Well, you can take a trip over to Essex, about maybe 1/2 hour from you, to the Fishing Fleamkt on March 16&17. There will be plenty of gear and people will be happy to tell you about fishing the bay.
Note that anyone fishing from your boat under that license has to have their Saltwater Angler Registry card (which is free). The water popo do check everyone fishing for it when they do their courtesy stops.
I didn’t realize that. Thanks for the tip. I always get the boat license, now I’ll just have to remember to have my occasional guest get registered. What a PITA.