Outdoors: DNR should keep on trucking

When Fred Menage of Edgewater stopped by Marty's Sporting Goods in Edgewater last April 25 to weigh in his 401/4-inch, 21-pound rockfish he didn't expect more than a citation as a souvenir of his catch made near West River No. 1 buoy.

Little did he think that fine fish would have him riding high by mid-September - and in a brand new Toyota 4x4 pickup truck with all the bells and whistles.

Fred, 69, was among the finalists in Department of Natural Resource's fourth annual Diamond Jim/Maryland Fishing Challenge summer long fishing tournament and via lottery the past weekend at Sandy Point State Park he won the first...