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Working the Water: Spring 2014

April 22, 2014 Jay Fleming

crab potters working out of Annapolis wash pots

'fishing up' soft crabs. Frenchtown, Maryland 

crab shanty Peacocks. Smith Island, Maryland 

Smith Island waterman Danny Tyler fishes up at his Tylerton shanty after a day of crab scraping 

A male Blue Crab, better known as a 'Jimmy' clings to a piling on a Smith Island dock

Bank Trapping for peeler crabs. Frenchtown, Maryland 

Rock Hall watermen Sam Joiner fishes a pound net on the Sassafras River

Dorchester County waterman Charles Woodland fishes pound nets in Tangier Sound 

Fishing a pound net. Crocheron, Maryland 

a variety of fish caught by watermen fishing pound nets in Tangier Sound

David Edwards takes advantage of the high demand and price for Common Carp that comes with Passover. These fish are commonly used in gefilte-fish.  

floats on a working haul seine net. Choptank River, Maryland 

dipping Blue Catfish and Gizzard Shad out of a haul seine set in the Potomac River. 

the frame of a crab shanty in Frenchtown, Maryland is silhouetted at sunset

Mark Holitik prepares the wooden workboat 'Workaholic' for the 2014 crabbing season. Crocheron, Maryland  

Boat builder Millard Littlepaige fits ribs into the hull of a workboat he is building for his son Lucas. Dorchester County, Maryland 

Oyster Watch-House. Hog Island Bay, Virginia 

Diamondback Terrapin in Eel Grass. Smith Island, Maryland 

Great Blue Herons fish along the banks of the Susquehanna River during the spawning runs of anadromous fish 

Alewife Herring spawn in a tributary of the Potomac River. Washington DC

Sea Lamprey mouth. Susquehanna River 

American Shad Scales 

Herring Gulls fight over a White Perch. Chester River 

Yellow Crowned Night Herons build a nest at a Baltimore County rookery 

Tags Chesapeake Bay, Fisheries, Photography, Maryland, Virginia
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