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Published on 05-10-2012 02:23 PM
Outdoor recreation, natural resources generate billions of dollars, sustain local economies throughout Delaware, Maryland and Virginia.
Outdoor recreation in coastal areas of Delaware, Maryland and Virginia drives an economy valued at close to $4 billion per year and supports tens of thousands of jobs, the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership disclosed in a report released last week.
“The Economics Associated with Natural Areas in the Delmarva Peninsula” analyzes the importance of outdoor recreation on the Delmarva Peninsula and related to the Chesapeake Bay. Highlights from the report include the following statistics:
- Outdoor recreationists such as boaters, hunters, anglers and cyclists annually spend $3.9 billion enjoying the Delmarva’s natural areas and support more than
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Magnificent stripers have been beached by surfcasters in Delaware and on Assateague, while a few have been hooked in the Ocean City surf. The majority of the 37- to 44-inch striped bass have been taken on bunker. On Chesapeake Bay, an early hot start to the spring season has been followed by a significant and lengthy slowdown in trolling action. There are many theories as to why, including an abundance of May worms which striped bass have gorged themselves on, lots of shedding crabs in the shallows for rockfish to devour, and warm weather early combined with a late start to the season. ...
by Jerry Norris
Ah, tee shirt weather and I can hear the buds on the shad bush growing already!
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By Lenny Rudow. Does it seem like the big sportfishers always come back to the dock with more fish than the small, trailerable boats have in the box? Sure it does—those guys on the 50-footers have some serious advantages over you and I in our center console and cuddy cabin boats. But that doesn’t mean you can’t hang with the big dogs when you’re hunting tuna, billfish and other pelagics. Modern teasers give the little guy the ability to draw in fish just like the diesel boats, if you know which to run, when to run them, and how to use them to ...
Northern North Carolina Tidal Waters Fishing Reports (Ocracoke Inlet to Surf City)
Overall Summary for the region
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by Brandon C. White
I always look forward to Fall in the Chesapeake Bay region so that I can hunt the big Stripers that swim through out the Chesapeake and Mid Atlantic with the fly rod. Often times when I talk to anglers and mention the big striped bass that we catch this time of year they always appear amazed when they ask how we caught them and I explain that we caught them on the fly rod. When I tell them they can do it too and show them the flies they ...
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By Mark Lozier
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