Chesapeake Bay News

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May 18, 2015
One of the most dangerous threats you’ll ever face on the water isn’t on the list of the top causes of boating casualties. It’s an onboard fire—either in the open water or at a marina.
May 15, 2015
If you've never heard of Take Point Now, you probably will soon.
May 14, 2015
Looks like snakeheads are on the move again... The northern snakehead fish is an invasive speices, native to China, and was first discovered in the Chesapeake Bay watershed in 2002 in a Crofton pond.
May 14, 2015
Virginia’s Tagging Program Celebrates 20th Anniversary The “Top Taggers” in Virginia’s volunteer angling program were honored this winter as the cooperative tagging program celebrated
May 12, 2015
Last winter Navico hosted a few days of onboard marine electronics testing in the Florida Keys and introduced PropTalk's publisher to several new high-tech products.
May 12, 2015
The first time that I sailed across the Atlantic, the only electronics onboard were a depth sounder, which ran off an internal large nine-volt battery, and a huge CRT radar, which took ages to warm up
May 11, 2015
Around the PropTalk office we're used to boat restoration projects to be a little more, well, demure.
May 6, 2015
A massive, 3,456-pound female great white shark has been pinged inside Assateague Island National Seashore near the Maryland-Virginia line.
May 4, 2015
The boating season is officially upon us, which means the Boating Accident Report Season is also officially upon us.
April 29, 2015
Want to do something special for mom this mother’s day? Well we’ve got you covered.
April 29, 2015
The Boatyard Bar & Grill is pretty excited to be sponsoring the f3t Fly Fishing Film Tour 2015 on May 7