wild fishing and wilder weather
- Today, Fred Bonner looks respectable, dresses like a banker and lives in North Carolina. Back in his wild and woolly days as a biologist for the Delaware Division of Fish & Wildlife, he frequently dressed like he was one paycheck away from being homeless or a fishing bum living in his car. He wasn’t — he had a good job, a working wife and a home.
Diamond Jim off to a sparkling start
- Getting the Diamond Jim/Maryland Fishing Challenge off to an early start this season has more anglers than ever in the potential prize pot.
‘Permission to fish’ is a treasured catch
- I was intently watching a size 16 Light Cahill dry fly dance and pirouette through a tiny eddy when a farmer appeared at the top of the hill. He was gripping his shotgun and waving it toward me. He was yelling and in high dudgeon.
Make sure you know what PFDs you have
- While life vests have morphed into personal flotation devices (PFDs) in terminology and from bulky egg-cartons-around-your-neck to comfortable vests, some rules also have been added.
Destructive invasive algae threatens Gunpowder trout
- A highly destructive invasive algae has hit Maryland’s Gunpowder River, and the Department of Natural Resources is scrambling to prevent its spread and to save the river’s trout fishing.
Sinking fishing reefs to buoy up Ocean City fishing
- It’s not quite time to buy bait or stock up on Ocean City deep-jigging rigs, but it will be shortly and definitely by midsummer. Maryland, according to Department of Natural Resources biologist Marty Gary, has penned a deal to receive up to 630 stainless steel subway cars from New York City for reefs off Ocean City.
Forecast bright for weekend anglers
- Take your pick of fishing adventures. We are right in the middle of the catch-and-release striped bass season on the Susquehanna Flats, and the spring trophy striper season (one fish per angler per day, 28 inches or larger) starts tomorrow. Shad fishing for both hickory and American shad is close to high gear.
Big, hungry trout are on this spring’s menu
- There are big trout in the streams this year, courtesy of the Conservation Fund Freshwater Institute of Shepherdstown, W.V. These are rainbows that this multifunded trout-study group no longer needs yet are fine for human consumption. We got some last year, but we are getting a lot more this year.