Editors Brian Bartell and Mike Thron have outdone themselves in the third edition of The Maryland Fisherman's Annual.
The glossy magazine ($9.95) has the usual maps of fishing hot spots, tide charts, boat ramp locations and fishing tips. But it also includes a profile of Lefty Kreh, Maryland's Jedi master, and the origin of his world-famous Deceiver fly.
Features, trivia boxes and fun facts pop up all over the 191-page magazine, which bills itself as "an angling almanac." That's not false advertising.
Most tackle shops have it in stock. Two percent of the proceeds are being donated to the non-profit Maryland Artificial Reef Initiative.