 The Maryland Watermen's Association is dedicated to the interests of all who derive beauty & benefit from Maryland's Chesapeake Bay Waters |
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The Maryland Watermen's Association is dedicated to the interests of all who derive beauty & benefit from Maryland's Chesapeake Bay Waters |
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Commercial Fishermen, Commercial Watermen Of Maryland's Chesapeake Bay
See Maryland Watermen at work Crabbing, Clamming, Oystering, Eeling & Fishing. Enjoy Fresh Maryland Seafood, Crabs, Oysters, Clams & Fish in Rock Hall, Maryland
Watermen of the Chesapeake Bay are called that because they harvest many species of seafood in different seasons. In any given year a watermen may harvest blue crabs in the summer months, oysters in the fall, striped bass and perch in the winter mouths and he may elect to catch either eels, catfish, yellow perch or soft shell calms in the spring and back to crabbing in the summer.
Some watermen clam year round while others may crab and oyster. Some take out fishing parties in the summer and commercial fish in the winter or any combination of the fisheries. Most watermen have the equipment and gear necessary to do all of the above.
There are many ways to harvest the many species of seafood throughtout the Chesapeake Bay. Many types of gear used by watermen are pictured below.
Click on the images of the watermen to take a trip into their world on Maryland's Chesapeake Bay.
| Fin fish | Crabs | Oysters | Clams |
| Fyke Nets | Crab Pots | Hand Tongers | Soft Shell Clams |
| Hoop Nets | Trot Line | Patent Tongers | Hard Shell Clams |
| Pound Nets | Crab Scraps | Divers | Razor Clams |
| Haul Seines | Crab Pounds | Power Dredges | |
| Eel Pots | Bank Traps | Sail Dredges | |
| Gill Nets | Crab Seines | ||
| Hook and Line | Peeler Pots |
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