He also laments invasive fish, like snakeheads and blue catfish that can outcompete and eat native fish. The Potomac River is the drinking water source for over five million Wasington-area people.

Shriver of Wheeling, W. Va., netted a dozen or so adult fish in a tributary of the Ohio River, had them carried across the mountains in a perforated tin box suspended in the water tank of a Baltimore ...

There is plenty of good fishing to be found in Maryland this week and for those wishing to fish open waters and not owning a ...

Live-lining small white perch in the river has been a very productive way to fish for striped bass in the river. Large channel and blue catfish are also part of the mix when live-lining or trolling.

Blue catfish are invasive to the Chesapeake Bay. ... Last year, Virginia reduced its crab harvest from the bay by 18%, and the Potomac River Fisheries Commission reduced harvest by 14%.

The Potomac’s health worsened for the first time in a decade, according to Conservancy’s latest report card analyzing 2020 conditions, when the river got a grade of B-, declining from a B in 2018.

For decades at Lake Tawakoni, the “trophy” blue catfish season began with the first cooling north winds in October and ended with the spring warm up. Fall and winter was the designated time to go ...

Blue catfish, like the 131-pounder ... You may remember back in 2010 when a 130-pound blue catfish was caught in the Missouri River just upstream of the confluence with the Mississippi River, ...

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md. (DC News Now) — One person was rescued from the Potomac River on Friday, officials said. Officials with the Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service (MCFRS) said a Swift ...

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