Tag: Fishermen

Tuffy and Nate Prepare To Offload a Pile Of Lobster Gear

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Here the boys are getting ready to offload a pile of lobster traps.  The cold water temperature haas made the lobstering activity slow down to a crawl and the time will be better spent fixing broken gear and making repairs than going out to catch very few lobsters this time  of year.  When the last load of traps comes in it is a big relief for lobstermen.  It’s the end of another season and hopefully they’ve made enough to carry them through the winter.

Tuffy and Nate Prepare To Offload a Pile Of Lobster Gear, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

 

Ballyhoo Caught By Port of Castries Fishermen

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Ballyhoo are a favorite game fish bait.  Sport fishermen will bury the hook in it’s belly and then wrap the line up around it’s long snout.  They look very similar to herring in the way they look except they are skinnier and have that long spear coming out it’s nose.

Ballyhoo Caught By Port of Castries Fishermen, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

 

Castries Fishermen’s Pier

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

There was a rather large woman cooking something in a pot off to the right in the picture.  A fire had been set using whatever scraps of wood that were around and the pot set right atop that fire.  Under the fishing boats which were hailed up out omn the dock there were many small dogs playing with each other and some roosters roaming around.  Obviously getting the dogs neutered was not high on the priority list. 

Just across the bay were two cruise ships.  Such a striking contrast between the big hulking and modern cruise ships and the very basic fishing boats.

Castries Fishermen’s Pier, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

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Beautiful Industry Working On Herring Net

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Beautiful Industry Working On Herring Net, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

 

The Boys Aboard The Degelyse Take Tiger’s Sloppy Seconds

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You find love in the unlikeliest of places.

The Boys On The Degelyse Take Tiger’s Sloppy Seconds, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

Sean and Nate Take Tiger's Sloppy Seconds

Lobstermen Loading Gear Aboard The Susan and Kimberly

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Stevie Aboard The Lady Jane Mends The Net

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Stevie is a guy that’s worked his whole life as a fisherman.  One of the old timers. I wonder when the Sectors get put into place if there will be a place for career crew members aboard fishing boats like Stevie or if it will be a series of hired hands just punching in for a pay check.   Not really caring about really learning the trade, waiting for their paycheck from some large corporation which bought up the permits.
It doesn’t look good for the independent fisherman.

 

Stevie Aboard The Lady Jane Mends The Net, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

Beautiful Industry Working On Herring Net

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Beautiful Industry Working On Herring Net, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

Beautiful Industry- Working On Herring Net

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You don’t get to shoot scenes like this in Hamilton,  I can assure you.

Beautiful Industry- Working On Herring Net, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

Gloucester Zen XXII

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Minimal Commentary, Minimal Editing, Herring Fishermen Repair Net

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Beautiful Industry- Working On Herring Net

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Gloucester Zen Video coming at 8:00AM

Beautiful Industry Working On Herring Net, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

Stevie and Ringo Untie The Lines Aboard The Lady Jane

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Look for the Lady Jane video at 4PM today

Stevie and Ringo Untie The Lines Aboard The Lady Jane, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

Working On A Dragger’s Net

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Working On A Dragger’s Net, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

 

Working On A Dragger’s Net

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Ending the leased day at sea program and cutting our boats down to 18 days fishing per year does not sound very promising.

Working On A Dragger’s Net, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

 

Working On A Dragger’s Net

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

If you look under the black circular rollers you can see the net has been damaged.  It’s hanging there in shards.  Looks like the boys have a lot of mending to do.  No fun, no fun at all.  Sometimes a dragger will risk going over some rough or jagged rocky bottom to try and find some fish and the result is a damaged net.  Sometimes it can pay big dividends, sometimes you an end up with huge tears in the net.  I’m not saying that is what happened here, but there is definetly damage to repair here.  Not exactly the best of weather to have to do this kind of work.

Working On A Dragger’s Net, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

 

Gloucester Zen XVIII

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Just A Slice Of Time On Gloucester Harbor

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Mending Nets- Fishermen At Work

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See how he has no gloves on?  That’s becase it’s impossible to mend the net and work with twine with clumsy gloves on.  20 degrees and blustery cold is not the type of conditions you want to be mending a net for hours on end in, but a fisherman’s work doesn’t stop for cold or wind.  The show must go on and a tore up net catches no fish.  These guys had been working for three days to repair this net in suck ass conditions, but there really is no other option if they areto get back out making money.

Mending Nets- Fishermen At Work, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

 

Mending Nets Part II

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

We talk about the damage that was done to the net and how it will be repaired.