They use long handled "rakes" and feel along the bottom for the oysters and when then find them, they scoop them up with the rake and dump the catch into baskets. It looks like very hard work. You wouldn't want to arm wrestle one of these guys.
Up the Little Choptank, we found a quiet bay to anchor. After being there a short time, we heard the familiar call of a Loon. We often see and hear them in Northern Lake Huron, but this was our first in the Chesapeake Bay. We suspect he is heading south just like us.
In the early evening, another boat came in and anchored outside of us in the channel. The wind was blowing vey hard and their protection was not great. After they got secured, we noticed that their inflatable dinghy had come untied and was very quickly blowing down the bay. Dan radioed them and they said they were aware the dinghy was loose and were inflating the kayak to go get it. That did not seem to us like a good plan, so we jumped into action and got our dinghy motor off the rail and onto our inflatable. Dan put on his foul weather gear, motored over, picked up the owner, and the chase was on. By the time we caught up to their dinghy, it was a good half mile from their boat. We tied a line on and had a long wet ride, towing it back.
When Dan got back to our boat, Laurie had vegetables in the oven and Maryland Style crab cakes we going into the frying pan. Another great meal.
We were awakened in the morning to the sound of gunfire. It was opening day of duck season.
It was a cold, clear morning and we were reminded that fall has arrived on the Chesapeake.
We had a nice motorsail to Solomons Island and found a well protected spot to anchor in Old House Cove. The forecast calls for strong southerly winds for the next few days, so we plan to stay put.
While having drinks with some new Canadian friends from the sailboat Groovin, we were treated to a beautiful sunset.
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Location:Solomons Island, MD
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