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, ...

If the Potomac River has gotten more attention than the Anacostia in the past 50 years, it’s partly because the Potomac supplies 90 percent of the region’s drinking water. That amounts to an ...

The results of a fishing tournament earlier this month show promising signs for the smallmouth bass population in the Potomac River. State fisheries biologist Josh Henesy and Wade Elwood ...

The fish was hooked by 27-year-old Connor Lynch in the D.C. portion of the Potomac River near Fletcher’s Cove Friday afternoon. Lynch said he and his fishing partner Josh Cohn were stunned as ...

Capt. Steve Chaconas, a Potomac River bass fishing guide with 20 years experience, is on the river almost every day and knows the river’s changes. “Bass fishing this year has been very ...