Y'know those Live Lobsters in the Tank at the Supermarket?
Ever wonder where they come from?
In no small part they are caught
(trapped actually) by the Art
of the Maine Lobsterman.
This is a Lobster Pot (Trap) found
washed ashore at the southern tip
of Mt Desert Island.
Bait is secured therein,
the is lid closed
(missing from this battered Relic)
and the Thing is heaved into
the shallow Sea with a
marker Buoy attached.
The Lobsters, smelling Dinner,
crawl into the inner chamber
(bottom of the PIC)
and can't find their way out again.
Their misfortune, our gain.
Obviously, someone must tend
these Traps.
Enter the Lobsterboat&Crew.
All along the Maine Coast,
at any given time several boats may
be seen working immediately offshore.
They work their way along in a
series of loops connected by
short straight runs.
During each loop an appropriately
marked buoy is snagged and
by winching its line
the attached Trap
which had been resting
on the sea floor beneath
is brought aboard.
The dark object on the side of the boat
is a Pot being drawn up.
Again the dark object is a Pot.
Any appropriate sized Lobsters found therein
are kept to end up in Supermarket Tanks.
Notice that while some Folks
Work,
others Play.
Remember this High Tide Pic
of the Shore with Teeth?
Well....
The Maine Lobsterboat Men
and Women
(i.e. the Deckhand in this PIC)
think nothing of working
very close in to those Rocks.
In all kinds of weather.
Look closely.
About 100Yds off the Rocks
they are.
This is a Lobster Pot (Trap) found
washed ashore at the southern tip
of Mt Desert Island.
Bait is secured therein,
the is lid closed
(missing from this battered Relic)
and the Thing is heaved into
the shallow Sea with a
marker Buoy attached.
The Lobsters, smelling Dinner,
crawl into the inner chamber
(bottom of the PIC)
and can't find their way out again.
Their misfortune, our gain.
Obviously, someone must tend
these Traps.
Enter the Lobsterboat&Crew.
All along the Maine Coast,
at any given time several boats may
be seen working immediately offshore.
They work their way along in a
series of loops connected by
short straight runs.
During each loop an appropriately
marked buoy is snagged and
by winching its line
the attached Trap
which had been resting
on the sea floor beneath
is brought aboard.
The dark object on the side of the boat
is a Pot being drawn up.
Again the dark object is a Pot.
Any appropriate sized Lobsters found therein
are kept to end up in Supermarket Tanks.
Notice that while some Folks
Work,
others Play.
Remember this High Tide Pic
of the Shore with Teeth?
Well....
The Maine Lobsterboat Men
and Women
(i.e. the Deckhand in this PIC)
think nothing of working
very close in to those Rocks.
In all kinds of weather.
Look closely.
About 100Yds off the Rocks
they are.
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