Chesapeake Bay News

The latest Chesapeake Bay news affecting powerboaters, anglers, and anyone living or working on the Chesapeake Bay. For Chesapeake business-related news, visit our Chesapeake Business News page.

October 18, 2016
According to the Maryland DNR, the 2016 young-of-the-year striped bass i
October 17, 2016
Over the weekend, two powerboat racers died after an accident during the Potomac River Radar Run in Fairview Beach, VA.
October 11, 2016
Richard Neal is the owner of Frying Pan Tower, a former Coast Guard light station more than 30 miles off the coast of North Carolina.
October 11, 2016
To accompany Elizabeth Kelch's article "Easy
October 11, 2016
Passing under the Kent Narrows Bridge, a big green boat pulled in behind us, obviously a working boat but not the typical waterman’s boat with the low freeboard and wide working area.
September 28, 2016
Did you know that the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries has compiled a statewide database of Northern Snakeheads?
September 28, 2016
The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Cuyahoga was a 125-foot Active-class patrol boat built in 1927. She sank in October, 1978 following a collision with a freighter in the Chesapeake Bay.
September 27, 2016
In June, The Eastport Yacht Club Foundation (EYCF) Board of Directors awarded $14,000 to high school graduates on pathways to marine or
September 26, 2016
Where do boaters go to see and climb aboard new trawlers, learn more about life on trawlers, and meet other trawler enthusiasts?