PHOTO COURTESY Bailey’s Bait & Tackle // Chris Caison released this 50-inch striped bass while surf fishing off the lower seaside ... Black drum catches are also being made off the Chesapeake Bay ...

The sky outside had faded from the late afternoon sun to the early evening milky twilight as we prepared to leave, and the majestic arc of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel glistened like a string ...