Tag: Fishermen

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.

 

Mending Nets- Fishermen At Work

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

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.

Mending Nets -Fishermen At Work Video

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Its Extremely Cold, The Wind Is Screaming, And You Can’t Wear Gloves.  This Is A Tough Mans Job.

Mending Nets- Fishermen At Work

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Are you home?  Warm?  Sipping a cup of nice hot coffee?  These guys ain’t.

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

Mending Nets- Fishermen At Work

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro
It was twenty degrees, the wind is screaming and these guys have been out here for three days repairing this tore up net.  Video Part One at 9:00AM

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

Stevie Aboard The Lady Jane

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Here’s Stevie ready to tie the stern line tight as soon as the boat is lined up for offloading.

Stevie Aboard The Lady Jane, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

Mikey and Ringo Prepare To Toss The Lines

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Here’s Mikey and Ringo preparing to toss the lines to the dock and tie her up. There has been an influx of dogfish where they fish which makes a mess of the nets and creates a ton of work picking through them to get to the whiting.

The problem with the dogfish is that there is a 600lb per boat per day quota and if you load up a bag with 5000lbs that you have to throw back overboard, it just isn’t a whole lot of fun.

Many lobstermen believe that this quota on dogfish is hurting the lobster industry along with the large size limit on striper bass as these predators devour baby lobsters.

Mikey and Ringo Prepare To Toss The Lines, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

Busty Brancleone- The Real Deal

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Busty Brancleone, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

Busty Brancleone’s Right Hand

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

There are books written about people that make themselves out to be hard core fishermen but really they use fishing as an excuse to bum around the wharf and docks but don’t put the time in.

See this hand?

The man that this hand belongs to is the kind of guy a book about a real fisherman should be written about. A man that could tell countless stories about fishing in real weather in ridiculous conditions.

It’s too bad that armchair fishermen get the glory when the guys that deserve the glory never get mentioned.

Guys like Busty Brancleone. The real deal.

Busty Brancleone’s Right Hand, originally uploaded by captjoe06.