fishing allure

took off a little early this week to get in a little more fishing, but i need more tools.

i think the wife would like these hot pink lures: but the fish? i dont know...what kind of sea creature are they supposed to represent?

boats in my hood

this old boat has been sitting still for as long as i have lived here...

i have never scene anyone at the house either.

i like the cool fifties design.

when fish attack

when i was a kid, my two biggest fears were quicksand and piranhas: if i accidently fell into quicksand, i risked being smothered and eaten by a boa constrictor...piranhas could eat me alive, leaving only my skeleton to surface on the beach. and see, i was right: at least about the piranhas!

the weekend catch

the fish are in the bay!

it is lucky i am learning to love eating rockfish, cuz i cant stop catching them!

lately, i have been hauling in my limit-and more-of healthy striped bass every time i go out...this beauty was number three, so back to the bay he went!

santa swim

we are about to get the coldest air of the season, so get your santa hat and speedo ready for the santa swim today on the choptank river in cambridge.

big game

i love fishing: preferably rock; never tiger!

today's problem: boat or bike?

decisions! decisions! sometimes it is so hard to decide whether to take the boat out or the bike for a spin, but the new harley boat makes life so simple: i can do both! well, 15 feet is a bit small for the rough waters of the chesapeake, but i could whip around some coves on a nice flat day. the harley mini speed boat is a custom from st.martin's. it sports a harley v-twin engine and promises tons of fun. more here on the kneeslider.

parade of lights

it's beginning to look a lot like christmas! get in the mood with a holiday boat parade, starting this weekend. here are the locations, times and links.

via chesapeake boating magazine

                                                                        
MARYLAND
Baltimore
Dec. 3, Inner Harbor to Fells Point. 484-553-9932;
www.fpyc.net.

Potomac River
Dec. 3, Herring Creek to Piney Point gas docks,
Tall Timbers, Md. 301-994-1508.

Rock Hall
Dec. 3, Rock Hall harbor. 410-639-7611;
www.rockhallmd.com.

Solomons
Dec. 3, Patuxent River, Solomons, Md.
410-326-2042;
www.solomonsmaryland.com.

VIRGINIA
Alexandria

Dec. 3, Torpedo Factory to the 

Washington Channel, Alexandria, Va. 4 p.m. 703-838-5005; visitalexandriava.com.

Colonial Beach

Dec. 3, Potomac River, Colonial Beach, Va. 804-224-7691; www.colonialbeach.org.

Hampton River

Dec. 3, Hampton, Va. 7:15 p.m. 757-727-1271;

www.downtownhampton.com.

Yorktown

Dec. 3, Yorktown, Va. 6-8 p.m. 757-890-4970;
www.yorkcounty.gov.

WASHINGTON, D.C.
Dec. 3, Potomac River, Georgetown's Washington Harbor. 7:30-8:30 p.m. 703-838-5005;
visitalexandriava.com.

white shark

did you see the video of the great white shark circling the fishing boat off the north carolina coast?

now you have!