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Dine on the island as part of your trip!
We offer the option to dine on the island with our 6 or 8 hour fishing trips. We will usually depart the Crisfield area in the morning for some fishing and will then head to the island for lunch (On your own.) After lunch, you are welcome to explore or we can shove off and fish some more before heading back to the dock under the beautiful Tangier Sound sunset. Give us a call and we will work with you to plan the perfect outing!
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Smith Island is the last inhabited offshore Maryland island. Smith Island lies approximately 10 miles west of Crisfield, Maryland, across the Tangier Sound portion of the Chesapeake Bay. The island consists of three communities, namely Ewell, Tylerton and Rhodes Point, which all sit on the Maryland portion of the island. The Virginia portion is currently uninhabited, although it once contained many homes of early settlers.
The islands population is approximately 250. Smith Island has no airport and no bridges to the mainland; it can be accessed only by boat. Passenger-only ferries connect Smith Island at Ewell to Point Lookout, Maryland, and Reedville, Virginia, on the Western shore of the Chesapeake Bay (seasonal) and from Crisfield, Maryland, on its Eastern Shore (year-round). A daily passenger ferry also runs between Crisfield, Maryland, and the smaller island of Tylerton, Maryland. Few motor vehicles exist on the islands, main modes of transportation for all three communities include golf carts as well as non-motorized transportation.
Smith Island has its own region-specific traditional cuisine. It is home to some of the best crab cakes in the U.S. The famed Smith Island Cake, with 8 to 15 thin layers filled with crème, frosting and/or crushed candy bars, and iced with a cooked icing are made daily on the island. On April 24, 2008, the Smith Island Cake was designated as the official dessert of the state of Maryland.
The islands population is approximately 250. Smith Island has no airport and no bridges to the mainland; it can be accessed only by boat. Passenger-only ferries connect Smith Island at Ewell to Point Lookout, Maryland, and Reedville, Virginia, on the Western shore of the Chesapeake Bay (seasonal) and from Crisfield, Maryland, on its Eastern Shore (year-round). A daily passenger ferry also runs between Crisfield, Maryland, and the smaller island of Tylerton, Maryland. Few motor vehicles exist on the islands, main modes of transportation for all three communities include golf carts as well as non-motorized transportation.
Smith Island has its own region-specific traditional cuisine. It is home to some of the best crab cakes in the U.S. The famed Smith Island Cake, with 8 to 15 thin layers filled with crème, frosting and/or crushed candy bars, and iced with a cooked icing are made daily on the island. On April 24, 2008, the Smith Island Cake was designated as the official dessert of the state of Maryland.