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MDangler

@MdAngler

MDangler for all things fishy in and about Maryland waters.

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Fishing group challenges Virginia’s menhaden harvest quotas in lawsuit wboc.com/news/fishing-group-…
Fishing group challenges Virginia’s menhaden harvest quotas in lawsuit

Fishing group challenges Virginia’s menhaden harvest quotas in lawsuit

A Maryland recreational fishing organization is challenging Virginia’s management of menhaden, alleging state regulators bypassed public input when setting harvest quotas and failed to adequately...

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Maryland Fishing Report for Oct. 28th, 2026 via @MDDNRFISH news.maryland.gov/dnr/2026/1…
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Surprise on the Potomac River: a fragile oyster bonanza bayjournal.com/news/fisherie…
Surprise on the Potomac River: a fragile oyster bonanza

Surprise on the Potomac River: a fragile oyster bonanza

As dawn painted the sky over the Potomac River, Ed Arnest began another day of oystering. He dropped a small, steel-toothed dredge called a hand scrape into the water. After

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Maryland researchers growing soft-shell clams encounter hard realities bayjournal.com/news/fisherie…
Maryland researchers growing soft-shell clams encounter hard realities

Maryland researchers growing soft-shell clams encounter hard realities

Xuetao Li thrusts a metal cylinder into the creek’s squishy bottom and wriggles it until he’s satisfied it can go no deeper. A moment later, the doctoral student at Morgan

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Report: PFAS detected across many Chesapeake Bay waterways bayjournal.com/news/pollutio… via @ChesBayJournal
Report: PFAS detected across many Chesapeake Bay waterways

Report: PFAS detected across many Chesapeake Bay waterways

Forever chemicals are polluting a substantial majority of tested waterways in the Chesapeake Bay region, according to a new report.

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This Invasive Fish Is Taking Over the Chesapeake Bay. Now, It’s on School Lunch Menus (Exclusive) people.com/maryland-school-l…
This Invasive Fish Is Taking Over the Chesapeake Bay. Now, It’s on School Lunch Menus (Exclusive)

This Invasive Fish Is Taking Over the Chesapeake Bay. Now, It’s on School Lunch Menus (Exclusive)

In 2024, Caroline County Public Schools launched a Chesapeake Blue Catfish Sandwich. The creator of the unique fish cake, which took nearly a decade to develop, says it’s helping the environment and...

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Feds: Chesapeake Bay logperch are recovering, don’t need endangered species protection marylandmatters.org/2026/10/…
Feds: Chesapeake Bay logperch are recovering, don't need endangered species protection - Maryland...

Feds: Chesapeake Bay logperch are recovering, don't need endangered species protection - Maryland...

Populations of a small darter species found only in the lower Susquehanna River have rebounded enough not to warrant protections under the Endangered Species Act, according to a review by the U.S....

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Rockfish Sparkle as Bay Waters Hover in Low 60s southernmarylandchronicle.co…
Rockfish Sparkle as Bay Waters Hover in Low 60s

Rockfish Sparkle as Bay Waters Hover in Low 60s

Rockfish are biting in the Patuxent and Potomac as water cools into the low 60s, Ken Lamb reports. Perch head deep; trout and spot linger.

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Young Striped Bass Rebound, But Long-Term Slump Continues thebaynet.com/young-striped-…
Young Striped Bass Rebound, But Long-Term Slump Continues - The BayNet

Young Striped Bass Rebound, But Long-Term Slump Continues - The BayNet

Juvenile striped bass populations have bounced back in the Chesapeake Bay this year to their highest level since 2018, according to the 2026 Maryland Department of Natural Resources “young-of-the-y...

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Study Eels Collected On Special Ladder At Eden Mill Dam patch.com/maryland/belair/st…
Study Eels Collected On Special Ladder At Eden Mill Dam

Study Eels Collected On Special Ladder At Eden Mill Dam

Residents of all ages can sign up now to help extract eels, weigh them and collect data Tuesday morning with park naturalists.

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Biologists net an endangered Atlantic sturgeon of more than 200 pounds in a narrow Maryland creek, the largest female ever recorded there ecoportal.net/en/biologists-…
Biologists net an endangered Atlantic sturgeon of more than 200 pounds in a narrow Maryland creek,...

Biologists net an endangered Atlantic sturgeon of more than 200 pounds in a narrow Maryland creek,...

A record Atlantic sturgeon caught in Maryland reveals how a hydroelectric dam still cuts off an ancient fish from the deep ocean it needs.

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National Geographic Says Baltimore Is a Must-Visit City for 2027. A $38 Million Bet Explains Why inc.com/sarah-bregel/nationa…
National Geographic Says Baltimore Is a Must-Visit City for 2027. A $38 Million Bet Explains Why

National Geographic Says Baltimore Is a Must-Visit City for 2027. A $38 Million Bet Explains Why

Tourism spending in the city is already on the rise as a big museum transformation gets underway.

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Governor Moore Signs Executive Order Creating Maryland Maritime Task Force thebaynet.com/governor-moore…
Governor Moore Signs Executive Order Creating Maryland Maritime Task Force - The BayNet

Governor Moore Signs Executive Order Creating Maryland Maritime Task Force - The BayNet

The following press release is from The Office of Governor Wes Moore ANNAPOLIS, MD — Today, Governor Wes Moore has announced an executive order to create the Maryland Maritime Task Force that will...

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Lawmakers press for fishing limits as osprey losses mount washingtonpost.com/climate-e…
Lawmakers press for fishing limits as osprey losses mount

Lawmakers press for fishing limits as osprey losses mount

A key commission will decide next month whether to limit the commercial catch of menhaden, a small fish coveted by seabirds, off the Atlantic coast.

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Maryland Fishing Report for October 21st, 2026 via @MDDNRFISH news.maryland.gov/dnr/2026/1…
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Andy Rogers Wins 2026 U.S. National Oyster Shucking Championship At 60th Oyster Festival thebaynet.com/andy-rogers-wi…
Andy Rogers Wins 2026 U.S. National Oyster Shucking Championship At 60th Oyster Festival - The...

Andy Rogers Wins 2026 U.S. National Oyster Shucking Championship At 60th Oyster Festival - The...

Andy Rogers wins the 2026 U.S. National Oyster Shucking Championship in Maryland, earning a spot at the 2027 World Oyster Opening Championship in Ireland.

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Maryland Striped Bass Reproduction Index Higher for 2026 But Below Average For Eighth Straight Year news.maryland.gov/dnr/2026/1…
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Oyster aid efforts in the Chesapeake npr.org/2026/10/20/nx-s1-600…
Oyster aid efforts in the Chesapeake

Oyster aid efforts in the Chesapeake

Two people — an eco-evangelist and an engineer — are taking different approaches to support the same critical ingredient in the Chesapeake Bay: oysters.

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Since 2010, Maryland has reclaimed 308,500 bushels of discarded oyster shells for Chesapeake Bay restoratio... ecoti.in/6Vr1Ka via @economictimes
Maryland's Oyster Recycling Success: 308,500 Bushels Collected and 14 Billion Oysters Planted

Maryland's Oyster Recycling Success: 308,500 Bushels Collected and 14 Billion Oysters Planted

Discover how Maryland has transformed discarded oyster shells into vital habitats for Chesapeake Bay's oyster population, successfully planting 14 billion oysters for ecosystem restoration.

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Get Ready to Slurp! OysterFest Returns to the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum eyeonannapolis.net/2026/10/g… via @eyeonannapolis
Get Ready to Slurp! OysterFest Returns to the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum

Get Ready to Slurp! OysterFest Returns to the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum

The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels will celebrate one of the Bay’s favorite traditions when OysterFest returns on Saturday, November 7, with fresh oysters, live music, boat ri…

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