By Alex McCrickard/DWR During the coldest months of the year, anglers often find solitude on the river. Many choose to wait the winter out, cozying up to a fire inside the warmth of their homes. However, for the angler that does choose to brave the elements out on the water, patience and persistence are essential to success. Fishing for smallmouth bass in the wintertime can be … [Read more...]
Mid-Winter Fishing Report
The Chesapeake Bay water is cold at about 48 degrees, but offshore boats are finding big sea bass, tautog, and even flounder. BTW, you can catch Black Sea Bass in February if you have a permit. . Visit the VMRC website for more info. Some anglers are taking advantage of the recent warm spell, and are catching trout, puppy drum and stripers in the warmer rivers. Stripers, of course, must be … [Read more...]
Packing Lunch
Recently, I heard about the “Dos and Don’ts” of school lunches these days - especially lunches sent from home. Apparently, the modern Lunch Nazis now rifle through each Spiderman lunchbox or brown paper bag to approve or disapprove of what children can eat. Donuts are definite “no-no’s and so are Oreo cookies. When I was a kid, you only got an Oreo cookie if you’d behaved yourself the day before. … [Read more...]
Spoon & Spindle: A Must-Visit Restaurant
What is it about Gordonsville and Orange? These small towns feature big-time restaurants, and the Spoon & Spindle in Downtown Orange is at the top of the list. We dined there on Valentine’s Day with Greg and Leah Leffler and enjoyed their special Five Course Tastings Menu and left wondering, “When can we come again?” Chef Zach Andrews outdid himself with a banquet of unique tastes and sauces. … [Read more...]
A Hefty Item for the Kitchen
A friend - knowing I spend much of my time tinkering around in the kitchen - gave me a bag of Hefty Half-Gallon Storage Slider bags as a Christmas stocking stuffer. The bags are terrific, first because they are a unique size. Often, I get out a gallon Zip-Lock that’s way too big but the closest size to what I need. These half-gallon sizes are perfect for things like a leftover meat loaf, half of a … [Read more...]
Half Pound Hot Dog Chili
We were getting together with our close friends, the Tigner’s, and decided on an evening of Hot Dog binging. All of us love our “dogs, and at least annually we devote an evening of feasting on an assortment of skinny Nathan’s and big fat Ball Parks. But no Hot Dog Feast is complete without the full gamut of condiments – cole slaw, spicy mustard, sweet, chopped onions, relish, possibly cheese … [Read more...]
Signs of Our Times
A Flock of Robins
I was sitting by the fire pit last week, enjoying a great cigar, when I saw a huge flock of birds, literally hundreds. Maybe starlings, I thought. On closer observation they were robins, a gazillion robins. They lit in several trees on the horizon, catching their collective breaths. They were likely heading north as the days get lighter. I have had a few robins just hang around our yard all … [Read more...]
Big Game Harvest Results
It was mixed results for big game hunters during the past season. The bear hunters scored big with a total kill of 2,892 bruins, up almost 30% from the previous year. The deer hunters checked in 206,586 animals, an increase of 12% over 2022/23. The results of the fall turkey season proved disappointing as the kill of just 1,443 birds was down by 11% The bear and deer hunters fared better … [Read more...]
OBX Happenings
The inshore trout bite has been pretty “speck’tacular”, says TW’s Tackle in Nags Head. Lots of trout - and nice fish at that - are smashing baits back in the sounds along with stripers and puppy drum. As the water begins to warm, it’s about 50 now, there should be no lull in the action if you’re heading that way. Boats nudging up to the Bonner Bridge at Oregon Inlet are finding some black drum and … [Read more...]
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