Outdoors: Fighting Elements Pays Off for Kent Island Man

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"No guts, no glory," says Mike Gombert of Queens Landing at Kent Island.

But he and his two partners wanted a black drum badly, badly enough that they made, with visibility only at about 60 feet, the long run from the Magothy to the Stone Rock off Tilghman Island. Fuel costs, snotty weather, bumpy seas or poor visibility, those on the chase for drum care not; the spawning run is short and the fish certainly not in abundance.

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Outdoors: Fighting Elements Pays Off for Kent Island Man

It's a now or never thing; snooze and you lose.

Fog, for drummers, can be a double-edged sword. While it can make the running to and from the fishing grounds a bit risky, once where the fish are, a party can conceal their catching to lessen chances of other boats crowding in for a share of the pie - and while doing so rui...

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