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Wishing peace, happiness, and bent rods

BY BILL HALL, Eastern Shore Post — With high winds dominating the weather pattern from last Wednesday through last Saturday, angling opportunities were virtually unavailable until the last part of the weekend entering into the Thanksgiving holiday. The good news is that the puppy drum action on the seaside returned...
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Bluefin tuna among offshore catches

BY BILL HALL, Eastern Shore Post — If recent reports are any indication, it appears that the shift from the warm-water to the colder-water-tolerant fish species has begun. While a few speckled trout and puppy drum remain in the shallow waters of Pocomoke Sound, most northern Shore anglers are eagerly...
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O’Shea runs on discipline and stubbornness

BY MARK MORING, Eastern Shore Post — The best distance runners have at least these two things in common: discipline and competitiveness. Aaron O’Shea, a senior at Arcadia High School who will run in the Class 2A State Cross Country Championships on Saturday, Nov. 16, has plenty of both. But he...
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Mitchell lands humongous flounder

BY BILL HALL, Eastern Shore Post — A mixed bag of fishing reports is coming over the gunnels this week. The autumn Chesapeake Bay striped bass run has, so far, been slow to materialize, with warm water temperatures probably being the culprit. Positive reports are starting to trickle down...
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Bay and seaside fisheries remain active

BY BILL HALL, Eastern Shore Post — Puppy drum, speckled trout, and increasing numbers of small striped bass are being landed on both sides of the Shore, while tautog numbers are increasing around the pilings of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel and on the inshore ocean wrecks. Flounder anglers have been...
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Puppy drum ubiquitous off Wachapreague

BY BILL HALL, Eastern Shore Post — Red drum and speckled trout dominate the action on the bayside, while sheepshead, speckled trout, puppy drum, and flounder provide the bulk of the autumn action off the lower shore and along the seaside. Upper Shore Captain CL Marshall, of Tangier Sound Charters, said that...
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Yellow Jacket backs a four-pronged attack

BY MARK MORING, Eastern Shore Post — Exactly 100 years ago, Notre Dame’s unbeaten football team won the national championship behind a quartet of running backs that legendary sportswriter Grantland Rice gave a nickname that would go down in history. “Outlined against a blue-gray October sky the Four Horsemen rode again,”...
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Shallows the sites of puppy drum and speck catches

BY BILL HALL, Eastern Shore Post — Small red drum, known locally as puppy drum, and speckled trout continue to provide the bulk of the catches in the shallow waters on both sides of the Eastern Shore. Look for increasing numbers of small rockfish (striped bass) during the next couple...
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Greer catches and releases 32-inch speck

BY BILL HALL, Eastern Shore Post — The speckled trout fishery continues to improve with the falling water temperatures. One recently reported catch stands out above the others — Drake Greer, of Parksley, landed a 32-inch speckled trout, one of the largest speckles reported in several decades. After measuring and a...
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Speckled trout and red drum catches abound

BY BILL HALL, Eastern Shore Post — Local angling action has become a tale of two species, as increasing numbers of speckled trout have begun to challenge the reign of red drum for the attention of local anglers. And the good news is both species can often be found in...
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