Fishing

Before it became a tourist mecca, Chincoteague was a fishing village for centuries -- and it still is. Both work and pleasure boats prowl the back bays and ocean for flounder, croaker, spot, kingfish, drum, striped bass, bluefish, and sharks, to name a few species.

You can go flounder fishing with Mark Colburn's Assateague Explorer .

You can get to it yourself, either from a rented boat or by throwing your line from a dock. For charter boats, equipment, supplies, free tide tables, and advice, check in at Barnacle Bill's Bait & Tackle (tel. 757/336-5188) or Capt. Bob's (tel. 757/336-6654), both on South Main Street.