Day off + Nice Days!!

July 26th:

Today was Friday and I had a day off today. I was able to sleep in until about 8 AM which is funny since waking up at 8 AM for many people is considered early. It is nice when I have days off because for one, I can sleep in a few extra hours until like 8 or 9 AM, but then also its so early in the day that it doesn't feel like I ever waste the day because I have the morning then all of the afternoon. I spent the day hanging out with some friends on a discord call on my computer, making a Maine video and driving to Ocean State Job Lot with Aunt Pennie. 

First Maine Video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShS1APB6eCQ&t=65s

July 27:

I was back to work on Saturday. I woke up at like 5:10 AM like usual and we went down to the boat. So far we have had consistent nice days, no fog to be seen yet. Always perfect, barely any clouds and sun most of the time and calm waters. We did okay today, we thought we would be done around like 3 PM because we had a lot of traps to haul but we ended up getting into the wharf right around Noon. We had 370 pounds which isn't bad for a shorter day. Also, the price per pound went up 15 cents from $ 4.20 to $ 4.35 so that's good. 


July 28:

Sunday was our day off as we don't haul Sunday's. I drove Aunt Pennie up to the Keag house to get it ready for my Mom, Oma and Levi. They are all coming late Monday night, arriving around 1 AM so I will see them Tuesday after work. 

July 29:

Today was a longer day, we were out on the boat for about 9 hours straight, from 6 AM to about 3 PM. We got 400 pounds which isn't the best but its not bad. Today was the first time I saw fog in the morning. It was pretty foggy driving down to the Wharf. Once we were on the boat it was still foggy but in a few hours after the sun came out the fog went away from the heat of the sun and it was a perfectly sunny day again. We were on the boat until about 3 PM which was pretty long and we must've hauled about 120 traps. Going to bed before 9 PM is good because I have enough energy for the next day on the boat and don't get tired. We had a lot of traps in the morning that had barely any lobsters in them. We did have our best trap so far of the year today though with 9 lobsters. We had some traps near the end of the day that had a good few lobsters in them (4-6) which saved the day for us. 

Tomorrow I am going to take my camera down to the wharf so I can take some videos of it after work.

Back in Maine 2019 - Good First Day

Yesterday, July 23rd, I flew into Maine from Grand Rapids. I had to wait about 40 minutes on the last plane when I got to Maine because there were no gates available but eventually I got off and got my luggage and drove home with Uncle Art. On the way to the house we stopped at McDonalds to get some food because we were hungry. 

July 24:

Today was my first day out hauling, and the weather was very nice. It was sunny the entire day and we ended up with 500 pounds which we were surprised about. It was a good start. Here are some pictures from the morning:

I saw the dogs when we got back to the wharf:

July 25th:

Today was Thursday and we were suppose to have a shorter day today. We took out about 35 traps in the morning and then went out into the water about 30 minutes where we set each trap with another trap. These traps are the double traps where there are two traps for one buoy. It took us a while to set these traps, then we had to go back to the wharf to get some more bait for the singles we had to haul. By that time it was about 11 AM, and we got done around 2 PM after hauling about 60 single traps. We got probably around 200 pounds today, not the best but we were setting traps most of the time so its not bad.

Once I got back home I drove with Aunt Pennie to the library and then to Walmart to buy some stuff. I got a lot of cheese, some cheetos, crackers and some ice tea.