By TH Spangler | Connie Barbour Only a few more days remain until school starts and the college football season kicks off. As summer’s end approaches, great opportunities continue for Virginia saltwater anglers. In fact, some of the best fishing of the year is happening right now. Lots of Spanish mackerel and taylor bluefish are feeding in Chesapeake Bay tidal rips near the Chesapeake Bay … [Read more...]
James River Should be Good To Go
Early week rains have subsided and the James River should be both fishable and productive this weekend. The water level at Bent Creek was 4.17 on Thursday and dropping. The flow was 3.86 thousand cubic feet per second, a little rapid but fishable. With slightly stained water, crankbaits, buzz baits and spinnerbaits should be productive. Splashy topwater offerings should also trigger strikes. … [Read more...]
Got Milk?
Memories of growing up in Lewisburg, WV, a great town and a great time to be young We moved to Lewisburg in the spring of 1955. There were several necessary steps when moving to a new location – turning on the electricity, notifying the water company, installing a new telephone and contacting the milkman to get on his route. In those days, milk was available at grocery stores, but … [Read more...]
A Great Gift Idea: Ready Fore Golf
We are getting excellent response to our new product – Ready Fore Golf. The compact, 30-piece kit includes a red cloth bag filled with convenient packets of sunscreen, bandages, sanitized hand wipes, insect sting relief, pain-relievers and insect repellent. Anybody can use and enjoy this product, whether they are golfers or not. Most of us have this stuff in our medicine cabinets, but sometimes … [Read more...]
Empty Nesters
This was a strange year for bluebird watching. My resident pair picked out their house early and she was on the nest the first week of April. After the given two-week warming-the-eggs time and the two-week feeding-the-babies time, the young ones fledged. Young one, actually. Only one baby made it. Then, in less than two weeks she was on the nest again, and we waited and waited and nothing. She … [Read more...]
Lowery’s Seafood
Years ago I was headed for the Northern Neck where I would meet a charter boat captain at Lewisetta and try my hand at catching Spanish mackerel. After asking advice on directions, a friend advised me that when I passed through Tappahannock – if I had a chance – to eat at a place called Lowery’s Seafood Restaurant. It so happened that I was in the small town around dinnertime, and pulled into a … [Read more...]
DU Sponsored Dove Hunts
Lots of hunters complain about not having any place to dove hunt. Well, they can stop complaining, enjoy some great shooting and contribute to the cause of one of the top outdoor conservation groups in the world – Ducks Unlimited. You need to act quickly if this interests you because it will quickly fill up. Join DU for three exclusive dove hunts on Sept. 3, 8 and 15 at Little George Rod … [Read more...]
How Does Your Garden Grow?
Mary, Mary, quite contrary, how does your garden grow? With silver bells and cockleshells and pretty maids all in a row. I remember that from my first book of nursery rhymes. I didn’t have much of a cockleshell crop this year, but my squash, cukes, tomatoes and okra have kicked ass. Several of my backyard gardener friends also admit to having one of their most productive gardens … [Read more...]
Genova Albacore Tuna in Olive Oil
Go to almost any grocery store today, get down on your knees (it’s always on the lower shelves) and scan your eyes in all directions for a single can of tuna fish in oil. You may – just may - find one or two cans. Everything else is packed in water. Water is good for tuna fish when they swim, but it takes all the flavor away when the fish are packed in it. Vegetable oil, better yet, olive oil … [Read more...]
Saltwater Action
Chris Bait & Tackle at Kiptopeke notes that the cobia run is still strong from Buoy 16, 13 and 36. Anglers are having success with both live eels and bunker. The red drum bite has also been great, especially the evening bite. Fresh bunker, again, is doing the trick. At the Lattimer Shoals and the Middle Grounds, the flounder bite is improving with some fish weighing over 4 lbs., Spanish … [Read more...]
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