Abberly Crest Blog

At the apartments in Lexington Park, MD everyone at Abberly Crest enjoys the Patuxent River. On Saturday, Patuxent River Appreciation Days is celebrating 33 years. The longest running festival in Southern Maryland is two days of free family fun.

Over thirty artists show their wares at the juried arts and craft fair and local food vendors will be dishing out delicious food on both days. The music stage will host live performances by local musicians. Enjoy free boat rides aboard the Wm. B. Tennison and the Nathan of Dorchester, and rowing in canoes in the boat basin throughout the weekend. Kids can make model boats on Saturday or take pony rides.

Back by popular demand is Bounty of the Patuxent on Saturday from 12:00 noon – 4:00 p.m. in the Corbin Nature Pavilion. Local wineries will offer wine tasting and locally grown produce from the farmers’ market will be available. The annual PRAD Parade with a one-mile route along Solomons Island Road begins on Sunday, October 9 at 2:00 p.m.

Everyone in Lexington Park enjoys our river. Head on over to the Festival.

The fishing is great in Southern Maryland. All of the area, the word is that the fishing may actually be better than usual. It happens frequently after strong storms blow through this area.

If you live in an apartment in Lexington Park, MD you’re lucky too. Who can go fishing if there is debris all over their yard, or if they have house damage? Apartment dwellers are free to fish.

SO. MARYLAND LAKES: 40-50 miles – Gilbert Run Lake (Route 6, east of La Plata) is always good for sunfish and a few small bass, but little else is happening. St. Mary’s Lake will give up mostly small largemouth bass, but now and then a smartly fished plastic worm or shallow crankbait will be inhaled by a whopper. This lake is home to more than a couple trophy bass.

PATUXENT RIVER: 25-60 miles – One angler who fished from shore within sight of the old Cedar Point Lighthouse base, cast out cut bait and soon had the fight of his life with a black drum. He landed the 80-pound behemoth and later also caught bluefish, stripers and croakers. Meanwhile, the creeks are home to plenty of white perch that like small spinner and Beetlespin lures, while the main stem is turning up whopper-size Norfolk spot for anglers using bloodworm pieces on high-low bottom fishing.

OCCOQUAN RESERVOIR: 33 miles — You can bet the rent that a topwater lure early in the morning, cast to stickups and lake points, will result in a bass strike even if the water isn’t in the best of shape. Plastic craws, worms and creature baits also work.

Fishing details from Washington Times