With less than a month to spare, what are you doing to prepare for the up and coming archery season? Fish & Hunt Maryland knows that every hunter is counting down to getting back in the woods and chasing after the buck that slipped out of bow range last season. Below are a some tips to help you get ready for those moments that count—including a few ranges across Maryland where you can get in[...]

Hunting is a wonderful way to get the whole family outside together and to see some naturally beautiful parts of Maryland. Youth Waterfowl Hunting days in Maryland offer a great chance for young outdoor enthusiasts to master their skills. Saturday, Feb. 10 is one of two days offered each year with this special designation for ages 16 and younger. An added bonus to this month’s Youth Waterfowl Hunting Day is that at this time of[...]

Hunting is a wonderful way to get the whole family outside together and to see some naturally beautiful parts of Maryland. Youth Waterfowl Hunting Days in Maryland – held twice each year for hunters aged 16 and younger -- offer a great chance for young outdoor enthusiasts to master their skills. The most recent youth waterfowl hunting day was Saturday, Feb. 8. An added bonus to the February hunt was that many of the ducks[...]

Prepare for your summer fishing adventures at the all-new Fishing Pavilion, sponsored by Rudow’s FishTalk Magazine. Browse the latest in accessories, shop custom lures crafted by local anglers (Some craftsman only onsite Saturday and Sunday,) listen to top fishing experts, and enjoy the opportunity to share fishing stories with other anglers at happy hour. As always, the show will be packed with center consoles and other fishing boats to tour after checking out the fishing[...]

Black Crappie Distinguished by their broad, compressed body mottled with dark spots, black crappie also have large eyes, rounded back (dorsal) and belly (anal) fins. Many of Maryland’s tidal systems such as the Upper Choptank, Nanticoke, Marsheyhope Creek, Wicomico, Blackwater, and the Pocomoke have historically yielded both healthy size and numbers of black crappies on the Eastern Shore. White Crappie White crappies are marked by vertical bars, rather than the irregular spots of black crappie[...]

You can choose your own adventure in the heart of Maryland, at the crossroads of diverse cultural and natural landscapes. With big-city draws of Baltimore and Annapolis, maritime adventures along the Chesapeake Bay, eclectic artist spaces in the cities and downtown, rural relaxation around Carroll County, and suburban splendor in between—the Central Region is truly the heart of it all. Back to the Map

FishTalk Magazine Feature As part of this road series, Lenny Rudow and FishTalk covered the trip with a featured article. Read a snippet of it below with a link to the full feature. For those traveling to Snakehead country, Cambridge, MD is ground zero. From here your located close to Blackwater River system and the Transquaking, the Chickamacomico, and all the associated tributary area waterways - all of which are jam-packed with snakehead. You can[...]

Nearly 50 miles in length and straddling the Maryland-West Virginia borders, the North Branch of the Potomac was first surveyed under a British sovereign’s land grant to Thomas Lord Fairfax in the first half of the 18th century. The Fairfax Stone survey marker, dated 1746 and located at a small spring, still designates the headwaters, and can be visited today. Lord Fairfax was awarded all of the lands between the Rappahannock and Potomac Rivers, and[...]