skipjacks
Striped Atlantic tunas
Skipjacks are fish that leap or skip along the water's surface, most commonly the skipjack tuna—a fast-swimming species important to commercial fishing and often canned as "light tuna." The name also applies to various other jumping fish and to the click beetles that flip themselves into the air when turned on their backs.
In Chesapeake Bay, a skipjack is a traditional oyster-dredging sailboat: The skipjacks still work the bay each winter.
One-masted fore-and-aft rigger
- catboatFore-masted single-sail craft
- sharpieCunning swindler or deceiver
- ChesapeakeMid-Atlantic tidal estuary
- oysterPearl-bearing edible mollusk
dredging · sailing · wooden · historic · Maryland · watermen · workboat · racing
Thinly sliced raw fish
- sushiVinegared rice with toppings
- seafoodMarine creatures as cuisine
- canningAirtight food preservation
- yellowfinTropical tuna species
albacore · bluefin · bigeye · ahi · bonito · mackerel · steak · fillet
sloop
One-masted fore-and-aft rigger
- catboatFore-masted single-sail craft
- sharpieCunning swindler or deceiver
- ChesapeakeMid-Atlantic tidal estuary
oyster · dredging · sailing · wooden · historic · Maryland · watermen · workboat · racing · regatta
sashimi
Thinly sliced raw fish
- sushiVinegared rice with toppings
- seafoodMarine creatures as cuisine
- canningAirtight food preservation
yellowfin · albacore · bluefin · bigeye · ahi · bonito · mackerel · steak · fillet · omega-3
oceanic
Of the sea
- tropicalOf hot, humid regions
- subtropicalClimate near the tropics
- migrationMovement to new territory
schooling · shoal · Indo-Pacific · Atlantic · currents · migratory · predator · forage · baitfish · streamlined
trolling
Provoking reactions online
rod · tackle · casting · jigging · chumming · sportfishing · inshore · offshore · fighting · strike
- Chesapeake BayChesapeake Bay, blue crab, blue crabs, watermen, oyster
- Chesapeake historyChesapeake Bay, watermen, blue crabs, oystering, crabbing
- Coastal Fishingcommercial fishing, recreational fishing, fishing boats, crab pots, blue crab
- MarylandAnnapolis, Baltimore, Chesapeake Bay, blue crab, crab cake
- Maryland HistoryAnnapolis, Baltimore, Chesapeake Bay, Fort McHenry, Harriet Tubman
- Mid-Atlantic CoastDelmarva, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, Chesapeake Bay
- skipjack tunaSmall commercial tuna species