Posted by Jack Russell on January 10, 2018 · 1 Comment
Cap’n Jack admits to “not knowing jack” about the weather, but that doesn’t stop him from passing along watermen lore and observations of weather indicators and winter weather impacts on the Chesapeake fisheries.
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Posted by Jack Russell on December 25, 2017 · Leave a Comment
Where are the ducks and birds wintering in the Chesapeake? Cap’n Jack looks in abandoned osprey nests for the bald eagles that mostly stay out of sight when the ospreys are in town. And there are plenty of ducks around as well.
Posted by Jack Russell on December 15, 2017 · Leave a Comment
There are no waterfowl so storied as the Canada goose.
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Posted by Jack Russell on November 16, 2017 · Leave a Comment
Right on time, two weeks prior to the first freeze, the monarchs pass through St. George Island, MD.
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Posted by Jack Russell on November 1, 2017 · Leave a Comment
One grandmother was a renown seamstress and the other the midwife on St. George Island before there was a bridge and “that was an important responsibility.”
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Posted by Jack Russell on October 24, 2017 · Leave a Comment
Cap’n Jack argues for fewer months with “R” — or perhaps just a delay for cold water and higher prices for oyster harvesting.
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Posted by Jack Russell on September 25, 2017 · 1 Comment
Introducing the first installment to appear online of Mary Gale Adams’ “A Who’s Who of St. George Island,” a work called “a true oral history.” The 250-page compilation of stories, recipes, and home remedies was collected, written, typed, bound, and covered by Ms. Adams, herself a native of the St. George Island community.
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Posted by Jack Russell on September 18, 2017 · 1 Comment
Message from the Cap’n is a compilation of fishing advice, waterman and weather insights, Chesapeake lore, and ordinary malarkey from the folks who keep their feet wet in the Potomac and St. Mary’s rivers. Today’s message is about the transition from summer into fall on the Chesapeake.
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Posted by Jack Russell on August 16, 2017 · 3 Comments
Chesapeake Bay migrant birds are packing up and some are heading out as the autumn approaches, which also means the fish are hitting. The Cap’n reports on the details here.
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Posted by Jack Russell on July 24, 2017 · 2 Comments
Capt. Jack Russell offers this compilation of fishing advice, waterman and weather insights, Chesapeake lore, and ordinary malarkey from the folks who keep their feet wet in the Potomac and St. Mary’s rivers.
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