Fins + Claws
Sea-Fruit Oyster House
A full range of opportunities at Sea-Fruit Oyster House offers your next party, reunion, or retreat a day never to be forgotten.
Located on St. George Island, where the Potomac meets the St. Mary’s River, Sea-Fruit Oyster House is one of the last oyster shucking house left in Southern Maryland, and the only one converted to an indoor/outdoor facility to host any kind of party you can imagine.
Your host, for a simple day on the water, a crab feast for your full crew, or a maritime presentation complete with hands-on learning for all ages, Cap’n Jack Russell introduces the Chesapeake Bay. Boat tours and fishing charters can be scheduled.
Call 240-434-1385 to talk to Jack about scheduling this disappearing Chesapeake venue for a unique and unusual event.
Indoor/Outdoor facility • Flushable conveniences • On-site parking • • Rudimentary kitchen suitable for catering or BYO •
- Small boat dockage • Canoe/Kayak launching•
- Overflow parking in dry conditions •
- $300/8hr rental •
- Charters To Smith Island and Tangier
- Lighthouse tours or Torpedo test range tours
Oyster Scalds for groups up to 20 persons on our site or yours
Oysters 4 sale in Season
Fins + Claws maritime presentations by Cap’n Jack Russell; Like nothing else in all the world; Living History without the Actors.
$250/2hrs @ Oyster House $200/1hr @ your place
located at the very end of MD 249 – 16127 Piney Point Rd – St. George Island, Piney Point, MD 20674
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Stories:
- Tue, 1 Oct 2024 - Message from the Cap’n — Fall Brings Changes
- Tue, 3 Sep 2024 - Tug Life & Crew Changes from the Cap’n
- Wed, 21 Aug 2024 - Cap’n on Tuboats’ Radio Banter
- Mon, 5 Aug 2024 - Message from the Cap’n — Bluebirds Galore
- Thu, 25 Jul 2024 - Osprey Season a Bust on Island Creek
- Mon, 15 Jul 2024 - Dodder or Devil’s Hair: It Kills
- Thu, 27 Jun 2024 - Message from a Captain – The Solitary Box Turtle
- Thu, 20 Jun 2024 - Message from the Cap’n – Lightning Bugs = Flying Beetles
- Thu, 6 Jun 2024 - Cap’n Jack Gets Fishing Tips from Cap’n Orem
- Mon, 20 May 2024 - Message from the Cap’n – The Poetry of Trot-lining
- Thu, 9 May 2024 - Southern Cicadas May Emerge in St. Mary’s
- Mon, 29 Apr 2024 - Captain’s Message: Crab Season Opens … But …
- Mon, 8 Apr 2024 - Poetry from a Captain – Martins Ahead
- Wed, 20 Mar 2024 - Message from the Cap’n — Muskrat on the Menu
- Mon, 26 Feb 2024 - Captain’s Message: All Storms Are Different
- Wed, 14 Feb 2024 - Message from the Cap’n – Oh, That Skunk
- Wed, 7 Feb 2024 - Message from the Cap’n: Saga of a Burned Duck Blind
- Mon, 29 Jan 2024 - Message from the Cap’n – Maryland’s Belted Kingfisher
- Mon, 15 Jan 2024 - Oyster Prices Down in 2023-24
- Tue, 9 Jan 2024 - Winter in the Chesapeake: Where Are the Ducks?
- Mon, 7 Aug 2023 - Message from a Cap’n: Season of Jellyfish, Turtles, Ospreys
- Thu, 22 Jun 2023 - Time of Dissolution for Chesapeake Osprey
- Mon, 20 Mar 2023 - Message from the Cap’n – Osprey Return
- Tue, 14 Feb 2023 - Catfish Still Problem in Chesapeake
- Mon, 30 Jan 2023 - Can Soft Shell Clams Revive Aquaculture?
- Wed, 29 Jun 2022 - Looking Back 50 Yrs. at Hurricane Agnes – Message From the Cap’n
- Tue, 31 May 2022 - Bad Crab Vibes for Upcoming Season
- Thu, 31 Mar 2022 - Message from the Cap’n — Martins Coming Home in April
- Tue, 15 Mar 2022 - Message from the Cap’n — Ospreys Return to the Chesapeake
- Wed, 23 Feb 2022 - Message from the Cap’n — Awaiting the Osprey
- Tue, 1 Feb 2022 - Great Blue Herons at Home in the Bay
- Sat, 22 Jan 2022 - Message from the Cap’n — As the Bald Eagle Flies
- Wed, 27 Oct 2021 - Message from the Cap’n: Rockfish Young of the Year Survey
- Wed, 20 Oct 2021 - Message from the Cap’n: Listening to Dolphins
- Tue, 7 Sep 2021 - From the Cap’n, Interesting Crow Facts
- Mon, 30 Aug 2021 - Ways to Help the Songbirds
- Mon, 23 Aug 2021 - Waterspouts: View From Afar
- Mon, 16 Aug 2021 - From the Cap’n: Summer’s Waning
- Tue, 6 Apr 2021 - Drone Takeover Tested From St. George Island
- Thu, 4 Feb 2021 - Winter in the Chesapeake
- Fri, 25 Dec 2020 - Bay Fisheries Takes COVID Hit
- Thu, 24 Dec 2020 - Christmas Time on St. George Island Remembered: Lena Denny
- Thu, 23 Jul 2020 - Sea Nettles Never Leave, Message From the Cap’n
- Wed, 27 May 2020 - Goin’ Crabbing? Some Hints in Message from the Cap’n
- Mon, 13 Apr 2020 - Help Captain Pat’s: Help the Watermen
- Mon, 30 Mar 2020 - Ospreys Return to Where They Were Born: Message From the Cap’n
- Mon, 20 Jan 2020 - St. George Is. Opens 1776 Revolutionary War in MD
- Fri, 1 Nov 2019 - What’s Killing Our Pine Trees in Southern MD
- Wed, 23 Oct 2019 - Great Blue Herons: Solitary and Amazing
- Thu, 10 Oct 2019 - Message From the Cap’n/Oyster Season Begins
- Mon, 26 Aug 2019 - Message From the Cap’n/Hummingbirds, Our Tiny Visiting Friends
- Mon, 19 Aug 2019 - Who’s Who on St. George Island/Paul Haskell
- Thu, 15 Aug 2019 - Parasites Summer in St. George Marshes
- Tue, 6 Aug 2019 - Message From the Cap’n/What You Need to Know About Water Snakes
- Mon, 29 Jul 2019 - Purple Martins Leaving Their Nests
- Mon, 22 Jul 2019 - Snapping Turtles Abound in the Chesapeake
- Sun, 19 May 2019 - Worth Repeating: Soft Crab Season Opens Ever So Quietly
- Fri, 10 May 2019 - Catfish Becoming Dominant Species in Lower Potomac
- Sun, 14 Apr 2019 - An Old Cycle, Osprey Return, Spring Message From the Cap’n
- Thu, 7 Feb 2019 - From the Cap’n: Frozen Creeks; Foiled Hunters
- Wed, 16 Jan 2019 - Who’s Who on St. George Island/William Gary Robrecht (1944-2018)
- Tue, 8 Jan 2019 - Message From the Cap’n: Cold Snaps a Comin’
- Wed, 24 Oct 2018 - Message From the Captain/Changes Around the Marshes on St. George Island in the Fall
- Tue, 16 Oct 2018 - Who’s Who on St. George Island/Camp Merreylande
- Tue, 9 Oct 2018 - From The Captain……Oyster Season Begins
- Tue, 4 Sep 2018 - Yaocomicos Help Calverts Settle in St. Mary’s City
- Wed, 8 Aug 2018 - Who’s Who on St. George Island / Tommy Deagle: Master Wood Carver
- Sun, 29 Jul 2018 - Ospreys Flying & Dolphins Leaping at St. George Island
- Tue, 22 May 2018 - Torpedoes Remembered in Piney Point: Message From the Captain
- Wed, 21 Mar 2018 - The Birds Are Back! Ospreys Return!
- Wed, 28 Feb 2018 - Wendell Chesser Continues Tales of St. George Island 1920s
- Mon, 22 Jan 2018 - The 1920s on St. George Island, MD
- Wed, 10 Jan 2018 - Capt. Jack’s Winter Weather Primer
- Mon, 25 Dec 2017 - Cap’n Jack IDs Birds Wintering in the Chesapeake
- Fri, 15 Dec 2017 - Storied Canada Geese
- Thu, 16 Nov 2017 - The Monarchs Leave Cold Weather Behind
- Wed, 1 Nov 2017 - Marriotte Elise Thomas Bowman: Who’s Who of St George Island
- Tue, 24 Oct 2017 - Message From the Captain; Oyster Season Begins
- Mon, 25 Sep 2017 - Who’s Who on St. George Island, Mary Gale Adams
- Mon, 18 Sep 2017 - Message from the Cap’n…Change of Seasons
- Wed, 16 Aug 2017 - Message From the Captain Aug. 2017
- Mon, 24 Jul 2017 - Message From The Cap’n … Mid July 2017
- Sun, 16 Jul 2017 - Visit Smith, Tangier Islands Aboard North Star
- Wed, 17 May 2017 - Soft Crabs in Season: Another World Wonder!
- Mon, 17 Apr 2017 - Season Ends … Season Begins – Message From the Captain
- Wed, 15 Mar 2017 - Fisheries Update, Plus Crab Scraping at Smith Island
- Thu, 16 Feb 2017 - Jelly Fish & Others Winter in the Chesapeake
- Tue, 31 Jan 2017 - Oysters 101: Work ’em, Tong ’em, Shuck ’em
- Thu, 12 Jan 2017 - Water Temp Falls, ‘Thickens’ Local Creeks
- Thu, 5 Jan 2017 - Oysters Are In, Rockfish Out, Time to Prep Nets for Spring
- Tue, 19 Apr 2016 - Summer Camp or Summer Adventure?
- Thu, 14 Apr 2016 - Crabs Crawling Toward Chesapeake Spring
- Wed, 17 Feb 2016 - Pound Net Fishermen Protect Their Catch from Sea-Thieves
- Fri, 22 Jan 2016 - Fishing Slows, Soon to Halt for Weather
- Thu, 7 Jan 2016 - Blue Crabs Finally Dig In as Winter Arrives
- Tue, 3 Nov 2015 - All Souls Day Mass for El Faro Crew
- Thu, 8 Oct 2015 - Hoyer Picnic Fills Barn
- Mon, 10 Aug 2015 - Have You Had Your Crab Feast This Summer?
- Sun, 26 Jul 2015 - Schedule a Floating Crab Feast
- Mon, 29 Jun 2015 - Jack Russell Launches 2-Day Student Charters
