Chesapeake Bay Photos

Fishermen hauling fish from a pound net onto the old commercial fishing boat Pet.

Chesapeake Bay boat and Callis' Wharf at sunrise.

A Chesapeake Bay deadrise work boat at sunset.

A Chesapeake Bay work boat stored beneath a cedar tree.

The Chesapeake Bay deadrise work boat Pet and crew a calm, foggy morning. This old boat was built in 1944.

Commercial fishing a pound net, Chesapeake Bay watermen gather the net into a pocket from which fish are transferred to the haul boat.

The Chesapeake Bay deadrise work boat Darnell moored at Callis' Wharf, Gwynn's Island, Virginia.

A sailboat and launch moored at dock on a still evening. Alpenglow color fills the eastern sky as the sun sets to the west. The lower sky is a bluish color as a result of the Earth's shadow.

A Chesapeake Bay boat glides across Milford Haven during a foggy morning.

Callis' Wharf and a Chesapeake Bay boat at sunrise.

A Chesapeake Bay commercial fishing boat returns home across the smooth waters of Milford Haven with a full moon showing in a luminous twilight sky.

A Chesapeake Bay boat cruising on Milford Haven in morning fog.

Chesapeake Bay watermen preparing to harvest fish using a pound net. The old commercial fishing boat Pet is pictured in the foreground.

Watermen aboard the Chesapeake Bay commercial fishing boat Pet (built 1944) prepare to harvest fish using a pound net.

An angler fishes from a boat on the calm waters of the Chesapeake Bay at sunset.

A Labrador retriever enjoys the view during a boat ride.

Chesapeake Bay deadrise work boat Karen Lee returning home on a late spring evening.

The Chesapeake Bay commercial fishing boat Third Son moored at the Island Seafood Company's fish house.

A Chesapeake Bay waterman fishing blue crab pots near Gwynn's Island, Virginia.

A Chesapeake Bay waterman fishing blue crab pots near Gwynn's Island, Virginia.

Waterman Jimmy Dean, aboard the commercial fishing boat Lori D, tongs for calms from the Chesapeake Bay, Virginia.

Commercial fishing boats tonging for clams in the Chesapeake Bay (deadrise work boats).

A Chesapeake Bay work boat, <i>Miss Faye</i>, moored at Gwynn's Island, Virginia. A classic Virginia home stands in the background.

Snow-covered work boats moored at Callis' Wharf, Gwynn's Island, Chesapeake Bay, Virginia.