Things To Do While
Staying At Claddaugh Farm Bed And Breakfast
Chestertown, Maryland
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Each year Queen Anne, Kent & Cecil Counties
play host to hundreds
of thousands of waterfowl. The sight of a toll of geese
circling the hundreds of farms and their familiar honk signals autumn has come
to the Maryland's Eastern Shore. |
| Rock Hall Harbor still is the port
for the local fishermen, crabbers, oystermen, clammers, charter
boats plus the hundreds of sail and power pleasure boats. There
are many fine restaurants in the area and the
finest fresh Maryland seafood you'll find anywhere! |
Rock Hall Harbor © |
"The Hand Tonger Oystermen of the Chesapeake Bay" |
Hand Tongers make up the largest part of the
oyster fleet, their season starts October 1st. and goes to April
15, five days a week, Monday through Friday, sun up till 3 p.m.
Hand Tonging is the most back breaking way to harvest oysters that man
has ever devised. The daily limit is 15 bushels a day per
man, thirty bushels per boat. Hand tongs are two rakes with wire
baskets attached to twenty foot long wooden shafts with a pin
about one third of the way up from the rakes which makes them act
like scissors. |
| The winding Chester River meets the Chesapeake
Bay at East Neck Island where you can view whitetail deer and many
species of waterfowl. During the fall season, taste the
"Land Of Pleasant Living" by arranging a legendary
Maryland Eastern Shore Hunt. Arrangements can be made by
Claddaugh Farm. |
Legendary Chester River |
Skipjack "Kathryn" with Push Boat
off Rock Hall, Maryland© |
Skipjack sailing dredge boats are the last of the
working sail boats that harvest seafood. There are about twelve
skipjacks that dredge the oyster bars in the state of Maryland
with a crew of six to handle the dredges cull the oysters and take
care of the sails. |
