Posted by Jack Russell on December 25, 2020 · Leave a Comment
The coronavirus has upended the Chesapeake Bay fisheries, says Cap’n Jack — both the commercial aspects as well as Recreational and Charter fishing continue to suffer setbacks. Good news for consumers: prices have fallen.
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Posted by Jack Russell on December 24, 2020 · Leave a Comment
Lena “Baby Lena” (Poe) Denny, 1935-2010, recalls her memories of Christmas growing up on St. George Island — and includes the family’s eggnog recipe — guaranteed to produce a “Blissful Christmas.”
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The Chesapeake Bay region became the nation’s center for harvesting, processing, packing, and shipping oysters during the 19th century. This was especially true in waterfront towns on the Eastern Shore of Maryland that had railroad access. In St. Mary’s County, oyster packers got a later start.
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Posted by Java Joe on October 20, 2020 · Leave a Comment
The Pentagon’s inspector general will audit DoD’s distribution of $1 billion from the CARES Act to determine if money designated for a coronavirus response went to defense contractors instead.
Posted by Jack Russell on July 23, 2020 · Leave a Comment
Condensed milk will neutralize a sting in the eye, or elsewhere, from sea nettles, says Cap’n Jack Russell. Watermen, he claims, wouldn’t go crabbing without a can along side ’em.
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Posted by Jack Russell on May 27, 2020 · Leave a Comment
After what seems a false early start in March, the crab season is running a bit behind schedule as May moves into June. https://www.facebook.com/Jack-Russell-Fins-And-Claws-843047089123253/
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Posted by Jack Russell on April 13, 2020 · Leave a Comment
A GoFundMe site has been established for Captain Pat’s Seafood — not only a Lexington Park landmark and beloved seafood restaurant — but one of the last local buyers of local watermen’s fresh Southern Maryland catches.
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Posted by Jack Russell on March 30, 2020 · Leave a Comment
Ospreys born in 2018 in the Chesapeake Bay will be among the scores of birds returning this month to seek a mate, begin courting, and then building permanent nesting sites to start raising young of their own. Here are some tips for learning about the returning fish hawks.
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Posted by Jack Russell on January 20, 2020 · 1 Comment
This Message from the Cap’n — “St. George Island History”– carries the islander patriots forward from 1639 to 1921 — with some links to local historians Joe Norris and Jason Babcock.
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Posted by Jack Russell on December 3, 2019 · 1 Comment
It doesn’t add up. After a year of rainfall, then a late summer drought, ends up there’s a good oyster harvest yet prices drop for holiday buyers. The Cap’n says it just goes to show: We don’t know as much as we think we know.
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