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.

June 15, 2015
This year Father’s Day falls on June 21, which also happens to be the first day of summer!
June 3, 2015
We get a lot of product review emails in our inboxes, and this one
May 25, 2015
I have no idea where you store your tackle during the winter, but if it’s kept on your boat, out in a shed, or (as in my case) in the garage, now is the time to dig it out and get everything ready for
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.