We weren't having any luck catching fish on the Potomac — until the lightning storm hit and the bass started biting.

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 Potomac Riverkeeper ...

The Patuxent River opened for rockfish fishing on June 1, 2025, with a daily bag limit of one fish per person and a slot size ...

There are fun fishing adventures waiting out there and hopefully everyone can spend some time at their favorite fishing hole, ...

The Chesapeake Bay has a big blue catfish problem. But one photographer thinks that catching, killing, and selling blue cats ...

A young eagle that fledged last year is often spotted fishing in the Potomac River by the Riverbend Visitor’s Center. Wildlife enthusiasts are watching a third bald-eagle nest on Watkins Island ...

Anglers mostly target deeper water during the late post-spawn. (Photo/Justin Brouillard) ...

Heat waves destroy crops, drive wildfires, and kill humans and wildlife, but these extreme weather events aren't just limited ...

I wouldn’t trade this for anything, working on the river I know and love ... after the father and son had been fishing in the Potomac. The dad is holding a rockfish on either side of little ...

fishing groups and some farmers are fighting that effort. They say the contamination threatens to poison farmland and vulnerable waterways that feed the Potomac River. These sewage sludge ...

Nestled between the Rappahannock and Potomac rivers on the Chesapeake Bay lies a Virginia escape that offers tranquility in ...

Heat waves destroy crops, drive wildfires, and kill humans and wildlife, but these extreme weather events aren't just limited to land. Large bodies of ...