In this week’s Buzzy Podcast, Chief Larry and I talk with Donnie Hammett about his Maryland Park Service career, most of which was spent at Pt. Lookout State Park.
We talked about the number of State Parks in Maryland and after a little research I learned that that number is approximately 60.
There are 17 Parks in Southern Maryland including 3 in Anne Arundel County:
As for the Youth Fishing Tournament that Donnie mentioned, Maryland’s DNR folks continue to sponsor several Youth Fishing Rodeo’s throughout the State (click here). However, none of those are scheduled in St. Mary’s nor Charles Counties. Also, I was unable to find anything having to do with St. Mary’s County DARE folks sponsoring any Youth Fishing Tournaments. May be something to look at reviving County-wise or see if DNR would consider having one of their Fishing Rodeos somewhere here in the County.
And here is the ball diamond logo/patch Donnie showed us on his hat:
Music wise, check out Bing and Louie singing about “Gone Fishin.” It doesn’t get any better: