by James Ritch | Oct 15, 2019 | Fishing Report
By Bill Hall The 2019 edition of the Bay Challenge Fishing Tournament was held on Saturday, October 12, 2019, and attracted a field of 140 anglers. Based at the Onancock Town Wharf, the family-oriented tournament is held by the Eastern Shore Anglers Club and proceeds...
by James Ritch | Oct 10, 2019 | Headlines
By Linda Cicoira — Inlet View Campground, at the far south end of Main Street on Chincoteague, looks like the island’s newest cemetery. It’s a place where rusty trailers, dilapidated structures, peeling billboards, and worn-out bicycles have been left — a final...
by James Ritch | Oct 8, 2019 | Headlines
By Linda Cicoira — Chincoteague council members voted to buy the circa 1930 firehouse on Main Street Monday night for $600,000 with a plan to seek grants for its restoration and possibly put apartments on the second floor. The building was vacated by the...
by James Ritch | Oct 2, 2019 | Fishing Report
On Tuesday, September 24, the Virginia Marine Resources Commission (VMRC) officially approved its own proposed emergency restrictions on the taking of striped bass in the Virginia portion of the Chesapeake Bay. By a vote of 7-1, the commission set a one fish per...
by James Ritch | Sep 24, 2019 | Fishing Report
It is the first official week of autumn, but fishing remains as good or better than it has been most of the summer. Productive speckled trout action has occurred along the entire length of the Eastern Shore over the last week, on both the bayside and the seaside....
