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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Posted by Jack Russell on July 16, 2017 · Leave a Comment
The North Star, based out of St. George Island, will now offer trips across the Chesapeake Bay to Smith and Tangier islands.
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Posted by Jack Russell on May 17, 2017 · 2 Comments
It’s soft crab season in the Chesapeake Bay. Learn to identify a crab about to shed into its soft stage and how to prepare one for dinner.
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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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