The Best of Times on the Chesapeake Bay: An Account of a Rock Hall Waterman

A portrait of Larry Simns, a Maryland waterman preserving a way of life along the Chesapeake Bay.

Today, the Chesapeake Bay watermen's way of life is under pressure to survive. Captain Larry Simns has worked as a commercial fisherman in the waters of Maryland for nearly sixty years, serving as President of the Maryland Watermen's Association since the 1970s. Through good and hard times, Simns has labored to keep working watermen profitable and relevant in spite of declining water quality a...