Come on now, don't be shy. Hit that crab! Begging a fish to strike, even one holding over coral 100 feet below the icy Atlantic's surface, isn't beneath this fisherman. With as much experience tautog fishing as flying the space shuttle, I'll take whatever edge I can get.
Mostly I chase gamefish in the Chesapeake's skinnier water, but the opportunity to tog fish with Capt. Monty Hawkins on a brisk winter's day was too good to pass up. Arguably, Capt. Monty, who operates the 55-foot party boat Morning Star out of the Ocean City Fishing Center, is...
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