Gene Mueller

Maryland takes on poachers

Gene Mueller: Bills promise severe penalties to violators of fishing laws.

May 13, 2009

MUELLER: Free market taking over Gulf

The national Recreational Fishing Alliance said a competing national fishing and conservation group, the Coastal Conservation Association, would set aside fishing opportunities in the Gulf of Mexico, but only for those who have the money to pay for them.

May 10, 2009

Weekend Fishing Report

Where to go to drop a line.

May 7, 2009

Local competition displeases BASS

Gene Mueller: Make way for the cast-for-cash crowd.

May 6, 2009

Gene Mueller: Bass don’t bite, but crappies do

My fishing pal tossed a 1/2-ounce spinnerbait from a bait-casting outfit into the bronze waters of the Wicomico River and promptly had a fish strike it.

May 3, 2009

Weekend fishing report

Where to go, what to catch.

April 30, 2009

Pro anglers move in

Gene Mueller: B.A.S.S. tries to push local fishermen out.

April 29, 2009

Gene Mueller: Fishing with kids a rewarding time

A column on outdoor life.

April 26, 2009

Weekend Fishing Report

Where to go, what to catch.

April 23, 2009

Gene Mueller: Is report on crabs a ruse by states?

Go ahead and call me a cynic, but if you believe the Chesapeake Bay's blue crab population has accomplished a sudden, miraculous turnaround, there's a bridge I want to sell you.

April 22, 2009

Gene Mueller: No need to be a turkey

I lie prone on moist oak and beech leaves, a shotgun cradled in my arms, yelping softly with a diaphragm call that was stuck to the roof of my mouth, nearly gagging me. B

April 19, 2009

Weekend Fishing Report

Rain or shine, it's time to fish.

April 16, 2009

Bay gets C-minus

Gene Mueller: Bay scores poorly on its health report.

April 15, 2009

Weekend Fishing report

Where to go, what to catch.

April 9, 2009

Gene Mueller: Lures with flair hook U.S. anglers

Do you own a tackle box, or the recently more popular soft tackle bags that so many of us prefer? Each of my four Cordura fabric bags contains a half dozen or more slender, see-through, plastic containers that keep the contents in good order.

April 5, 2009

Weekend Fishing Report

Where to go, what to catch.

April 2, 2009

Gene Mueller: NPS backs off lead ban in its parks

My March 18 column dealt with the rather arbitrary decision by the National Park Service to ban the use of lead components in fishing tackle and ammunition in all national parks by 2010. For now, that apparently has been put on the back burner.

April 1, 2009

Gene Mueller: Tall tales keep growing larger

I've caught blue crabs in the Wye River that weighed 2 pounds apiece," an excited chicken necker once told me. I had mentioned that, whenever my family wanted to feast on crabs, a baited, 1,000-foot-long trot line was our preference for catching the blue-clawed delicacies.

March 29, 2009