...a Chesapeake Bay carp sportsman.
Chesapeakecarper's World
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Copyright 2003-2010
Thinking globally, Carping locally.
Thanks for visiting this third and final version of Chesapeake Bay Carp Angler as the expanded ...a Chesapeake Bay carp sportsman. . It has been a heck of a ride since launching in
2003 but I'm finally at a point for pulling together a lifetime of opportunistic Chesapeake Bay angling and sporting interests including my second decade focused on the carp. Be sure to
stop back as I add content focused on the Mid Atlantic and our home waters of Maryland's Eastern Shore and West Virginia.
Taking the river less travelled, my career as Invasive Species Control Specialist / Conservation Horticulturist including aquatic resource management and wetland restoration for the
Anne Arundel County Recreation and Parks Department provides a unique opportunity to indulge my exuberant, passionate, oft times irrational but ALWAYS FUN study of and quest for
the tidal and brackish / freshwater Chesapeake Bay's largest rough fish, Cyprinus carpio or Common Carp, as well as its fellow Asian-sourced cousins Grass, Bighead, Silver Carps etc
found throughout the rest of the USA.
Some really large carp in the 30+ lb range have visited my river bank and carp-boat but, living in the World's Best Fishing Hole, exploration of the Chesapeake's 64,299 square miles of
drainage in the states of New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia is what really floats my boat. What started on the Western Shore rivers (...the
Susquehanna River and Flats, Bush, Gunpowder, Middle and Back, Patapsco, Severn, South, Monocacy, Patuxent and Potomac) shifted in the New Millennium to the Eastern Shore /
Delmarva ( Elk, C&D Canal, Bohemia, Sassafras, Chester, Choptank, Marshyhope, Nanticoke and Pocomoke...) Rivers. Toss in the salt marsh Atlantic Coast rivers of Delaware,
Baltimore's water supply resevoirs and cold mountain lakes such as Maryland's Deep Creek Lake among other Appalachian destinations and...well, you get the picture.
Speaking of which, I irregularly take pictures since I'm not a trophy-hunter, am not out to prove anything to anyone. It's just all about fun and intrigue with a most remarkable, controversial,
damagingly overabundant yet sporty Cyprinid. I'm more inclined when I'm with family and friends; less when fishing solo or nights but the addition of newer dummy-proof digital
cameras helps a lot! For something completely different watch for my associated web pages for Chesapeake Horticulture , BlueStar Observatory, and The Opportunistic Angler...all
harking from our little Piece of Heaven here on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. I'm also owner of the D&G Optical Refractor Telescope User's Groups on Yahoo and Face book
networking sites.
Thanks for visiting this third and final version of Chesapeake Bay Carp Angler as the expanded ...a Chesapeake Bay carp sportsman. . It has been a heck of a ride since launching in
2003 but I'm finally at a point for pulling together a lifetime of opportunistic Chesapeake Bay angling and sporting interests including my second decade focused on the carp. Be sure to
stop back as I add content focused on the Mid Atlantic and our home waters of Maryland's Eastern Shore and West Virginia.
Taking the river less travelled, my career as Invasive Species Control Specialist / Conservation Horticulturist including aquatic resource management and wetland restoration for the
Anne Arundel County Recreation and Parks Department provides a unique opportunity to indulge my exuberant, passionate, oft times irrational but ALWAYS FUN study of and quest for
the tidal and brackish / freshwater Chesapeake Bay's largest rough fish, Cyprinus carpio or Common Carp, as well as its fellow Asian-sourced cousins Grass, Bighead, Silver Carps etc
found throughout the rest of the USA.
Some really large carp in the 30+ lb range have visited my river bank and carp-boat but, living in the World's Best Fishing Hole, exploration of the Chesapeake's 64,299 square miles of
drainage in the states of New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia is what really floats my boat. What started on the Western Shore rivers (...the
Susquehanna River and Flats, Bush, Gunpowder, Middle and Back, Patapsco, Severn, South, Monocacy, Patuxent and Potomac) shifted in the New Millennium to the Eastern Shore /
Delmarva ( Elk, C&D Canal, Bohemia, Sassafras, Chester, Choptank, Marshyhope, Nanticoke and Pocomoke...) Rivers. Toss in the salt marsh Atlantic Coast rivers of Delaware,
Baltimore's water supply resevoirs and cold mountain lakes such as Maryland's Deep Creek Lake among other Appalachian destinations and...well, you get the picture.
Speaking of which, I irregularly take pictures since I'm not a trophy-hunter, am not out to prove anything to anyone. It's just all about fun and intrigue with a most remarkable, controversial,
damagingly overabundant yet sporty Cyprinid. I'm more inclined when I'm with family and friends; less when fishing solo or nights but the addition of newer dummy-proof digital
cameras helps a lot! For something completely different watch for my associated web pages for Chesapeake Horticulture , BlueStar Observatory, and The Opportunistic Angler...all
harking from our little Piece of Heaven here on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. I'm also owner of the D&G Optical Refractor Telescope User's Groups on Yahoo and Face book
networking sites.
Amiaud Tackle
France - User
France - User
American Fisheries Society USA
Member
Operator
Supporter
Operator
Professional member
Carp geek and
Natural Resources
Professional
Natural Resources
Professional
Website last updated April 24, 2010
Catfish Connection - USA
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Shopper
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Supporter
The Tackle Box - UK
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Final Version Website relaunched February 1, 2010
Not my largest carp but fun and feisty Eurostyle rod n
reel catches @ Belle Grove Ponds on the brackish
tidal Patapsco River. My best BGP session... 5 carp
over 20 lbs before noon from the best carpin' hole in
Baltimore back in the days when I was the founding
Maryland State Chairman for the Carp Anglers Group.
reel catches @ Belle Grove Ponds on the brackish
tidal Patapsco River. My best BGP session... 5 carp
over 20 lbs before noon from the best carpin' hole in
Baltimore back in the days when I was the founding
Maryland State Chairman for the Carp Anglers Group.
Overpopulation of carp = exploding popularity of
bowfish hunting; sporting excitement, good for the
environment as a control method (especially when
integrated with other measures), resource
utilization and benefit for the carp populations. Love
my AMS Bowfishing Fishhawk and Browning
Barracuda bows .
bowfish hunting; sporting excitement, good for the
environment as a control method (especially when
integrated with other measures), resource
utilization and benefit for the carp populations. Love
my AMS Bowfishing Fishhawk and Browning
Barracuda bows .
International Carper/Carpworld UK - subscriber since 2003 and solicited author for brackish
tidal Chesapeake Bay carp sporting expertise.
tidal Chesapeake Bay carp sporting expertise.
A lifetime angler, the Chesapeake has always been in our backyard and we've seldom not lived within sight of tidal creeks and rivers....me on the left fishing famous Carroll Island Power
Plant warm water discharge on Seneca Creek/Middle River in the '70's.; left - me feeling right at home @ Middle River.
Plant warm water discharge on Seneca Creek/Middle River in the '70's.; left - me feeling right at home @ Middle River.
Carpin', kids and family...we sure get around. Left to right: me on the Upper Potomac; son Stephen @ North Point State Park near Miller's Island; me and Stephen on the Lower Potomac
River.
River.
Travelog
June 1-4, 2010 Weeds Across Borders: Plant Invasions, Politics and Practices. Sheperdstown, West Virginia @ National Conservation Training
Center
June 1-4, 2010 Weeds Across Borders: Plant Invasions, Politics and Practices. Sheperdstown, West Virginia @ National Conservation Training
Center