striker-boatn.U.S. in menhaden fishing = drive boatn. at drivev. Compounds; hence striker boatsman.
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1891Striker boat [see sense 3b].
1950 Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch 23 July (Mag. section) 5/1 When a bunch [of fish] is spotted, a striker boat, manned by a striker boatsman, is sent out to indicate the direction in which the fish are moving.