Holy crabs! The pot is steaming over and all hell is about to break loose when the veteran Chesapeake waterman, Dickie Short, marshals his best letter writing ability and goes to war against what he sees as the murder of all he knows. Why doesn't anyone stop it? Well someone is about to do just that and when young reporter Tug Alston arrives in the small town of Somerville, Maryland, nothing will ever be the same again. Join this unlikely pair as they try to turn back time, share a whole lot of laughs and devise a plan to protect the bay and all things Eastern Shore.