Virtually extinct in Virginia since the 1930s, bay scallops have quietly returned, taking up residence in the expanding grass beds of Chincoteague Bay. These pioneers are still a shadow of the scallop ...

The sharks and flounder are out in droves in the waters surrounding the Eastern Shore. Flounder can be hooked everywhere from the Kiptopeke Pier, to the reefs off of Wachapreague, to Chincoteague Bay.

Not all summer seashore visits revolve around boardwalks, expensive food and lodging, and throngs of people who tread on one another while trying to find open spaces of sand on which to spread their ...