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Gear box: iMainGo 2 portable speaker system
Normally, all the outdoors needs for a soundtrack is nature itself. Wind blowing, leaves rustling, birds chirping - you get the picture.
Aboard 'Unicorn,' teenage trainees take the helm and set the sails under tutelage of all-female crew
Under their own power.
Local bass fishermen ounces away from top prize
- On Monday, Matthew Poulos begins an internship at the White House, Christian Latimer goes back to caring for the owls and snakes at Watkins Nature Center and Ben Dziwulski starts plotting how to outsmart spotted bass.
Gear box: Anglers' 'one-stop' magazine
For years, the gold standard for fishing magazines in these parts was Fishing in Maryland, an annual publication produced by Outdoors Editor emeritus Bill Burton and W. Cary deRussy, with help from lots and lots of local experts. The 54th edition, which came out in 2007, still...
Making the decision to make a difference
If you're going to an outdoors function with a group of nature-type scientists, do not assume they have any influence over the conditions in the immediate area.
Gear box: Merrell Chameleons
My sister, a manager in a retail store, has challenged feet after decades of waiting on customers, schlepping inventory and dressing windows. She's also, unlike her elder sister, a fashionista. So when she borrowed my pair of low-cut Merrell Chameleon Arc boots with Gore-Tex for some tromping around...
City kids experience the outdoors
My dad taught me how to bait a hook and shoot - sort of - straight. He guided me through his own version of boater safety education, showed me how to set up a pup tent and make a fire and gave me the basics on how to get out of trouble in a pinch.
St. Mary's captures national sailing title
To win the college national dinghy sailing championship last week, St. Mary's College had to win two races against Yalea school more than five times its size.
Clear skies, fun events get many out and about
In honor of National Trails Day, Maryland Free Fishing Day and the 12th annual Ducks Unlimited Youth Day on Saturday ... it stopped raining.
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BEST BET Monday Capt. "Walleye" Pete Dahlberg will discuss "Jigging for Rockfish with Light Tackle" at a meeting of the Pasadena Sportfishing Group, 7:30 p.m., Earleigh Heights Fire Hall, Ritchie Highway and...
Listless effort: Magazine shortchanges Maryland
Grabbing a copy of the new Outdoor Life and flipping to the story about the top 200 places in the United States for sportsmen and women to hang their hats, I couldn't wait to see which of Maryland's communities made the magazine's list.
