Tuesday was the first day of August. I was going out to haul, and the weather was showing all sun, no clouds. That was good, because we would have nice weather while we were working, but also not good because I would have to wear a fair amount of sunscreen. I packed my lunch, and had Yogurt for breakfast. Then we were on our way, we brought some traps to set also. We were bringing out new traps almost each day so that we could get more traps in the water.
When we got down to the Wharf, I could see the sunrise and tell that it would be sunny all day, and I was right. It was pure sun all day, no clouds, and it was very hot. Since we were on the water it was not as hot, but Aunt Pennie said it was around 85 degrees that day on land. We got done around Noon Tuesday, and ended up with 521 LBs.
For Dinner, we had Ribs that we got from Schwans. They were very good, I had a lot of ribs, I also had a salad with carrots, cucumbers, spinach, onions and raspberries.
After dinner I went Kayaking with Aunt Pennie. We Kayaked next to an old boat and I stopped at some rock islands also.
Wednesday morning when I woke up, I checked the weather and it said it was going to be sunny all day again like it was yesterday on Tuesday. When we got out, it was very foggy though.
We started off the day with some new traps we were going to set that day. We had about 10 new ones.
Further into the day, we kept a lot of the traps that we were hauling on the back of the boat, so we had a ton of traps on the boat during the middle of the day. This is what the back of the boat looked like.
We set all of the traps on the back of the boat as double traps. That means that we would go and haul 1 trap, then connect one of the traps from the back of the boat to that trap, then let them go together, while they are both connected to each-other. It makes it so that when you haul the buoy, you get 2 traps. It was foggy most of the day. It got clear for about an hour, but then got right back to being very foggy. We thought we might get 400 Lbs that day, we ended up with 397 Lbs, so close.
Thursday was showing cloudy with a little bit of sun, which was good because I did not want it to be a sunny warm day again, it has been to sunny recently. It was cloudy all morning, and by the end of the day it was fully sunny again. We were hauling regularly Thursday until near the end of the day when Uncle Arts bilge pump stopped working. It was working all day but it stopped so we had to go into the Wharf to fix it. It had some rocks in it, but the problem was a plastic thing lodged in it, so we pulled it out and it started to work again. Then we went back out to haul the remaining traps that we had.
We got done around 2:00 PM because of the big delay with the bilge pump. We ended up with about 360 Lbs. for Thursday.
-August 1-3, 2017
We started off the day with some new traps we were going to set that day. We had about 10 new ones.
Further into the day, we kept a lot of the traps that we were hauling on the back of the boat, so we had a ton of traps on the boat during the middle of the day. This is what the back of the boat looked like.
We set all of the traps on the back of the boat as double traps. That means that we would go and haul 1 trap, then connect one of the traps from the back of the boat to that trap, then let them go together, while they are both connected to each-other. It makes it so that when you haul the buoy, you get 2 traps. It was foggy most of the day. It got clear for about an hour, but then got right back to being very foggy. We thought we might get 400 Lbs that day, we ended up with 397 Lbs, so close.
Thursday was showing cloudy with a little bit of sun, which was good because I did not want it to be a sunny warm day again, it has been to sunny recently. It was cloudy all morning, and by the end of the day it was fully sunny again. We were hauling regularly Thursday until near the end of the day when Uncle Arts bilge pump stopped working. It was working all day but it stopped so we had to go into the Wharf to fix it. It had some rocks in it, but the problem was a plastic thing lodged in it, so we pulled it out and it started to work again. Then we went back out to haul the remaining traps that we had.
We got done around 2:00 PM because of the big delay with the bilge pump. We ended up with about 360 Lbs. for Thursday.
-August 1-3, 2017
For those following this blog, please note the osprey nest on top of the old boat's wheelhouse. There are two juveniles in it and two concerned adults circling above. Osprey nests are protected and the boat can't be moved now. It hasn't been moved for years!
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