Posted by Jack Russell on April 17, 2017 · 3 Comments
The Cap’n writes, as spring engulfs the Chesapeake ……. End of one season and beginning of another…. and also begins meanderings upon “birds of a feather”
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Posted by Jack Russell on March 15, 2017 · Leave a Comment
Crab season in the Chesapeake won’t open until April. Video of a crab-scraper working the “flats” around Smith Island gives a good taste of a disappearing life. Southern Maryland waters don’t have the type of aquatic grass needed to acccommodate the harvesting method.
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Posted by Jack Russell on February 16, 2017 · Leave a Comment
Jelly fish, bald eagles, and a raft of ducks spend the winter in the Chesapeake Bay. This and more important seasonal information in this Message from the Cap’n.
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Posted by Jack Russell on January 31, 2017 · Leave a Comment
There’s even a bit at the end of Oysters 101 about their sex life.
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Posted by Jack Russell on January 12, 2017 · 1 Comment
The Cap’n harkens back, again, to lore from Clyde Evans, Chesapeake waterman extraordinaire.
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Posted by Jack Russell on January 5, 2017 · 1 Comment
Message from the Cap’n is a compilation of fishing advice, waterman and weather insights, Chesapeake lore, and ordinary malarkey.
Posted by Jack Russell on April 19, 2016 · Leave a Comment
Squirming, slimy, and wet , hands-on lessons of practical safety and best ecological practices around the shoreline are again available on student charters.
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Posted by Jack Russell on April 14, 2016 · Leave a Comment
Message from a Cap’n: Oyster season closes on a strong note; osprey, gannets, crabs, and fish announce Chesapeake spring.
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Posted by Jack Russell on February 17, 2016 · 1 Comment
Some industrious Pound Net Fishermen are already protecting their catch from cormorants, seagulls, and other sea-thieves.
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Posted by Jack Russell on January 22, 2016 · 1 Comment
With this frigid weather all the creatures around the Potomac and St. Mary’s rivers are really hunkering down, fishermen will soon halt for weather too.
