Midseason is the new fall. As Hollywood and the broader industry continue to recover from the debilitating dual actors and ...

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.

And indeed, harvest numbers are growing year over year. In the Potomac River and Maryland waters, commercial blue catfish harvest jumped from 609,525 pounds in 2013 to 4.2 million pounds in 2023, an ...

Fishing for blue catfish is very good in the tidal Potomac River from the Route 301 Bridge to the Wilson Bridge, the Patuxent River above Benedict, the Nanticoke River near Sharptown, and the ...

Williams tells the story: “People thought blue catfish could not tolerate salt water.” They were wrong. “The fish first showed up in the Potomac in 1987.” Fifty years after their introduction, blue ...

The current Maryland record is an 84-pounder caught on the Potomac River in 2012.Blue catfish also have enormous reproductive capacity which increases as they get larger.

The blue catfish was originally introduced in Virginia waters over 40 ... They quickly adapted to the different environments in the Potomac River and started to negatively impact the native fish ...

Potomac River catfish are no match for Ernie the Hog Snatcher. ... Aside from their distinctive whiskers, blue catfish have a few other peculiar qualities. They don’t have scales; ...

A hot and still afternoon on the Potomac River yielded equally hot fishing. Blue catfish, an introduced invasive fish, were easily caught with fishing guide Anthony Cubbage and Atomic Fishing ...

Potomac River, of course, is a world-class body of water to go after monster blue cats. Best of all, you do not need a boat. You can also catch catfish off a kayak, pier, from the shore or from a ...

In the Potomac River and Maryland waters, commercial landings of blue catfish skyrocketed from 609,525 pounds in 2013 to 4.2 million pounds in 2023, an increase of more than 500%. Commercial landings ...