Today is Wednesday and it was my first day going out on the Lobster boat to haul. Uncle Art said that it was going to be a long day yesterday. I got up and got my hauling clothes on, my sweatpants, a T-shirt and a new sweatshirt that I was going to use on the boat. I made a sandwich for the boat, and also packed some crackers and cherries for snacks. I got a bottle of Gatorade and water also to bring on the boat. We drove down to the water and got on the boat. We got some Herring because we did not have any, then we were off. It was very foggy when we went out and stayed foggy most of the morning.
It stayed foggy most of the morning until about Noonish. It then got sunny for about 30 minutes, then went right back to being very foggy. I liked the fog since it blocked the sun, and I did not wear any sunscreen today. In the morning, we were not getting a lot of Lobster, but around 1:00 PM we started to get more Lobster.
In one of the traps that we hauled, Uncle Art found a huge Mama Lobster. He held it up so that I could take a picture of it. It had a ton of eggs on its belly. We threw it back of-course.
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When we were by the small island where all the seals hang out, we saw one of those old fashion TV's floating around in the water. We wondered how and why somebody would throw an old TV into the water.
We ran out of Herring around Noon, and had to go back to get 2 more trays. We then went back out and used the rest of that Herring to finish off the traps. It was a very long day, and we got done around 3 PM. So that means I worked from 5:00 AM to 3:00 PM 10 hours. We ended up with a little bit over 700 Lbs. It was a really good day we got a lot of Lobster. I went back home to take a shower, and Me and Uncle Art had Ribs for dinner. They were delicious!!
-July 19, 2017