Maryland Weekly Fishing Report Overview | May 01, 2013

Via MD DNR:

The time to make time to go fishing could never be better for Maryland fishermen this week. The weather looks like it will cooperate so make plans with family or friends to enjoy the first week of May, whether you choose to go freshwater, bay or ocean fishing. The Trophy Striped Bass season really hit high gear yesterday as many charter boats were seen returning to the docks early in the morning with limits for their clients. Award Centers for the Maryland Fishing Challenge are reporting scores of anglers coming into their shops to register their 40"plus Striped Bass into this year's Maryland Fishing Challenge. There was a substantial Striped Bass spawn last Thursday and Friday on several of the spawning rivers so the good fishing out in the bay shows promise for the next week or so. Fishermen are also reporting a lot of large menhaden in the stomachs of the fish they are catching so maybe this food source will encourage the post-spawn fish to hang around a little longer. Three generations of Millers got to go fishing together recently and Craig Miller is of course all smiles as he poses with his trophy Striped Bass with his grandfather.

Photo courtesy of Clinton Miller

Fish Art...Matt Jones Photography

Via Moldy Chum:

Matt Jones has dialed up the stoke with a new website to showcase his fine photography.

Boom...Morgan

Daily Reel...'Brown Beat Down'

Brown Beat Down (Round 1) from Fly Fish the Mitt on Vimeo.

Boom...Morgan

Snakehead: A Slimy Fish Out of Water

Via The Washington Post:

By: Patterson Clark

Snakeheads are no ordinary fish. They can live for days out of the water. They're elongated, with a small, flat head and extensive top and bottom fins. The mucus they exude would put a slug to shame.

At least two years before the discovery of anorthern snakehead in a Crofton pond in 2002, the exotic, predatory fish from East Asia was already colonizing the Potomac River, says John Odenkirk, a Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries biologist.

To read on and learn more, check out the rest of the article by clicking here!

Boom...Morgan

Fly Product...Netatmo Weather Station

Via GearCulture:

Let your inner meteorologist shine with the Netatmo Weather Station, the first of its kind made exclusively for the iPhone with air quality measurements to monitor and track your environment. A great app for both in and outdoors, it wirelessly transmits data such as temperature, barometric pressure, humidity, and CO2 concentration to your device from a range of 100m. Data is readily available through your personal Netatmo account and can be shared with family and friends. Stay one step ahead, come rain or shine.

Boom...MOrgan

Daily Reel...'Amirante Tails, Fly Fishing in the Seychelles for GT, Permit, and Bluefin Trevally'

AMIRANTE TAILS, Fly Fishing in the Seychelles for GT, Permit, and Bluefin Trevally from Castaway Films on Vimeo.

Boom...Morgan

Lefty's Tie Fest 2013

Back in March we attended the CCA's Lefty Kreh's Tie Fest, formerly known as the Kent Island Tie Fest, an awesome event known for its ridiculously low prices on tying materials and great show of fly tying celebs. This year we not only had the privilege of meeting up with a good bit of you all, our followers, but some great tiers and fisherman including Lefty Kreh, Brad Bohen, Brad Buzzi, and Blane Chocklett.

Fish Art...Fransisca Harlijanto's GT

Via Moldy Chum:

Courtesy of Nat Geo, this award winning photo by Fransisca Harlijanto of a GT in a school of bait fish is downloadable as a wallpaper for your desktop or mobile device.

Boom...Morgan