By Chris Dollar, For The Capital
By Chris Dollar, For The Capital
Capital Gazette Communications
Published
05/09/10
And the May worms cometh, and a bit early I might add. Eleven months of the year they're clamworms, one of seven species of polychaete worms in the Chesapeake. But each May as the water warms and the moon phase darkens, these many bristled annelids, which live in the mud and on oyster bars, swarm during spawning. Their gathering can be almost alien like.
This natural phenomenal sometimes makes rockfishing more challenging. At least that's what I told myself as I headed back to the dock after my brief fishing window slammed shut with my fingers on the sill. Rockfish know the worms' value and gorge on them greedily, and as...
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