Bill May
119 stories by Bill May
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Even on slow days the Piankatank and the Dragon can provide good fishing. - I had heard of FHFH before and mentally filed it under the heading of “Sounds like a good idea.”
- “Night fishing at Dam Four with Allen Peterson, 7:00 p.m.,” read the agenda item kicking off the “Blog/Blast” weekend program...
- Here's the good news: Good bass and pickerel fishing in shallow water is available in Delmarva waters in the hottest weather.
- Attention fishermen: It's time to take another look at drop shot fishing.
- "Into the Woods" was the title of Broadway hit with music by Stephen Sondheim. Closer to home it could be the theme of this spring's fishing for bass and
- Fishing for hickory and white (American) shad has been a rite of spring for centuries in mid-Atlantic country. In our area the locus of shad fishing is the
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Early spring is prime time for talking trophy-sized bass. This column gives tactics based on the experience of several notable reservoir experts over the las
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It's axiomatic that a fisherman must keep his bait, lure or fly in the water to catch fish. Seems obvious. But go to any trout stream and observe any fly fis
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Lefty Kreh is arguably the most famous sport fisherman in the world. His 65-year career of traveling the globe fishing, writing and speaking about the sport
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Good winter wildlife viewing can be found at nearby Piney Run Park, as I mentioned in my column of Nov. 27.
But world-class, year-round wildlife viewin
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The year 2016 was, in most respects, typical on the fishing front. Personally, it was a year marked by gains and losses.
The major loss was the sudden
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In place of the usual end-of-year outdoor review, this column is a Christmas cheer to some of the many folks I've encountered in the last 18 months who are
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Pickerel fishing is red hot now. Right on schedule: I like it when Mother Nature cooperates with my projected schedules.
Reports have been pouring in t
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"Piney Run Park is the best place in the county for winter waterfowl viewing," Dave Harvey said.
We were standing at the boat dock area for a guided bi
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As I watched the kids enjoying the fishing and related events at the third annual Huck Finn Day at Stony Run Park on Oct. 30, I said to myself, "Well, Trout
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These days it seems fall is one of the busiest times of year, especially for families. Yet the weather can be so delightful, and the scenery so beautiful tha
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Frog fishing has traditionally been considered a spring and early summer approach that closes down for the year in many waters when solid fields of lily pads
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Our weekend trip two weeks ago to the magical Dragon yielded two days of great fishing thanks to two magical lures.
Here's what happened.
Four of
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"Our Mission: To help warriors relax, rehabilitate and reintegrate through kayak fishing and the outdoors."
That's the succinct mission statement of He
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Smallmouth bass fishing has been a summertime ritual in the mid-Atlantic for over a century. The best-known local waters are the Potomac River between Maryla
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- Crayfish, aka crawdads, are a staple of bass diets in fresh waters in most of the mid-Atlantic area. Other fish eat them, too, as discussed below, and some
- The white fly line shot low over the water and unfurled, straightening the leader and dropping the tiny bug delicately to the shaded surface under an
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- "You need to use finesse techniques not power techniques," Gene Kane advised me a few years back when I interviewed him on fishing Delmarva ponds and rivers.
- "Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing, Inc. (PHWFF) is dedicated to the physical and emotional rehabilitation of disabled active military service personnel and
- The weather has been miserable, but the bass seem to be doing fine. Reports I'm getting from fishermen throughout our area who brave the cold, rain and wind
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- The annual conference of the Mason-Dixon Outdoor Writers Association in Hagerstown reflected changes in outdoor pursuits and the people and methods of
