Despite what some history books might suggest, Captain John Smith did not discover the Potomac. “If you look at the John Smith map of 1608 ... how to make fishing hooks out of catfish bone. Mostly, ...

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 ...

Some parts of the river are swimmable at certain times during the year. More people are spending time around the Potomac. Sports fishing licenses quadrupled in 2020. Belin challenged government ...