My View of Life on the Dock
Design and Image Trend blog put up an interesting post of a collection of pictures with lobsters being the central theme in advertising.
Here’s a link to the post. Click it to see more examples of lobsters in advertising-
Design and Image Trend :The Lobster
An example-
Here is a video from a lobsterman up in Maine showing how lobster pots get set. For the most part the smaller harbor lobstermen that fish out of skiffs might fish 2 pot trawls like the guy in this video. Most full time lobstermen that fish the outside of the breakwater will fish ten or twenty pot trawls though.
Johnny “Doc” Herrick Brings Lobster Buoys To Set, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
It’s that time of year when lobster gear will finally be set.
Lobster Gear Ready to Set, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Harry Reardon’s Pink Buoys, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Joe and Jacki Mondello Head Out Lobstering, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Fathers Day Gift Idea- Eat This Lobster T shirt at The Cormorant Shop, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
T Shirt Logo over left chest. You can get them at The Cormorant Shop across from The Lone Gull Coffee Shop.
Fathers Day Gift- Eat This! Lobster Apron at The Cormorant Shop, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
If you are looking for the perfect Fathers Day gift, we will be open so get your orders in early if you want to give the gift of lobster to dear old dad.
As a compliment to the always appreciated gift of lobster you can pick up these aprons or an Eat This! lobster Tshirt at The Cormorant Shop downtown Gloucester.
It would make a great lasting impression for any father.
Toby With His Ladies, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Toby aboard the stern of his lobster boat the Jupiter II. Toby just re-fiberglassed the setting table and set some cut out playmates in under the clearcoat.
I guess Toby is never going to be lonely out at sea hauling his gear.
Gone Fishing and The Stanley Thomas Head Out Lobstering, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Lobstermen Truck Series – Tom Hale, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Here is Tom Hale and his GMC pick up truck.
Here Tom replaces ID tags on some used lobster traps he purchased from Mark Ring. He is taking Mark Rings tags out and putting his tags in.
There are several reasons for the ID tags. Sometimes a lobster trawl will lose it’s buoys. The tags are a way for another lobsterman to identify the lost gear if they cross groundlines underwater and get the gear up in a tangle of the two lobsterman’s gear.
Lobstermen also have a certain number of traps they can set. These tags are issued from the govt. So the govt issues a certain number of ID tags per lobsterman. It is a way to make sure that lobstermen don’t set more than the allotted amount of lobster traps because each trap has to have a tag.
Lobstermen Truck Series- Tom Hale, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Gone Fishing Passes The State Fish Pier On It’s Way Out Lobstering, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Matt Readies The Boat for Lobstering, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Bait aboard, boat fueled up, coffee in the thermos, but no mate.
Pete Mondello Waiting For The Crew, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
The Bean in her Lobster Sweater, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Snoop Maddie Mad In Her Lobster Sweater, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Lobstermen Truck Series- Joe Sanfilippo, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Here is Joe Sanfilippo’s Chevy pick up truck.
Joe carries the normal stuff that skiff lobstermen carry in the back of their pick up trucks- fuel jugs, water jugs, covered fish totes to put bait in, some random buoys.
What you might also notice in the back of Joe’s truck are the dory oars and bench set up that he uses to train for the upcoming International Dory races. Joe is an avid rower and always a contender to represent Gloucester with his partner in the International Dory Races between Gloucester and Lunenburg.
He lobsters out of a 22 foot Eastern skiff after work at Gloucester Engineering and on weekends with his son Ryan.
Lobstermen Truck Series- Joe Sanfilippo, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
It was a fantastic event.
The man was greeted with rock star status. Families got together and listened as Sig answered questions and shared laughs. When he went outside to smoke a cigarette, the throng followed him out and he graciously signed autographs, and took pictures with anyone that wanted one til every last person was happy. What a great guy, a regular guy, who took time and supported a cause for the children of Plum Cove School. Thanks Sig.
Sig Hansen in Gloucester, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Good Morning Gloucester 