Whole clam, peeler crab, whelk, peeler crab/clam “sandwich”, bucktail and leadhead jigs

Bottomfishing with bait on “fishfinder” rig; running tides and late afternoons and evenings considered best; occasionally caught on bucktails or metal squids by casting or jigging to a school of fish

Chesapeake Bay along shallow portion of channel ledge running from Fisherman’s Island to north of Cape Charles, especially off Kiptopeake, at Cabbage Patch and buoys C-10 & C-12; around middleground bars of Eastern Shore seaside inlets; 2nd & 3rd Islands of Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel

May — September; peak May— early June along Eastern Shore bayside and seaside inlets; peak late June— early August at 2nd & 3rd Islands of Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel

40 – 60 pounds

111 pounds; caught off Cape Charles in 1973 by Betty Hall