Chesapeake Bay fishing season opens officially on April 16, when Maryland's spring trophy rockfish season comes in, but a group of young men had a hard time waiting, particularly when it's Christopher Kalisz's bachelor party and word spreads that big fish are biting around the Calvert Cliffs Power Plant.
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Our boat leaves the dock.
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Looking back at the marina.
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A tugboat waits ready to help boats that need assistance getting into the marina.
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Motoring past the inlet peer.
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Fishing in the middle portions of the Chesapeake has focused around trolling and jigging for striped bass.
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The cliffs which dominate the shoreline of the Chesapeake Bay for thirty miles in Calvert County, were formed over 15 million years ago when all of Southern Maryland was covered by a warm, shallow sea. Over 600 species of fossils have been identified from these cliffs, with the teeth of various species of shark as the most abundant fossils.
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Calvert Cliffs is located in the largest fossil-bearing deposit of Miocene marine sediments exposed on the East Coast of North America -- the Calvert Cliffs of Maryland.
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Chris Kalisz looks out to the largest estuary in the United States. The Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries sustain a wide diversity of species and have for centuries provided rich fishing grounds for commercial and recreational fisherman.
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Sunscape overlooking platform on the Chesapeake Bay.
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Sunscape overlooking platform on the Chesapeake Bay
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Located in Lusby, Md., Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Plant began generating electricity in 1975 and Unit 2 joined the system in 1977. Since then, Calvert Cliffs has continually set records for power production and worker safety.
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Green jigs are swiming underwater.
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Captain says we are going to make another pass by the power plant. Rockfish love the warm water.
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Jerry Rogers just takes it easy and slowly reels his bait in.
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It took a long bloody battle for Jerry to look at a Rockfish in the mouth.
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