Captain Larry Simns
21308 Lee Street
P.O. Box 235
Rock Hall, Maryland
21661
410-639-2966
Fax 410-639-7356
Boat 410-456-8065
MWA 410-268-7722   

 

Captain Larry Simns, President, Maryland Watermen's Association
Captain Larry Simns
President, Maryland Watermen's Association

Commercial Fishermen, Commercial Watermen Of Maryland's Chesapeake Bay

Captain Larry Simns, Welcomes you aboard the Dawn II
for a day on Maryland's Chesapeake Bay.  See Maryland Watermen at work Crabbing, Clamming, Oystering, Eeling & Fishing.  Enjoy Fresh Maryland Seafood, Crabs, Oysters, Clams & Fish in Rock Hall, Maryland 

Watermen of the Chesapeake Bay are called that because they harvest many species of seafood in different seasons. In any given year a watermen may harvest  blue crabs in the summer months, oysters in the fall, striped bass and perch in the winter mouths and he may elect to catch either eels, catfish, yellow perch or soft shell calms in the spring and back to crabbing in the summer.

Some watermen clam year round while others may crab and oyster.  Some take out fishing parties in the summer and commercial fish in the winter or any combination of the fisheries. Most watermen have  the equipment and gear necessary to do all of the above.

There are many ways to harvest the many species of seafood throughtout the Chesapeake Bay.  Many types of gear used by watermen are pictured below.  

Click on the images of the watermen to take a trip into their world on Maryland's Chesapeake Bay.

Fin fish Crabs Oysters Clams
Fyke Nets Crab Pots Hand Tongers Soft Shell Clams
Hoop Nets Trot Line Patent Tongers Hard Shell Clams
Pound Nets Crab Scraps Divers Razor Clams
Haul Seines Crab Pounds Power Dredges  
Eel Pots Bank Traps Sail Dredges  
Gill Nets Crab Seines    
Hook and Line Peeler Pots    

Email Larry to book your trip and please include evening phone number
capt'nsimns@dawnII.com

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