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How did Ott DeFoe earn his fifth BPT trophy, and what were the Top 5 bass lures that produced on the final day?
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Maryland Fishing Report for Thursday, July 10, 2025
The peak of the summer season is here and a time for vacations, relaxing on the water, and of course, fishing. As a reminder, ...
On April 9, Connor Lynch, an angler fishing on the Potomac River near Fletcher’s Cove, hooked and released a shortnose sturgeon, a fish not seen in the river since 2007.
The June Bass Pro Tour (BPT) Potomac River event was a competition of reading the tides better than then everyone else, and fishing shallow water baits around cover.
Before a single line was cast in Major League Fishing’s (MLF) Bass Pro Tour event on the Potomac River, REDCREST Champion ...
In a dominant final-day performance, DeFoe stacked up 32 bass for 78 pounds, 11 ounces to beat his closest pursuer, Ron Nelson of Berrien Springs, Mich., by nearly 27 pounds. Nelson finished as the ...
“I think this one is going to be standard postspawn Potomac River grass fishing,” Lucas said. “Everything’s going to be related to grass, whether it’s low tide or high tide. Docks and wood might play ...
Pro Ott DeFoe of Blaine, Tennessee, won the Zenni Stage 6 Presented by Athletic Brewing Company at the Potomac River with a final day catch of 32 bass weighing 78 pounds, 11 ounces, to earn the ...
He did it in typical DeFoe fashion, too, escaping the bulk of the 66-angler field and fishing far up a creek in the Potomac River backwaters. Link to Hi-Res Photo of Zenni Stage 6 at the Potomac ...
Bald eagles once neared extinction in Maryland due to DDT. Now, thanks to conservation efforts, their population has soared ...