Maryland Fishing News

NORTH EAST, Maryland - Boater Bryan Schmitt of Deale, Maryland, won the Wal-Mart Bass Fishing League® Northeast Division tournament on Chesapeake Bay Saturday with a five-bass catch weighing 17 pounds, 13 ounces. The victory earned Schmitt $3,297 and placed him one step closer to qualifying for the Albemarle Sound Regional Championship in Elizabeth City, N.C., Oct. 9-11, where he could ultimately win a new 198VX Ranger boat and a Chevy truck.

WHAT: DNR will release the final batch of specially tagged striped bass, including Diamond Jim, for the 2008 MarylandFishing Challenge.

WHEN: 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, July 31, 2008

WHERE: Solomons Fishing Pier and Boat Ramp

The Northeast Division of the $8.8 million Wal-Mart Bass Fishing League® will visit Chesapeake Bay in North East, Maryland, August 9 for the fourth of five regular-season events. As many as 200 boaters and 200 co-anglers are expected to compete in the tournament, which will award as much as $45,000 in cash, including a top award of $6,000 in the Boater Division.

As a mid-summer heat wave continues, the Maryland Natural Resources Police (NRP) and Maryland Park Service (MPS) are urging citizens to exercise extreme caution when recreating in and around the state's vast network of public waterways.

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland - Department of Natural Resources officials are continuing to monitor sites throughout the state for evidence of whirling disease, a parasitic infection that attacks trout. Results from recent tests found no evidence the disease is spreading.

WHAT: DNR will release the second batch of specially tagged striped bass, including Diamond Jim, for the 2008 MarylandFishing Challenge. July 4 will be proclaimed Take a Maryland Child Fishing Day.

NORTH EAST, Maryland - The Northeast Division of the $8.8 million Wal-Mart Bass Fishing League® will visit Chesapeake Bay in North East, Mayland, June 28 for the third of five regular-season events. As many as 200 boaters and 200 co-anglers are expected to compete in the tournament, which will award as much as $45,000 in cash, including a top award of $6,000 in the Boater Division.

Marbury, Maryland - The Northeast Division of the $8.8 million Wal-Mart Bass Fishing League® will visit the Potomac River in Marbury June 7 for the second of five regular-season events. As many as 200 boaters and 200 co-anglers are expected to compete in the tournament, which will award as much as $45,000 in cash, including a top award of $6,000 in the Boater Division.

On Saturday, July 12 from 10:00 a.m. until 4:30 p.m., SHARKFEST! returns to the Calvert Marine Museum. Celebrating sharks across the ages, Sharkfest shows you all about one of the sea's top predators - the SHARK!

Bainbridge Island, Washington - The top names in Fly Fishing have joined forces together to put togther a world-class fly fishing outfit as a fundraiser for Trout Unlimited-Alaska to help with their efforts protecting the Bristol Bay watershed.