Tag: Captain Joe and Sons

More Pics -Blue Lobster Landed At Captain Joe and Sons

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Blue Lobster Landed At Captain Joe and Sons, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

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Blue Lobster Landed At Captain Joe and Sons

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Big Lar landed this beauty December 14th. It was caught in the waters just off of Jubilee Yacht Club. Video at 8AM

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Dead Fish As Bait

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With the price of just about everything a lobsterman needs to go lobstering going through the roof including fuel, traps and bait, many lobstermen have turned away from costly herring and have been trying alternative bait such as fish racks.  We don’t provide fish racks for our lobstermen.  They will go and source them at local fish cutting operations such as Pigeon Cove Whole Foods on Parker Street.

Dead Fish As Bait, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

Triggerfish At Captain Joe’s

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Day before yesterday Aaron on The Lady Margaret brought in this Triggerfish.  In my 33 years down the dock and after handling a bajillion pounds of fish at our dock I’ve only seen a couple of these.  The wikipedia page on Triggerfish is pretty interesting.  It says they are normally found in warm coastal waters of the Atlantic, Mediterranean and the Indo-Pacific.  This one must have followed it’s way up the jet Gulf stream.

Click this text for the Triggerfish Wikipedia page

Video at 8AM Thursday where you can see just what happens to this particular fish.

Trigger Fish At Captain Joe’s, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

Erik Lorden- Vows To Wear Burger King Hat To Chagrin Of Entire Family

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When Erik Lorden, my buddy and the owner/chef at Passports stopped by to pick up lobsters yesterday he was wearing this Burger King Hat.

He vowed to wear it all day long much to the chagrin of his entire family.

I think he’s ought to check the ventilation in the kitchen, he must not be getting enough oxygen to his noggin.

Erik Lorden- Vows To Wear Burger King Hat To Chagrin Of Entire Family, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

Just Some Of The Things A Commercial Fisherman Might Get At Rose’s Marine Shop

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Lobster trap rope, flag markers, gaffs, bait bags, buoys.

Rose’s Marine Shop, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

Spool of Bait Bags
Spool of Bait Bags

The bait bags that come on a spool like the green ones above arrive in one long tube of mesh.  The lobstermen cut the desired length, bunch up an end and then clamp it to make a mesh-like purse.  Then they stuff the herring or pogies in the bags and set them in the lobster traps.
Orange twine pre-made bait bags
Orange twine pre-made bait bags
The orange twine pre-made bait bags shown above are much more heavy duty than the green plastic bait bags but are also way more expensive.  In the winter when the seals show up many lobstermen will switch over to the orange heavy duty bait bags because the seals rip the green ones right out of the traps to get the bait inside.  The orange bait bags hold up much better against the PITA seals.

Best Of North Shore Award For Best Place To Buy Lobster- Captain Joe and Sons

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Well the People Have Voted and Captain Joe and Sons took home the Readers Choice Award for Best Place To Buy Lobster On The North Shore!  WOOT!

I  had promoted on these pages that people vote for their favorite local business in the North Shore Magazine annual award nomination process but never once did I lobby for anyone to vote for us for anything.  You can see the post where I asked people to vote for their favorite local restaurant, bag shop, brewery, and many many other listings here- that May 29,2009 GMG post

Thanks so much to anyone who voted for us!

Best Of North Shore Award For Best Place To Buy Lobster- Captain Joe and Sons, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

Victoria Secret Model Cyntia Dicker Thinks Captain Joe and Sons Is Number 1 Too!
Victoria Secret Model Cyntia Dicker Thinks Captain Joe and Sons Rocks Too!

Lobster Molting Video At Captain Joe and Sons

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watch a lobster pull itself out of it’s exoskeleton

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Lobster Molting Pictures

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Yesterday we had a lobster molt in our tanks overnight.  90% of the exoskeleton was off and the lobster had only one claw left to pull out of it’s former body (pic below).  More pics and video at 8AM-

Lobster Molting Pictures, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

Here is a view from above.  You can see the exoskeleton of it’s tail and walking legs above the soft (jelly roll) lobster below.

Lobster Molting Picture
Lobster Molting Picture
Lobster Molting Pictures from www.goodmorninggloucester.org
Lobster Molting Pictures from http://www.goodmorninggloucester.org

Blue Tinted Lobster

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Dave Jewell brought in this blue tinted lobster.  It isn’t nearly as blue as some of the other ones we’ve got in the past but I thought I’d throw the pic up anyway to add to the collection.  To see the mutated lobster and crab slide show click this text

Blue Tinted Lobster, originally uploaded by captjoe06.


Tim and Allison Wile- The Couple That Lobsters Together………

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Great Interview-

Mutant Lobster- Spotted Lobster Landed By Mark Ring Video

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Mark Ring Aboard The Stanley Thomas Brought In This Spotted Lobster

Beautiful Industry- Controls Aboard The Stanley Thomas

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You don’t suppose these controls have seen their fair share of use do you?

Lobstering On The Stanley Thomas, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

Traps Stacked Up and Ready To Set On The Stanley Thomas

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The Mighty Stanley Thomas.  She’s got pretty lines don’t ya think?

Lobstering On The Stanley Thomas, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

Preparing For Lobster Season Aboard The Stanley Thomas

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Mark and Matt Ring give the viewers a lesson on how to set up a trawl of lobster pots to set.