Summer in Maryland: crabbing and fishing

Was glad to be home for the summer: it was too hot to be camping in a minivan! I can handle the cold but the heat, especially sleeping without air conditioning was not much fun. Since the Winnipeg trip in late June, I have been busy. Checked out the crabbing in Sandy Point State Park, although I know it was still early in the season. Still, I managed to net 4 crabs using hand lines (threw back a lot of juveniles), it was a fun way to spend a few hours in the morning.

A few days later I took the grandson of some friends crabbing, we had no luck but caught this large eel in one of the crab nets. His grandmother cooked it for dinner, said it was delicious. I had tried fresh eel before, it was difficult to clean (very slippery) and I did not care for the gelatinous texture. Nothing at all like the grilled unagi in sushi restaurants, maybe I just did not know how to prepare it.

We also went on to Tuckahoe State Park, my favorite fishing hole, where Leo caught his first bluegill! We caught a few more, sufficient to make a meal, before it got too hot.