Wye River

[eddiezuskin]

Planning to spend this coming weekend gunkholing in the Wye River on Maryland's Eastern Shore. I was reading about anchoring in Dividing Creek or Granary Creek on the Wye East River and coming ashore to the Wildlife preserve.

Any experienced Chesapeake Bay Gunkholers out there?

Float plan is Friday/Sat night Wye River- Sun night in a Marina in St. Michaels(showers, pool and nice dinner) and Mon night back on the hook.
Eddie

 

[comsnark]

Planning to spend this coming weekend gunkholing in the Wye River on Maryland's Eastern Shore. I was reading about anchoring in Dividing Creek or Granary Creek on the Wye East River and coming ashore to the Wildlife preserve.

Any experienced Chesapeake Bay Gunkholers out there?

Float plan is Friday/Sat night Wye River- Sun night in a Marina in St. Michaels(showers, pool and nice dinner) and Mon night back on the hook.
Eddie

Been there several times under sail. A beautiful area. You can't go wrong up there!

 

[Converse48]

Eddie- great plan, just don't planning on swimming in the Wye... it will be rotten with sea nettles by now! It is beautiful there though!

 

[eddiezuskin]

Yes, I figured the sea nettles to to be an issue this time of year. We will bring our inflatable 11' island with us because it has a mesh "pool" in the middle so we can still cool off.
The trip is just my wife and I so it will be a real Honeymoon trip even though we've been together for 18 years; something about boating and romance that seem to blend nicely. I am excited about forwarding my business calls to a different cell phone and leaving it with my secretary.
Eddie

 

[Nehalennia II]

Eddie, good for you, have a blast. What the heck is a sea-nettle? Do they grow in the shallow water?

 

[Converse48]

Todd- Sea nettles are translucent stinging jellyfish that grow during the summer in the bay. The have a narrow band of temperature/salinity that they can survive in, but unfortunately, the middle parts of the Chesapeake Bay make a perfect habitat for them. Their stings (which are actually allergic reactions) can be quite painful. The are the reason why we go further up the bay to the fresher water during the mid-late summer.

 

[Nehalennia II]

Todd- Sea nettles are translucent stinging jellyfish that grow during the summer in the bay. The have a narrow band of temperature/salinity that they can survive in, but unfortunately, the middle parts of the Chesapeake Bay make a perfect habitat for them. Their stings (which are actually allergic reactions) can be quite painful. The are the reason why we go further up the bay to the fresher water during the mid-late summer.

Ok we have jelly fish and some that are stinging, but not in the masses you speak of.

 

[jrirvine1]

Eddie,
Our 2 favorite spots on the Wye are Dividing Creek and Shaw Bay. Dividing Creek is well protected but also can get very hot from the lack of breeze. There is a dinghy dock at the end of the creek that leads to a nice grassy area and some hiking trails. Shaw Bay is a large more exposed anchorage but is much cooler on a hot day. Great overnight spot if you are certain the weather will not turn snotty. Have a great time!

 

[eddiezuskin]

Jim,
You were right about Dividing Creek, would make a great Hurricane Hole but lousy for a hot, nearly August, summer eve. We did spend the day and hiked on the trails. The creek was loaded with turtles, Great Blue Herons, Osprey, Eagles and yes...Jellyfish!!! Swimming was not an option so we stood on the swim platform and dumped buckets of water on ourselves--great fun.
We spent friday night at Cacaway Island, Lankford Cr Chester River so we could swim. Only saw 4 sea nettles in 24 hours but we were still above the Bay Bridge area.

We took your advice and moved to Shaw Bay, Wye River East, for the evening. Not much air moving here either but a little better than the creek. Headed to St Michaels tomorrow for seafood festival and real showers.
Eddie