Lobstering Photos

Philippians 3:10

MATURE • MENTOR • MINISTER • MAINTAIN • INVESTING IN BLACK FUTURES THRU STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT

Placid, peaceful Perkins Cove.  Took the Finestkind Lobstering trip in 1997 out of this harbor
to see how lobstering is done.  Took a pile of 35mm pictures that I hope to scan and post.

A boat, a rusty anchor and an old wooden lobster trap near the dock in Bass Harbor

Classic 37" Maine wooden lobster trap ( according to the tags, it was used 1996-2001 ) topped with
an equally classic wooden lobster buoy.  The thing is ingenious: efficient in design & well-crafted.
The half-barrel wood construct is fitted with knotted cord netting, 5 flat rock slabs ( which weigh it
down to the ocean floor ), a three-hole black plastic escape vent ( for undersize lobsters and other
creatures ) and rope. Everything's held together with nails, knots and 3 rubber hinges on the door.

David Mills : lobsterman, educator, storyteller and guide at the Maine Lobster Museum & Hatchery

Homarus Americanus

Albino lobster at the Oceanarium outside of Bar Harbor

Rather large lobster at the Oceanarium

HOW DOES IT WORK?

1. Lobster attracted by bait in "pocket" (A),
 finds opening in "head" (B) leading into
 "kitchen" compartment (C).

2. Lobster wanders around kitchen to
 find way out. Easiest to climb inner
head (D) leading into "parlor" (E).

3. Lobster can get out of parlor
once in a while but even then
usually returns.

Craig holds up a berried female at the Lobster Hatchery

Female lobster with eggs

Tiny lobsters swirl in a saltwater holding tank

1/2" baby lobsters / larvae in a tank, swirl through the water like little "Supermen" ( claws forward )

Lobster "condos" keep them from going at each other

Extremely rare blue lobster ( one in every 2 million or so )

Li'l bit a lobster humor.  Get it?

John's lobster boat "Linda Sea" viewed from "Hummer" ( 2003 ) . . .

. . . and viewed from "Hummer" 2006

Lobsterman John Stanley takes the "Linda Sea" out into Somes Sound of Mt. Desert Island

John hauls the lobster trap onto the gunwale

Trap waits to be emptied & set.  Been a tough season for lobstering.

Lobster ( too small to keep ) with barnacled claw.  The other smaller claw is growing back.

Gulls descend upon discarded lobster trap bait

Dockside, John separates soft-shelled lobsters from the hard-shelled, readying them for weighing

Somes Sound ( the lower part is where John had his traps set out ) 
as seen from the passenger window of a Cessna Skyhawk in 2002.
We are facing almost due north with Echo Lake over to your left.

Nautical map of Mount Desert Island:
Somes Sound cuts into the middle

Somes Sound soft-shelled Maine lobsters

The "Linda Sea" dry-docked for maintenance.
This was the lobster boat I went out on in 2003.

Mackerel caught off the pier in Southwest Harbor — sometimes used in as lobster trap bait.

Bass Harbor seen from Bernard on the Southwest side of Mount Desert Island.
A working harbor, It is one of the busier lobstering harbors on M.D.I.

Lobster buoys and traps decorate this Bernard gift shop

Lahge lobstah for dinnah with a cup a melted drahwn buttah
Bought from the Trenton Bridge Lobster Pound in Trenton, ME

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