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Outdoors: Giving thanks for the bay on Father's Day

Published 06/20/10

You can learn a lot about the rhythm of crabs and gamefish and their dependency on good habitat and abundant forage by wading a grass flat or walking the shoreline. Baitfish huddle in the bay's shallows and edges, which makes them great places to cast a line and dip for crabs. Among the last of our wild places, sea grass meadows even inspire some introspection about Father's Day. Steamed crabs (aka Magothy 'middles'), fried spot and cold beer remind me of my dad.

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