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STARS & STRIPERS

A community-supported non-profit fishing event

for disabled veterans and their families

on the Chesapeake Bay 

The 2024 Stars & Stripers is cancelled.

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We’d like to thank our sponsors for their years of support.

Hardee’s Restaurants

Cyma Construction

Kent Island Elks Lodge #2576

American Legion Jeff Davis Post #18 – Centreville

Grasonville VFW Post 7464

Kent Island Yacht Club

Ebb Tide Rentals

Fisherman’s Inn Grasonville

And special thanks to our team

Richie Gaines – event founder, and Captain of the fleet

Doug Bishop – our Chaplain, and the man behind the scenes

Ed Nicholson, USN Ret. – the leader who started Project Healing Waters in ’05.

 All the boat captains and mates who showed up at dawn to guide our veterans.

Thank you, all.

OUR 11TH ANNUAL - 2023 STARS & STRIPERS WAS GREAT!

thanks to all who supported us

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About our event - 

We're is an invite-only event for disabled veterans from Project Healing Waters, and their families

Stars & Stripers is a non-profit community fishing event on Kent Island, Maryland. We host disabled veterans and active duty military in Project Healing Waters programs and their families.

In our 2023 event, over sixty veterans went fishing on the Chesapeake - for some, it was their first time fishing in saltwater.

Stars & Stripers is non-profit, self-funded, entirely supported by volunteers and tax-free donations from our sponsors.  

We rely completely on outside donations to serve our veterans.

Our sponsors & donors include the many captains who volunteer to guide our veterans, Maryland & Delaware Hardee's Restaurants, the Kent Island Yacht Club, Centreville American Legion, the Elks, VFW, Ebb Tide Rentals, Fisherman's Crab Deck, and a host of local supporters. 

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Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing

Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing is dedicated to the physical and emotional rehabilitation of disabled active military service personnel and disabled veterans. PHWFF began in 2005, and has grown into a non-profit, tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organization with 212 chapters serving thousands of disabled veterans across the USA and around the world. 

We rely on donations and outside support to succeed -

won't you make a 100% tax-deductible donation to help us? 

Where are we fishing?

We fish on the Chesapeake Bay for striped bass (or Rockfish to the Marylanders), bluefish, spanish mackerel, white perch and even the occasional sea trout

The action is non-stop when 'schoolies' are breaking the surface...  

Our Guides

We are supported by dozens of professional guides and local fishermen who donate their time and expertise to help our cause. Contact us directly if you'd like to fish with one of our friends

Get in Touch

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