I remember moving to
Pennsylvania some twelve
years back solely for the
reasons of escaping the
higher taxes of Maryland
and being closer to my
beloved trout streams
of the Cumberland Valley
and the south-central
Mountains of which I spent
most of my leisure time.
Hanover would be the
residence of choice and I
would commute to my
employment in Washington
DC for the next six years.
From then to the present I
have been very fortunate to
have found work in the Hanover area
and lessened my commute to a mere

















two miles instead if seventy each
way. As an avid cold water and
saltwater angler I would completely
over look two outstanding warm water
fisheries ?just a stones throw from
my residence? for over three years
until my angling interest would
broaden due to a friend from
southern Maryland coercing me to
give the warm water species in this
area a try.

These still would not include Lake
Marburg or Long Arm near Hanover
but the waters of the Potomac in
southern Maryland, The
Susquehanna River in Pennsylvania
and Lake Anna in Virginia.  It would
be on a cool clear morning in
October and during a less than
exciting early season Duck Hunt from
Marburg?s shoreline that I would just
happen to have a rod and reel in my
boat and out of boredom chance a
cast into a nearby hydrilla bed that
seemed to have a little nervous water
over the submerged grass. On the
second cast, the slow troll of
chartreuse and white spinner bait
would bring the vicious take and fight
of a fine three and a half pound
largemouth to the knees of my camo
waders.  ?I was sold?.  Since that
date I have spent many hours on the
waters of Lake Marburg and I have
caught just about every species the
lake has to offer and through
numerous angling means on terminal
tackle and the fly.
Some of my favorite times have been
spent on a float tube under the
second bridge chunking poppers with

a fly rod for fat and frisky bluegills. (I
remember wrangling with a Park
Ranger over the amount of air
chambers in my tube as to it?s
legality) or trolling night crawler rigs
for the walleye population in the
channel between the Long island and
the main shoreline from my Jon boat.
Jokingly, my little 14 foot Jon is out
classed by it?s Lowrance X-70
electronics.  To mention fly-fishing
again, I have spent many late
evenings casting bugs over the
grass-laden flats around the islands
and inlets for voracious northerns
and largemouths. Rich, (my brother
from a different mother) and I
enjoy launching his eye-catching;
rigged to the hilt, Lund 2025 Pro V
and troll planer boards for ?Eyes? or
down rig for stocked trout and
land-locked salmon.  The Pro V is
equipped with a nice little 9.9
horsepower four stroke Merc next to
its 200-horse monster for propulsion.
These are just a few of the many
?good times? to be had on
Marburg?s waters?