John French

I grew up here, in the weakfish capital of the world. From the time I could walk I was carrying a fishing rod, on the family boat or in my grandfather's busy boatyard right here in Slaughter Beach. When the fishing in the bay changed, I changed with it. Learning how to fish the ocean for pelagics and bottom dwellers, on the back of charter boats in OC MD where I would hone my skills. Eventually learning how to target different species here in the bay, that we wouldn't have thought of years ago. My wife and I were some of the pioneers in sheepshead fishing here, along with a few cobias and a bunch of triggerfish along the way - far from the trout and flounder that were the backbone of Delaware bay fishing in my youth. When you don't find me on the water, you will find me on my family farm, or on a beach somewhere with my wife and two boys.