Posted by Jack Russell on May 20, 2024 · Leave a Comment
Trot-lining is a method of catching Chesapeake Bay Blue Crabs by tying hunks of bait (eels chopped into 2-inch to 3-inch pieces, or bull lips, are especially favored) and netting the crabs as they munch away at the delicacy. For the Cap’n, trot-lining is pure poetry.
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Posted by Jack Russell on May 9, 2024 · Leave a Comment
2024 is the year that the ginormous Great Southern Brood of cicadas are expected to emerge from extreme Southern Maryland. Some spots in the US will see the emergence not only of this Brood 19 but also the Northern Illinois Brood 13.
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Posted by Jack Russell on April 29, 2024 · Leave a Comment
The Blue Crab season opened April 1, but the crabs arrive in their own time, which should be soon now that NOAA is reporting surface water temperature in Chesapeake Bay is approaching 60 degrees Fahrenheit.
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Posted by Jack Russell on April 8, 2024 · 1 Comment
A few Purple Martin scouts, early visitors to the string of nests strung across the piers at Sea-fruit Oyster House, inspired Cap’n Jack to burst into poetry in anticipation of this year’s arrival.
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Posted by Jack Russell on March 20, 2024 · 3 Comments
“Let me tell you a story. When we were growing up as children on our little farm in Piney Point, we had a lot of stuff to eat. And it included muskrat.” – Message from a Cap’n: Never know what you might find yourself adding to the menu.
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Posted by Jack Russell on February 26, 2024 · 1 Comment
The Storm of 1933, 10 years before I was born, caught everyone by surprise. It ended maritime transportation and commerce in St. Mary’s County by knocking out the wharves. Here’s a look at the major storms in my lifetime, 1943 to last month.
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Posted by Jack Russell on February 14, 2024 · Leave a Comment
Don’t get skunked!
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Posted by Jack Russell on February 7, 2024 · 1 Comment
Robert Lynch was a big-time waterfowl hunter in the St. Mary’s River. He had a duck blind as decked out as a restaurant. Then one night his premier duck blind burned.
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Posted by Jack Russell on January 29, 2024 · Leave a Comment
Year-round residents of the Chesapeake Bay region, Belted Kingfishers are a bright flash of blue on the wing, their territories along streams and rivers.
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Posted by Jack Russell on January 15, 2024 · Leave a Comment
“Oyster season in the months with R” used to be the norm, but conservation efforts and disease have dictated some changes to that meme.
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