CRAZY Working/ Hauling today! (Longer day than usual)

Today was crazy, because we were going to be hauling more buoys than yesterday. Even more, about half of the buoys that we were hauling today were double traps! That means that there are 2 traps, attached to one buoy. One trap comes up first. Then, you slide it over, and continue to haul and the other trap comes up. Today, we didn't just put herring bait bags into each trap, we also added a
Rockfish to each trap. Rockfish, are found in the coast of  Alaska. They are shipped here on dry ice and they are really big fish. They look like this.

So, we were hauling double traps, we had to add a Rockfish to each trap, there were 2 traps perr buoy, we needed to fill bait bags also, and also band lobsters. Since we got 2 traps per haul, Uncle Art, did one trap, and i did the other. Usually, on the regular day, we would haul only 1 trap per buoy, and Uncle Art would take the lobster out of the trap, and i would take out and refill the bait bags. But now that there's 2 traps, i have to take the lobster from one trap. I took the lobster out, measured them, and then did the bait bags. It was a lot of work. We got done at about 3 because we had a lot of work to do. I was pretty worn out after that i was glad to come home and chill.

We found a tiny sea-star in a trap one time and i got a picture of it. It was literally, smaller than a Quarter. We also, found more crabs. They can pinch you harder than lobsters, so be careful!

When we were hauling the double traps, there was a TON of seaweed on each line and Uncle Art would have to pull all of the seaweed off of the rope before we could get the trap up onto the boat. There was literally so much of it! The people at the wharf call that, "Gorilla Hair" The seaweed on the traps look kind of like this.

I found out that Uncle Art try's to let each trap sit for 5 nights. The thing that you use to measure the lobster is metal, and you measure the lobster from its eye socket, to the back of the carapace (back shell of the lobster)

Somthing other than lobstering, after i was done working, me and Uncle Art, went to walmart and got some waters, because we needed more, and some more bread, cheese, and cream cheese for the bagels that we got last time. I also got some cool snacks.

Im going to end this post with a cool picture of me holding a Rockfish in one hand, and a bait bag, in the other hand. Be sure to check out my "Learner Posts" that are near the top of my blog page.

-August 6, 2015