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 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 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 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 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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