Working the Water: Spring 2014 April 22, 2014 Jay Fleming View fullsize crab potters working out of Annapolis wash pots View fullsize 'fishing up' soft crabs. Frenchtown, Maryland View fullsize crab shanty Peacocks. Smith Island, Maryland View fullsize Smith Island waterman Danny Tyler fishes up at his Tylerton shanty after a day of crab scraping View fullsize A male Blue Crab, better known as a 'Jimmy' clings to a piling on a Smith Island dock View fullsize Bank Trapping for peeler crabs. Frenchtown, Maryland View fullsize Rock Hall watermen Sam Joiner fishes a pound net on the Sassafras River View fullsize Dorchester County waterman Charles Woodland fishes pound nets in Tangier Sound View fullsize Fishing a pound net. Crocheron, Maryland View fullsize a variety of fish caught by watermen fishing pound nets in Tangier Sound View fullsize 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. View fullsize floats on a working haul seine net. Choptank River, Maryland View fullsize dipping Blue Catfish and Gizzard Shad out of a haul seine set in the Potomac River. View fullsize the frame of a crab shanty in Frenchtown, Maryland is silhouetted at sunset View fullsize Mark Holitik prepares the wooden workboat 'Workaholic' for the 2014 crabbing season. Crocheron, Maryland View fullsize Boat builder Millard Littlepaige fits ribs into the hull of a workboat he is building for his son Lucas. Dorchester County, Maryland View fullsize Oyster Watch-House. Hog Island Bay, Virginia View fullsize Diamondback Terrapin in Eel Grass. Smith Island, Maryland View fullsize Great Blue Herons fish along the banks of the Susquehanna River during the spawning runs of anadromous fish View fullsize Alewife Herring spawn in a tributary of the Potomac River. Washington DC View fullsize View fullsize Sea Lamprey mouth. Susquehanna River View fullsize American Shad Scales View fullsize Herring Gulls fight over a White Perch. Chester River View fullsize Yellow Crowned Night Herons build a nest at a Baltimore County rookery