Kevin Whitley finally got his silver drum. “People always laugh at me when I tell them I’m targeting croaker,” said Whitley, a 37-year-old Norfolk resident known throughout the Chesapeake Bay as ...

If there was ever a best time of the year to catch a big speckled trout, I would say that this is that time. If there was ever a best bait to use to catch that big trout, I would have to say that live ...

1. Unlike spot, croaker prefer strips of squid and cut bait. 2. Use longshanked No. 1 or No. 2 hooks; anything else is too much hook for these little guys. 3. Small croakers are plentiful around the ...

Hundreds of thousands of anglers in tens of thousands of boats will ply Texas' inshore waters over the coming three-day weekend, generating what arguably will be the most intense fishing pressure the ...

BAFFIN BAY — Saltwater action seekers hooking into some of the best speckled trout battles of the year are turning to a bait that has a well-deserved reputation of giving anglers an almost unfair ...

During the past 20 years, the bait-stand price of juvenile croaker has doubled, more or less. A dozen of these mostly summertime baits for speckled trout has gone from $6 retail to as high as a dollar ...

Warm temperatures and high salinity in Chesapeake Bay have made it a good year for recreational fishing, and also are bringing some unusual species into Maryland waters. “This year’s salinity has ...

All traditional tackle techniques used today began as nontraditional methods. In the timeline of angling history, free-lining live croaker is a recent development. And since the inception of using a ...

Just when you think you have the whole summer fishing thing figured out the darn things move (or don’t show up). For years, we have had some decent fishing for panfish such as croakers in the late ...

The rain came down in buckets as daylight crept over the Aqualand Marina, but Capt. Steve Riha didn’t care. He was waiting, wearing foul-weather gear, looking into the stormy skies. “The weather ...

A smorgasbord of saline species swarmed the water over and around the submerged reef, the incoming tide triggering a rush of activity as prey and predator jockeyed for advantage under the changing ...