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 ...

This Maryland town is the ideal coastal escape, home to a waterman's museum for catching up on local history, community ...

Janay Reece came back home to Baltimore to join WJZ in August 2023. Before coming back to the Charm City, Janay was a morning anchor and reporter for WDBJ7 in Roanoke, VA. She joined the WDBJ7 morning ...

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

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 ... reports Dennis Fleming, who lives near that sleepy Potomac ...

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, ...