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1. Recreational Oyster Tonging for Beginners

   … reasons—and to get out of the house in the middle of the winter—when my kids were young I took them tonging once or … tonging for oysters that you’ll be doing it again next winter to see those new baby oysters for yourself. … chesapeake bay Fishing for Beginners

2. Virginia Triangle Reef: TARAV’s Square Triangle

   … Today, Cuyahoga serves as marine habitat and fishing structure at Virginia’s Triangle Reef. The cutter … Both were dragged by wires to their present locations. When fishing the site, keep in mind that the John Morgan … fish all year. Commonly anglers will look for tautog in the winter, sea bass most of the year, and triggerfish and …

3. It's Time for Spring Boat Shopping and the Bay Bridge Boat Show!

   … 14 in Stevensville, MD. Hopefully you caught our Hot New Fishing Boats for 2024 feature last month. If not check it out, because this year’s crop of cool new fishing machines is bigger and better than we’ve seen in … you one thing: every time April hits and you yank off that winter cover, you’ll fall in love with your boat all over …

4. Ring in the New Season with the Perch Run

   … for spring is just around the corner and Chesapeake Bay fishing is not far away, people! And many anglers in … Virginia who live in tidewater areas will ring in the new fishing season by joining in for the spring perch run. First … Most seasons, yellow perch will usually depart from their winter haunts and begin the spawning run in early to …

5. Catching Spot Fish

   … was probably about five years old. When I was young, going fishing meant spot and croaker fishing. My first trip I used a handline with a bottom rig … moving out of their inshore haunts toward their fall and winter spawning grounds. “Yellow belly” refers to the …

6. Trolling Motors for Skiffs

   … center console with a two-stroke on the transom started fishing the other side of the rocks. They weren’t catching … FishTalk’s own Zach Ditmars, our Art Director and Kayak Fishing Sharpie, however, proves illuminating. A year … by a two-stroke, and spent much of last season and the winter refurbishing it. (You can read about it in …

7. Pea-Nutty: Live-Lining Peanut Bunker for Stripers

   … They will be doing so in order to fatten up for the winter, and this means a live, wiggling peanut bunker on the … monofilament as opposed to braid. Mono is always best for fishing livies, because the no-stretch, high-sensitivity … aside, because as those striped bass fatten up for winter their sights are set on swallowing peanuts—and …

8. Aquasport 2500 Center Console: The Bay and Beyond

   … nature — but many are woefully under-gunned for offshore fishing. You want a boat that can handle both bay action and … check out this quick video we shot on the boat last winter. We shot this video when we ran across … future vacuum-packed tuna steaks. All the major fishing features and then some are present on the Aquasport …

9. Catching Yellow Perch on Lures

   … as you make ‘em. In the piece-of-cake category, we have fishing bull minnow on a bottom rig. But some anglers prefer … tough time procuring a bucket of bull minnow in the dead of winter. When you’ll be fishing artificials for yellow neds during the chill, use …

10. Spring Trophy Striper Season: Pros and Cons

    … excited anglers to spend their hard-earned cash in the fishing and boating businesses that exist to help us in our … rockfish showed up in the Middle Bay in a big way this past winter. Photo via Capt. Tom Weaver. … Where did all these huge rockfish come from? This winter we enjoyed the best run of 40-inch-plus fish in …