Posted by Jack Russell on July 29, 2019 · Leave a Comment
Purple Martins usually arrive between April 10-13, rest a bit, scout the area, and then begin nestbuilding. Now they’re leaving. Take heart, and look toward their return next year.
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Posted by Jack Russell on July 22, 2019 · 1 Comment
Message From the Captain: More snapping turtles are coming to the Chesapeake Bay — Stay away from them!
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Posted by Jack Russell on May 19, 2019 · Leave a Comment
It’s that time of year again, Message from the Cap’n has to address the great harbinger of the season, the soft crab. And, back in 2019, get your Smith Island Cruise information and reservations here.
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Posted by Jack Russell on May 10, 2019 · Leave a Comment
Message From the Cap’n is a compilation of history, fishing advice, waterman, and weather insights, Chesapeake lore, and ordinary malarkey. This season’s highlight: More catfish in the Potomac than we’ve ever seen!
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Posted by Jack Russell on April 14, 2019 · Leave a Comment
Osprey observations from the nesting capital of the Chesapeake: St George Island with 60+ nesting pairs.
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Posted by Jack Russell on February 7, 2019 · Leave a Comment
It’s cold outdoors with frozen creeks, but the Cap’n offers a tale of hot tempered hunters foiled by an errant discharge to warm up the day with a little bit of lore …
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Posted by Jack Russell on January 16, 2019 · Leave a Comment
“Some of my fondest memories of the island are of going to Letcher Lampkins’ store in the evening or at night , when the watermen were all there sitting around talking. I would listen with amazement to the stories of the boatloads of oysters and crabs caught in the years gone by.” Gary Robrecht
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Posted by Jack Russell on January 8, 2019 · Leave a Comment
Government has closed down the readings on the Interpretive Buoy System in the Chesapeake Bay, but nothing is going to stop winter from making its annual mark on the region. Check out Cap’n Jack’s take on it all starting with the fishing report through predictions for another cold snap over the full moon in January 2019.
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Posted by Jack Russell on October 24, 2018 · Leave a Comment
The temperature drops, the birds head south, and the butterflies migrate across St. George Island: autumn creeps into this issue of Message From the Captain.
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Posted by Jack Russell on October 16, 2018 · Leave a Comment
Camp Merryelande, long a vacation haven for summer visitors and fishermen is still a resort for the whole family on the every-changing sands of St. George Island. Who’s Who of St. George Island captures a piece of its ongoing history.
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