Theft at Backwater Angler
/Backwater Angler in Parkton, MD have had a robbery occur on the property for the first time in over a decade. Losses of over $4000 include gear, and damage to property.
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Backwater Angler in Parkton, MD have had a robbery occur on the property for the first time in over a decade. Losses of over $4000 include gear, and damage to property.
Read MorePaul Puckett from Flood Tide Co. and Capt. Lawson Builder of Spotting Tails Charters made their way out between rainstorms to find a few tailing redfish in Charleston. Just a few snippets of footage and a whole lotta fun.
Read MoreLocal anglers Austin Murphy of the Potomac River Snakehead Tournament, Rob Snowhite, and Trent Jones were featured in the Summer 2016 Drake Magazine article titled "Scourge of the Potomac".
THERE ARE MANY SLIMY and unappealing things in Washington, D.C.—politicians, attorneys, lobbyists—but flyfisher Austin Murphy is interested in just one: the northern snakehead, also known as the Potomac Pike or the fearsome-sounding Frankenfish, named for its seemingly unnatural ability to move on land, live for days out of water breathing air, secrete mucus from its thick skin, and eat just about anything it can fit in its mouth.
“I’m obsessed with them,” Murphy says. It’s true, even his Twitter handle is Snakehead Slayer. Murphy works the weedy, shallow tidal waters of the Potomac River and its tributary creeks, poling a skiff and sight-fishing with an 8- or 9-weight. He compares catching snakeheads on the fly to taking a permit or musky, in terms of difficulty and approach.Read More
Lifetime bans in the commercial striped bass fishery, and banned from all commercial fishing activity for a year, followed by a 4 year probationary period. They must also pay restitution of $498,000 to the state of Maryland.
Read MoreMADISON COUNTY, Va. (NEWSPLEX) -- For many people, fishing is a relaxing sport, and for hundreds of combat veterans, it can also heal.
On Sunday, veterans and volunteers from across the nation gathered at a farm in Madison County for the 10th Annual 2-Fly Fishing Tournament, which raises money for veteran services.
The tournament is the nonprofit Project Healing Water's biggest event, and it brought out dozens of veterans who may be from different eras, but all share one common bond.
Read MoreThe Shenandoah National Park wildfire continues to grow to 3,000 acres and has shut down 12 trails and Skyline Drive since Saturday April 16th. Officials don't know what caused the fire but think is was likely human-caused.
Read MoreWAMU Public Radio Reports Dominion paid for Virginia DEQ Director, David Paylor to attend Masters Tournament and paid $1200 bar tab, yet Paylor remains silent on Dominion 27.5 million gallon coal ash waste water dump Director said never happened.
Read MoreI got a chance to fish with Capt. Alex and friend "Redfish Chuck" Levi while in northern Florida this past December. One of the issues we encountered was dirty water and poor water visibility. We really needed to head downriver to find some clean water. Both Chuck and Alex told me about the cleanliness of the river, of the problems with the dying manatee grass and lack of submerged aquatic vegetation, and how it was affecting the fishery. It was apparent then, and has gotten progressively worse.
Read MoreCharlottesville, VA—Today, on behalf of Potomac Riverkeeper Network, the Southern Environmental Law Center filed an appeal of the permit issued by Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) to Dominion that would allow the company to pollute Quantico Creek and the Potomac River with more than 150 million gallons of coal ash wastewater contaminated with high levels of toxic metals from the Possum Point Power Station.
Read MoreThis needs to stop NOW. Dominion Virginia Power gets permit from theWater Control Board to discharge coal ash wastewater just 60 miles upstream of the Richmond, VA water intake, supplying drinking water to over 214,000 residents. This should make your blood boil! Coal ash wastewater contains trace quantities of heavy metals and other elements of toxins, including lead, mercury, arsenic, boron, selenium, and thallium.
If reading about Flint, MI wasn't enough, they're pushing to do it again in a neighborhood nearest you! Write to your Congressperson!
Read MoreThe Virginia State Water Control Board got this wrong BIG TIME - write to your congressman and Virginia Department of Environmental Quality that dumping coal ash into the Potomac River at Possum Point is BAD FOR THE HEALTH OF THE RIVER AND RESIDENTS!
http://www.bayjournal.com/…/breaking_dominions_permit_to_dr…
Please support Potomac Riverkeeper Network and call your congressman!
Read MorePossible fines coming for Verso pollution of the North Branch of the Potomac with synthetic latex.
http://www.times-news.com/…/article_4964ee44-02c9-5b9c-b9fa…
Read MoreThis boat graveyard is a great place to fish and is being given sanctuary status. Let's see what restrictions are put in place here.
http://baltimore.cbslocal.com/…/mallows-bay-to-receive-ma…/…
Read MoreFreshwater intake downstream is at risk, as well as river life. Let's hope for the best!
Ten thousand gallons of latex used for paper coating from the Verso paper mill ended up in the North Branch of the Potomac River during a four-hour period, according to the Maryland Department of the Environment.
Read MoreBloody tournament video intensifies calls to manage cownose rays.
Read More1/2 a billion pounds annually. Try to conceptualize that amount. One-half of a billion pounds every single year.
Read MoreFly fishing is a sport long dominated by men, both domestic and internationally. Advertisements traditionally target married white males, approximately 40 years old. Equipment has been designed for men by men, and fishing is routinely considered a manly blood sport. Fishing trips were for the boys, and when we were children, grandpa took us fishing, and brought the fish home for the women to cook. Yet despite the proliferation of these ideas, nothing could be further from the truth. Women have participated and added to the sport, and continue to do so daily.
Read MoreApril showers bring May flowers, vibrant and colorful, and of course fragrant. The scent of blossoming gardens wafting through the air of a warm spring day is a common and memorable event in Old Town, and will sometimes trigger a memory of times long gone, and places of our past. Your sense of smell is one of your senses most closely associated with memory. Each person’s memory and sense of smell are unique, which is why someone smelling homemade chocolate chip cookies baking can trigger fond memories of their childhood while someone else might be turned off thinking about a past job working long hours at a bakery.
Read MoreAs April begins to roll in and around our nation's capital, we're reminded that we're entering a new season. Spring reminds us all that life and beauty renews itself each year in the form of dogwood and cherry blossoms, newly sprouting leaves and green grass, and the arrival of daylight savings time and the start of longer days and increasingly shorter nights. The robin calling just before daybreak, the warm, moist breeze wafting in from the river, and cool mornings that gradually give way to warmer afternoons.
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