Hauling day - August 4, Tuesday

Today, we just did the normal thing, and hauled traps. We got about 700 LBS. of lobster at the end of the day.  We got so much, that we needed to switch to putting the lobster inside of a smaller crate because the lobster holder was already full. The beginning of the day, was a little weak with getting lobsters, we didn't get that many per crate. After that, we started to get better, and better, and better! At one time we got a lobster trap that had 14 lobsters inside it! Then, the next one had 13! I was banding lobsters for a long time!


 Today, it was really foggy, so it was hard to see the next buoy. It was also high tide. Uncle Art, found that a lot of his buoys, were caught up in another buoys roar, and he blamed it on all of the "non lobster" boats, because they go through the buoys and tangle everything up.

This is a picture of the thing that holds all of the herring and the filled bait bags.

That above, is a picture of the thing that we use to put the bait bags, inside of the lobster traps. It has a little hole at the end of the stick, so its just like a giant needle. First, you take it and you stab it through a bait bag, then, you put the string through the end of the stick (while the stick is still through the bait bag) and then you pull it back, and the string should come right back to you, through the bait bag. Then, you can wrap the string around the other side of the cage, keeping it inside.

Near the end of the day, it started to rain, and Uncle Art got me a rain coat. I didn't need it that much because i was banding lobsters at the time, but i did need it when i was filling bait bags. The fog seemed to clear up after the rain was finished. Near the end of the day, i felt a little sick, so i went to wait in Uncle Arts truck, until he finished about 2 hours later.

Here is a picture of the lobster holder. It is the same shape as the bait holder.

When i am done banding a lobster, i send it on its back, down that tube so that it can reach the lobster holder and so that i do not need to walk anywhere to put the lobster in it! 

-August 4, Tuesday (Im posting this wednesday, but this was Tuesdays day)