Today this gentleman stopped by Sarge’s Bait and Tackle with this good looking Crappie! He was fishing at Howard’s pond using a Boo-Yah! Spinner Bait, when this sizeable pan fish hit the lure. While it measured up just shy of qualifying for the Maryland Fishing Challenge, it was a still a great catch! Keep bringing…
The Weather Is Nice, So Is The Bite!
Today local fisherman Billy Graham stopped Sarge’s Bait and Tackle to show this monster Crappie that he caught at his “Secret Fishing Spot”. I was unable to get an exact location from him but he did mention that he was using live shiners as his primary bait. After we measured this 15 3/4 inch citation…
Open Season On The Flats!
Good morning from the Susky Flats…May 22, 2016 I was thinking that I wanted to get back out on the fish before they moved… When John Rogers called last night and asked me to fish, I could not say no. We launched at 6:30 am and fished until 10… caught about a dozen each. The…
Fish Don’t Care If It’s Raining!
I fished the flats this afternoon with my friend Sonny and his Uncle Al. Timothy Smith gave us some intel and we launched at 2pm fished to about 7 pm, catching well over a hundred Rockfish of all sizes up to 30″. We had 4 fish over 26″ with the largest fish of the day…
April Fishing in the Upper Bay
April 2016 had some excellent fishing! The cold rainy weather has kept the fish here longer than usual. Many of our migratory fish like Shad and Stripers came to the upper bay area early and stayed late thanks to the cooler weather. Our best fishing occurs when the waters are cooler. In fact the warmer…
The Yack Report: Rainy Weather Fishing
Yesterday was about the most perfect day!
The Yack Report: Trophy Season!
Striper Trophy Season Opens April 16th, 2016 This is my Friend Ron Mcmorrow…He and his friends are the “Young Guns” of the light tackle jigging style that is becoming so popular. Most all of these fish were taken by jigging 10″ BKD’s near a warm water discharge over the course of the winter. Ron…
The Yack Report: Light Tackle Fishing
April 12th, 2016 While I was chasing Hickory Shad with Phil Kerchner, Ange Harclerode and Larry Perch were fishing near Ange’s house for White Perch and catching some good ones,too! Larry was my first customer when I started working at Sarge’s Bait and Tackle. He bought 2 of these little “Crappie rods” as he called…
The Yack Report: RIP Big Brother.
My older brother Fred passed away Sunday morning at his home with heart trouble. I am reposting the story below from last fall… The last time he went fishing and the last time we fished together… My thoughts and prayers go out to his wife Lynn and daughter Lindy Yack at this sad time… RIP…
The Yack Report: Last Couple of Days!
April 9th, 2016 When John Rogers and I arrived at the river the dam had just released several gates and the river was rising. The water was very dirty for 30 minutes or so. During that time I fished the current seam where the dirty water was pushed towards the bank, with no luck. Soon…
The Yack Report: Cold Weather? No Worries!
This colder weather has the fish snapping and the fishing tonight was nothing short of epic! As Ange Harclerode and I arrived at the river we could hear sirens and see the flashing lights indicating an imminent release of water from the dam. The scheduled release rate was 50,000 cfs. Our timing could not have…
The Yack Report: Shad Fishing
I had a most interesting day yesterday. It was full of failures and successes. I am very pleased with the quality and size of the Hickory Shad this year lots of Roe fish 20″ and better. The small bucks have showed up as well this week. I hope this cold weather slows things down a…
Sarges Bait and Tackle Chesapeake Bay Maryland 