Gil Mitchell’s Gone Fishing heads out of the harbor to haul some gear.
Category: Fishermen Profiles
Nate Goes All Mr T On Us
You may remember Nate as one of the two insane backmen aboard Tuffy’s Degelyse. Well Nate went and got himself a new Mohawk. Nice!
Here are some videos with the boys from last season-
and here is when the greenhorn Adam filled in for Sean-
celebrating after the last trap comes out of the water for the 2009 season-
Moose knuckle madness
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The Captain Novello On A Hot Summer Day
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The Captain Novello
I took a little liberty with the editing to make it look like an old postcard. Didn’t add those seagulls in but to me they look too perfect and I wouldn’t blame someone for thinking that I did. Love the way it came out.
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Fisherman Truck Series- Mark Godfried
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Everyone Be Sure To Thank Paul Morrison For His Contributions
It was good knowing you Paul. Hopefully you’ll make it through The Blackburn Challenge but in the event that the Great White Shark that’s been circling the Cape gets you I’d like you to know that I appreciate all your contributions to GMG.
PS will you turn your editing keys over to your daughter for the wikipedia editing on the GMG entry before the race?
TIA
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Activity On The State Fish Pier
It has been a long while since I’ve seen this much activity on The State Fish Pier.
It seems like fishing seasons get shorter and shorter and the fleet gets smaller and smaller. Hopefully someone has a plan for the Harbor once our fleet gets even more drastically reduced with not only the number of boats that can fish but the amount of fish they are allowed to land.
In John Norris’ Alone At Sea book about the heyday of Gloucester fishing there is a picture of over 500 huge schooners on moorings in the outer harbor. Over 500! And that had nothing to do with the amount of fishing boats in the inner harbor where the large boats would raft up 6 or 7 abreast. Now there will be less than that number of commercial fishing permits dedicated to the entire northeast from Maine down to Virginia. Crazy.
When I was graduating from college and deciding whether I’d come down the dock to work or pursue my passion for economics at Bentley I remember my father saying to me- “Joe there will always be fish and they will always need a place to unload them.” Neither one of us could have imagined the drastic reductions in fleet and landings and the Auction coming to town and how much over capacity there is in the harbor dedicated to offloading what little product comes in today compared to even 20 years ago.
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Salting Pogies For Lobster Bait
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Chickity Check It!- North American Kayak Fishing Does A Piece On Gloucester and Rockport
Kayak Fishing for Bluefin Tuna in Massachusetts
Two Areas and Four Put-ins in Gloucester and Rockport
Hi kayak fishermen. Adam Bolonsky here at North American Kayak Fishing. Welcome to another installment of NAKF‘s fence post navigation series, your online resource for tips, tools and pointers useful to kayak fishermen around the world.
East Coast kayak fishermen from Maine to the Carolinas interested in catching their first bluefin tuna will do well to take trip to the North Shore Massachusetts towns of Gloucester and Rockport.
An hour north of Boston, Gloucester and Rockport, set on Cape Ann’s rocky granite outcropping, are a unique world unto themselves, not only for their variety of groundfish, such as pollock, cod and haddock, but also for the yearly arrival of three coveted pelagics: the heavily-targeted striped bass, the under-rated but truly delicious bluefish and, finally, that perhaps most coveted of sportfish, bluefin tuna.
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Two Areas and Four Put-ins in Gloucester and Rockport
Launching from Freshwater Cover in Magnolia, Massachusetts, a local kayak angler sets up to troll for striped bass during the fall run.
Credit: northamericankayakfishing.blogspot.com
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A how-to and where-to blog for kayak fishermen around the world. Whether you fish from a sit-on-top or sit-in, set your hook here! Chickity Check it!
(Paul Morrison I figured you would like this piece)
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GMG Tribute To Captain Phil Harris- RIP Phil
As many of you fans of the Deadliest Catch know Captain Phil has gone to his resting place. What some may not have known is that he spent some time in Gloucester. Here are some photos from his visit-
pics thanks to Leah Lovasco
For all the other pictures and videos from The Deadliest Catch Boys visits to Gloucester you can see them here including pictures and videos with Josh Harris, Andy and John Hillstrand and Sig Hansen
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Gloucester Zen- Pogie Salting
Minimal Editing- Minimal Commentary- Just a Slice Of Time On Gloucester’s Industrial Waterfront
Thanks For Watching
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Major League Soccer Ref CJ Morgante and Mark Ring Go Lobstering
While In Massachusetts To Officiate The New England Revolution vs LA Soccer Match CJ Morgante Goes Lobstering Out Of Gloucester For The Lobsterman Experience
Watch the match- CJ will be officiating between the New England Revolution and LA Saturday at 7:30PM
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Captain Joe’s Youngest Lobsterman Keith Horne Displays a Baby Eel He Caught
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Major League Soccer Ref CJ Morgante In Town To Officiate The Revolution Match Goes Lobstering On The Stanley Thomas This Morning
Live blogged on
http://www.goodmorninggloucester.com
The last time CJ came to Boston to officiate a Revolution match was the third week of August in 2008 in which he went lobstering on four different of our lobster boats in 5 days-
You can read about CJ’s adventures as an Major League Soccer Ref Lobstering While In Town back in 2008 here
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Work and Play On Gloucester Harbor- The Tully IV and Damon
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The Rest of the Story
According to the Boston Globe of June 9, 1991, George Gleason was a colorful character who made a decent living working the clam beds of Cape Ann. He was also a trapper, sold bait and fishing tackle and was a story-book New Englander.
This memorial is found at the entrance to Long Wharf on Atlantic St. Does anyone have personal memories of George that you would like to share? If so, please send in a comment so that we newcomers can learn more about our local history.
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John Todd And The Mighty Tir Na Nog
John Todd lobsters on the Tir Na Nog. It’s a tiny boat that rolls around like an empty chlorox bottle being tossed around in the sea but John get’s it done aboard the Mighty Tir Na Nog nonetheless. Everything aboard the Tir na Nog is tiny except for the skipper- John Todd. I’m not exactly sure how he fits in the pilot house of the boat, being hunched over all day doesn’t sound like a whole lot of fun.
The meaning of Tir na nÓg is "Land of Eternal Youth." From an old Irish legend, Tir na nÓg was a mythical island off Ireland’s West Coast where its inhabitants remained forever young.
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Scalloper Christian & Alexa Gear Work Slide-Show From Ciabat
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Check out more of Kevin’s fantastic photography here
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Offloading Barnacle Encrusted Lobster Gear For Cleaning
I took these shots with my new cameraphone The HTC EVO. It tends to over saturate pictures and isn’t nearly as good a camera as my Sony DSC H20 but the beauty of it is that I can take a picture and post it to the blog in mere seconds. That is how I got you guys the Greasy Pole and Seine Boat results within 30 seconds of each finish beating every other media outlet by many hours and days.
I was sitting on the forktruck (the black bar in the middle is the mast of the forktruck) when I took these shots
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Good Morning Gloucester 
