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Paddler’s Edge: Get A Grip with Fishing Gloves
Whether it’s for the weather or for comfort, a good pair of fishing gloves is a must-have addition to your fishing gear. Summer requires sun gloves and during winter you’ll need gloves that keep your hands warm. There are times when gloves provide protection against cuts and abrasions, and they also help with your grip when needed. A pair of…
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Robalo R277 Dual Console: Family Fishing Boat
May 13, 2026
Whether you're casting topwater lures on the surface or fishing bottom for flounder, nothing brings an entire family together like going out for a day of fishing aboard the family fishing boat. Too…
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Sportsman Open 402 Center Console: The Quad Squad
May 10, 2026
Four outboards, four-across seating at the helm, four fishboxes in the deck, and lounger space for four people to stretch out in complete luxury in the bow—if you say double the fun is great but…
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Mayworm Madness
May 8, 2026
You see rockfish rolling on the surface, cast time and time again, and you can’t get a bite… What the heck is going on?!? Then, you notice a steady stream of little red worms wiggling as the current…
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Ultralight Fishing for Beginners
September 9, 2023
When it comes to fighting fish, gear size is relative. Sure, you can feel 10-inch white perch tug against a 20-pound spinning rod as you crank it up, but crank it up is about all you’ll do. Engage in…
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Casting for Spanish Mackerel: Mack Speed
September 7, 2023
We at FishTalk love getting a bit scientificalish now and again (see articles like Fishing Line Stretch Test: Stretching the Truth, and Fishing Hook Test: Fowl Play), especially when it uncovers some…
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Chesapeake Bay Entrance Fishing Structure Part II
September 5, 2023
Cape Hatteras is aptly known as the Graveyard of the Atlantic, but Cape Henry at the Chesapeake Bay entrance has collected its share of wrecks - which have become fishing reefs - as well. A cluster…
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Caymas 26 HB and Suzuki DF300AP: Long-Term Test
September 3, 2023
One year ago this month I swapped out my trusty, dusty, old, very slow Glacier Bay 22 for a new ride, and got a Caymas 26 HB powered by a Suzuki DF300AP: the FishTalker. I said then that after a year…
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Fishing Forecast for September, 2023
September 1, 2023
Fishing reports published in print are generalized and weeks may have passed before the report gets into your hands, so for timely up-to-date reports, visit our Fishing Reports online. Current…
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Climate Change and the Chesapeake Bay
August 30, 2023
Greetings fellow FishTalkers, I hope you’ve been having an awesome summer of fishing and are as excited as I am at the prospect of fall Chesapeake Bay fishing, angling on the Atlantic Ocean, and…
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