Sporting Life by Dennis Doyle

Let Summer Begin

I’ve caught and eaten my first feast of crabs

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– by Dennis Doyle – 6/3/10

The Key to Catching

If at first you don’t succeed … try something different

Sundown was only a half-hour away as I steered my skiff toward another deserted shoreline. Well out, I switched over to my electric trolling motor and eased into casting range. My target was a rip forming over the nearest of a number of mostly submerged stone jetties jutting sharply out from the shoreline.

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– by Dennis Doyle – 9/30/10

Pinched

Sometimes the crab catches you

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– by Dennis Doyle – 6/10/10

Perch in a Poke

An old salt teaches this old dog a new lesson

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– by Dennis Doyle – 6/17/10

A Sweetwater Slam

Despite heavy winds, I landed a largemouth bass, a bluegill and a pickerel

Most folks know that a grand slam is baseball’s term for a home run with the bases loaded. Angling has its own slam. A Chesapeake Bay slam is landing a rockfish, bluefish and Spanish mackerel on the same day. The freshwater version is typically a largemouth bass, a pickerel and a bluegill.

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– by Dennis Doyle – 9/23/10

Riding the Roller Coaster

Highs and lows on the trotline

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– by Dennis Doyle – 6/24/10

Making the Grade

Rod maker George Pavlik had agonized over this rod —
the perfect stick for casting to white perch

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– by Dennis Doyle – 7/8/10

Never, Ever, Leave Fish to Find Fish

Forgetting that maxim, this dummy went home hungry

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– by Dennis Doyle – 7/15/10

Ever Caught a Black Perch?

A gathering of these thick-bodied fish will fill your cooler and make a memorable dinner

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– by Dennis Doyle – 7/22/10

Save the Sooks

Female blue crabs need our protection

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– by Dennis Doyle – 7/29/10