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Paddler's Edge: Don't Make These 5 Mistakes While Kayak Fishing!
Mistakes? We all make them now and then. But picking the wrong movie on a Saturday night or making a mistake while out kayak fishing are two very different things. Picking the wrong movie may get you banned from choosing the next few and you’ll get stuck watching romcoms. But a wrong move while out casting on that prized fishery may cost you your…
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Striped Bass and Temperature Mortality
June 17, 2026
In 2024 I was invited to jump on a boat to catch striped bass — out of season! After learning it was to participate in a George Mason University Fisheries Ecology Lab study on the catch-and-release…
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An Angler’s Tribute
June 17, 2026
Charlie Ebersberger, longtime owner of Anglers Sport Center and beloved outdoorsman, passed away at the age of 69 on December 15, 2025. He was diagnosed with cancer and fought valiantly until his…
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Catching Cobia—and then Some
June 14, 2026
It’s June, people, and for countless Chesapeake and coastal DelMarVa anglers that means counting down the days until the opening of cobia season. Cobia are among the biggest, most powerful fish we…
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Paddler's Edge: Fishing Kayak Seats
December 14, 2025
Let’s talk about cushions for your kayak—bet you’re on the edge of your seat, right? It’s a subject you don’t hear people talking about too much, but if you spend hour upon hour sitting in a kayak…
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Rockin’ it at the Stone Rock
December 12, 2025
Year after year, decade after decade, anglers in the Middle Bay zone constantly hear about the Stone Rock. It’s one of those “old reliable” hotspots that produces fish on a regular basis throughout…
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The Artful Angler, Part I: Custom Fishing Rod Parameters & Parabolics
December 9, 2025
Maybe you prefer custom over mass-produced, maybe you want to give an angler a gift with real meaning, or maybe you just like fishing with the best, and in any of those cases you might want to build…
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White Perch for Christmas
December 7, 2025
As temperatures begin to plummet and anglers start thinking about winter fishing options, we're reminded once again that there's no such thing as the end of the fishing season. Any Chesapeake dweller…
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Cotton Thomas Calvert 16 Skiff
December 5, 2025
After walking through row after row of big, bodacious, multi-engine center console fishing boats at the Annapolis Powerboat Show, it was one of the smallest boats tucked back in a corner that got me…
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Electric Boats for Fishing?
December 3, 2025
If you’ve done any fishing on electric boats you already know that doing so is a tremendous pleasure, as is shutting off the outboard and fishing with an electric trolling motor doing all the…
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