The Good Old days of Striped Bass Fishing on the Lower Potomac

The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s Striped Bass Board decided yesterday to address the sharply declining numbers of striped bass along the Atlantic seaboard, including the Chesapeake Bay, by...

Anglers frequently ask each other, “What’s your favorite fish to catch?” The followup question is often, “What’s your favorite fish to eat?” For me, at least in terms of freshwater fishing, my favorite fish to catch is the smallmouth bass. It's a fish that's all fight....

Note: A portion of this blog appeared in my newspaper column in the July 26, 2019 edition of the Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star. Click here to access the paper.

 View from atop the lure demonstration tank

 Kayaks and boats galore at ICAST "On-the-Water" Event

From the e...

A portion of this blog also appeared in the Fredericksburg Free lance-Star on July 18, 2019

Jennifer Huber of the Punta Gorda/Englewood Beach Visitor & Convention Bureau provided some images for this page

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Note: A version of this article also appears at www.fredericksburg.com. 

"You never know unless you go."

That saying has had me talk myself into plenty of fishing or hunting trips where the game was sparse and the weather miserable. I've had several, "You should have be...

The Virginia Marine Resources Commission is considering banning recreational fishing for trophy-sized striped bass this spring in the state’s portion of the Chesapeake Bay, its coastal waters and Potomac River tributaries because of indications that the species has bee...

Editor's Note:  The Outdoors Rambler used the "Ned Rig" and Z-Man soft plastics earlier this spring to catch dozens of chunky smallmouth and largemouth bass on Lake Champlain. This article below outlines some of the new developments for Ned Rigging.

The legendary Ned Ke...

Bikers and mountain enthusiasts discover incredible adventures when they trek Virginia Route 16, a two-lane road snaking over three mountains between Tazewell and Marion, Virginia. The road is nicknamed the “Back of the Dragon.” It’s a twisting 31-mile stretch of aspha...

I've often heard Lake Erie described as the best walleye fishing in the United States, but never made an opportunity to fish this lake and see just how "Great" it is. After seeing how quickly we were able to catch two boat limits of fish in early August - in some tough...

The 2018 International Convention of Allied Sportfishing Trades, better known as ICAST, show at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando recently wrapped up. Held July 10-13, it attracted more than 15,000 representatives from the domestic and international recrea...