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Into The Fog- The Holy Mackerel Heads Out Of Gloucester Harbor To Get Them Lobsters
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Can you guess?
Captain Sam Novello has a contest for you- guess what this cod end is doing in the water and he’ll buy you breakfast with him.
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2012 Invention Awards: A Better Lobster Trap The Bait Savour
Do I know if it works? Hell no, but I thought our readers would be entertained-
Forwarded by Eian Woodman-
2012 Invention Awards: A Better Lobster Trap
The Bait Savour adds the critical time dimension to crustacean catching
Bait Savour Riley Smith
During a regular fishing season, most lobstermen can afford to check and rebait their traps only every three or four days. Each run to the traps can cost as much as $600 for fuel and take 18 hours of work. But three or four days can be more than enough time for lobsters to eat the chunks of herring or mackerel that serve as bait. With no bait left, lobsters don’t enter the trap and fishermen are left with a smaller catch. Thus, the millions of traps that dot the Atlantic from Newfoundland to North Carolina remain empty about half the time.
Vince Stuart, the owner of a Nova Scotia company that makes winches, gantries and other fishing-boat rigging, first heard about the lobstermen’s problem from his clients on the docks in 2003. He soon began building the Bait Savour, a device that would release an extra supply of lobster bait a few days after a trap was laid. It allows the lobstermen to check their traps less frequently (about once every five days instead of every three or four), saving time, labor and fuel.
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Baitin’ Up On a Rainy Day- The Degelyse
Yep, we’ll have lobsters for Fathers Day thanks to the hardworking lobstermen that head out in all conditions to make dads everywhere happy! Be sure to place your order ahead of time if you want certain sizes.
Captain Joe and Sons 95 East Main Street, Gloucester
978-283-1454
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Mark Lodge’s New Lobsterboat- Tight Lines
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Did You Know? (Capt. Joe & Sons)
Everyone who reads Good Morning Gloucester knows Joey C., but not everyone knows the Joey C. of Capt. Joe & Sons, and even less people know his cousin and partner, Frankie. So here are a couple of shots of the guys hard at work grading and counting incoming lobsters. Below that is a shot of “the dock” from the side. Also, here are two shots of the approach to Capt. Joe & Sons at 95 E. Main Street from both directions. Many people tell me they don’t know where the dock is or how to find Joey, or that he sells lobsters. Now no one can say they don’t know.
E.J. Lefavour
www.khanstudiointernational.com
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Lady J Fishing Charters Gets A New Web Address
Good evening,
Just wanted to send a quick email to let you know I changed our blog from wordpress to blogger we are now ladyjfishingcharters.blogspot.com, I just find it easier to work with. Thanks so much for all of your help, your mentions drive the hits on the site! Everyone keeps telling us how much they liked the pics you posted of Dave and Maddie the day we visited, I might have to get some of those with your permission they will be great for the family album I will get around to making someday. Thanks again.
Erin K. Jewell
Check out all these previous posts about Dave and Zack aboard The Lady J-
Captain Dave Jewell and Family at Captain Joes
Rare Yellow, Blue, Calico Lobster and Other Mutant Lobsters
Dave Jewell Aboard The Lady J Catches Rare Yellow Lobster
Chickity Check It! Dave Jewell and Tom Ring On CBS news Last Night With Lauren Leamanczyk
Did You Know? (No Frozen Fishcakes Here)
Chief Archaeologist Board Of Archaeological Resources Victor Mastone
Our Lobsterman Dave Jewell Aboard The Lady J Snarls A Huge Ancient Anchor In A Lobster Trawl
Georges Bank- Dave Jewell and Crew Land Two Fat Bluefin Tuna Video
153 Miles and and 18 Hour Steam Dave Jewell and Crew Land Two Fat Bluefin Tuna
Blue Tinted Lobster
Setting Lobster Gear With Frankie and Dave Aboard The Lady J Video
Dave Jewell Talks About The White Clay Pipe He Discovered Video
W. White Clay Pipe Found in 285 Feet Of Water
Captain Joe and Sons In Glamour UK On Newstands Now
CJ Morgante- Day Two Aboard The Lady J
Fishermen Tattoos- Dave Jewell’s Tribal Fish Hook
Bluefish Caught By Captain Dave Jewell Aboard The Lady J
David Burton Directs Dave Jewell and Cyntia on The GlamourUK Photoshoot
Filming For The History Channel, Dave Jewell
Dave Jewell- Movie Star
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Gloucester At Dawn- 4:47AM 5/29/12 The Phyllis A On The East Gloucester Marine Railways
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Gloucester Harbor In the 60’s Photos From Geno Mondello
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Phyllis A Restoration Photos From Len Burgess
The 1925 ‘Phyllis A.’ is now high and dry at the start of it’s restoration process at the Gloucester Marine Railways.
–Len Burgess
The Phyllis A. Marine Association is in the process of the restoration of this gill-netting fishing ship and has received some funding from the citizens of Gloucester through the Community Preservation Act.
A brief history of the Phyllis A. from "The Wheel House", How it all started!
Albert Arnold, the man who had the vessel built, owned a boat before the Phyllis A. called the Anna T. Captains Albert, Cy Tysver, and Mike Shoares, all “Michigan Bears”, had her built in Essex in 1913. She was about the same size as the future Phyllis A. and also a gill-netter. In 1923, Albert loaned the Anna T. to a family friend. Unfortunately, she was lost on the bar off Wingersheek Beach in the Annisquam River. The pilot house of the Anna T. floated to shore and was dragged up next to “the frog rock” (rocks painted to look like frogs) and made a shed out of it. The Anna T.’s pilot house/shed is there still today, sitting just south of frog rocks.
The insurance company paid Albert $4500 for the wreck, which he used to commission the building of the Phyllis A. at the Warner Shipyard, in Kennebunkport, Maine. Phil Boudain joined the venture with his nets, and when the Phyllis A. came down the ways in 1925, they set off gillnetting together.
Fishing the Phyllis A. has always been a family affair. Son Alvin Arnold took over from Captain Albert and sons Kenneth and Robert crewed. Later on, the youngest son, Richard, took on the captain’s position. From the beginning, Mrs. Arnold kept the books and kept everyone moving. Young Phyllis Arnold, though not a crew member, was present with the family when the vessel was christened and named for her. Then 3, she cried when she broke the bottle of champagne on the bow and splashed on the beautiful new deck!
Phyllis A. Marine Association
Our mission is not only the promotion of the industry and preservation of the vessel, but to provide the historical education of the fishing industry for our children.
Last Spring, the Phyllis A. Marine Association offered an educational program to East Gloucester Elementary School. Capt. Richard Arnold has done programs for the students of Veteran’s Memorial School and was interested in offering that program to the students of East Gloucester School. The program consists of a short movie about the Phyllis A., a short lecture, Q&A, and display of artifacts. The program lasts about one hour and can be designed to fit the needs of the students and teachers. This pilot program is offered free of charge. We hope to expand to more schools this Spring.
Phyllis A. Marine Association
c/o 39 Mount Pleasant Avenue
Gloucester, Massachusetts 01930
info@phyllis-a.org
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Phyllis A on the Rails From Kathy Chapman
Kathy Chapman writes-
The beautiful lines of Phyllis A’s hull will only be visible for a few weeks at the Gloucester Marine Railways. Work on her is being funded by a 2011 Community Preservation Act grant from the residents of Gloucester.
From the Phyllis A. Marine Association: By focusing on the gill-netting industry, we highlight a time in Gloucester’s history that is not currently well covered. The Phyllis A. was fished by the same Gloucester family for 75 years. Many people working in Gloucester’s fishing industry today, at some point, fished off the Phyllis A.
Photos © Kathy Chapman 2012
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Gloucester At Dawn- 4:37AM 5/27/12 Dragger Fleet At Felicia Oil
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Basic Safety and Survival Training – Commercial Fishermen
Basic Safety and Survival Training – Commercial Fishermen
The Fishing Partnership, New Directions Southcoast, the Massachusetts Fishermen’s Partnership (MFP) and Coast Guard Station Gloucester will be providing a one-day course covering some of the most important aspects of fishing vessel safety, broken down into 6 modules: Fire Fighting and Emergency Communications; Man-Overboard and Helicopter Hoist Procedures; Flooding and Pump Operation; Life raft ,flares and EPIRBS; Survival Suits; and Basic First Aid. In addition, a Coast Guard Rescue Helicopter from Cape Cod will be on display. The entire course and lunch are provided at NO COST to the fishermen. Registration forms can be download here or can also be obtained at Station Gloucester or the MFP office in Blackburn Park. We also ask everyone to bring their own survival suit; if you don’t have a suit, one will be provided. Seats are limited so register soon and BE SAFE!
When: June 22, 2012
Where: USCG Station Gloucester 17 Harbor Loop, Gloucester.
Time: 8:00AM to 3:00PM
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BOSN Luis Munoz
Commanding Officer
STA Gloucester
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Captain Dave Jewell and Family at Captain Joes
Captain Dave Jewell and his wife Erin, daughter Maddy, and son Wyatt say hello to Joey.
Dave and Maddy
Dave is the Captain of the Lady J, which runs fishing charters throughout the year. Dave also provides lobsters to Captain Joes. Lady J Fishing Charters offers full and half day trips for bluefish, striped bass, cod, haddock, and tuna, and kids are encouraged–for an adventure of a lifetime! After reading about Dave’s charters I’d love to plan a trip with my son!
From Captain Dave’s website about the Lady J. Fishing Charters:
Hi, I am Captain Dave Jewell owner and operator of the Lady J. I would like to welcome you aboard my second home to experience what life is like as a professional fisherman. To me there is nothing better or more rewarding than a day at sea loading the boat with the best New England has to offer.
It is my mission to bring you the excitement that fishing offshore Gloucester brings me each day. Give us the opportunity to show you how great fishing can be and we will not disappoint. Just one trip and you’ll be hooked!
Dave and Wyatt
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Rough Rider Steam Gillnetter From Bill Hubbard
Here’s one from out of the past. The "Rough Rider" was a steam gillnetter built in Manitowoc, Wisconsin in 1904. My great, great grandfather Axel B. Dahlmer bought her in 1909 and fished her out of Dunkirk, New York. She here dimensions were 10gr.tons X 39′ length X 10′ beam and 5′ draft. Axel sold her to my grandfather, John A. Dahlmer around 1910 and repowered her with a gasoline engine. He brought her to Gloucester in 19
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Update: Series- A question About The 100 Year Old Gloucester Postcards From Peter Dorsey- A Gloucester Fisherman
Jonathan Olly writes-
Hello Joey C,
While doing a Google search just now I came across the postcard you posted on March 22 of the old fisherman posing in oilskins. Would you happen to know the name of this man? I ask because I’m a graduate student down here in Providence, RI, and I’m writing a dissertation chapter on old salts. They’re found around the world, but in the United States they’re almost exclusively found in New England. Your postcard photo (which is rare, and one of the old salt postcards I’m still hunting for) may have been done by Gloucester photographer/engineer Herman Spooner, who photographed a number of retired fishermen (John Scott, Lemuel Friend, Oliver Emerton, and David Stanwood among them). But, I don’t recall seeing this image in his photo collection at the Cape Ann Museum. So if you have any additional information about your postcard I’d be happy to hear it.
Best regards,
Jonathan
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Commercial Fishing: Rome
Apparently commercial fishing in Rome is alive and well. In my opinion you can tell how well the boats are doing by how well they are maintained. These boats are all in good shape and devoid (mostly) of rust so they must be doing alright.
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Chickity Check It! The American Eagle Newsletter
Rosalie Parisi forwards the link-
The American Eagle used to offload whiting and groundfish here at our dock back in the day. It was an eastern rigged dragger which most of the Gloucester fleet was back then and Captained by Rosalie’s father Captain Joe Piscitello.
The American eagle was bought from her father and converted into the boat she is now, a schooner. You can read all about it here- http://www.schooneramericaneagle.com/about/history.htm
and now this is what she looks like-
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The New England Aquarium Claims The Calico Lobster They Have Is One In Thirty Million. Then We Must Be The Luckiest Lovster Dock In The World Because We’ve Documented Many, Including Blue, Calico, Albino, Yellow and Triple Pincer Claw Lobsters
This lobster they are touting at The Aquarium is not a one in thirty million lobster. We’ve documented several Calico lobsters at our dock in Gloucester Ma along with blue, albino and yellow ones. Also triple pincer claw lobsters. Here’s pictures and videos of them-
https://goodmorninggloucester.wordpress.com/2011/09/04/rare-yellow-lobster-and-other-mutant-lobsters-weve-documented-down-here-at-captain-joe-and-sons-over-the-years/
Good Morning Gloucester 