Despite the strong autumn winds we’ve been experiencing lately, anglers can find a lee shore or perhaps a tucked away quiet ...

A menhaden pulled from the Chesapeake Bay in the area of Jordan Point Marina. (Photo by Charlie Paullin/Virginia Mercury) A board that oversees the management of critical forage fish menhaden along ...

The most recent Chesapeake Bay striped bass spawning surveys are in and the news is not good. A young-of-the-year survey done ...

This town on the Chesapeake Bay's west shore in Maryland is an under-the-radar beach vacation with great seafood, water ...

If you drained the whole Chesapeake Bay most times during the year and weighed every fish, at least 70% would be blue catfish, scientists estimate. Aggressive catfish that can weigh over 100 pounds ...

WASHINGTON, DC / ACCESS Newswire / October 24, 2025 / The Menhaden Fisheries Coalition today welcomed a newly funded Science ...

The health of the Chesapeake Bay declined in 2024 after a record-breaking year of heat and storms, according to an annual report published by the University of Maryland Center for Environmental ...

Like NASCAR, which opens its season with the Daytona 500, fishing starts here with a bang. In rivers and streams and on the Chesapeake Bay, reproductive urges drive perch, rockfish, shad, herring, ...

Maryland lawmakers are waiting warily for an Environmental Protection Agency budget that they fear could cut staff so deeply that the Chesapeake Bay restoration program could not adequately proceed.

On the Chesapeake Bay, 20 miles east of Maryland’s capital, Kent Island is a town known for its sprawling waterscapes, scrumptious seafood, and storied maritime history. Despite its many superlatives, ...