Tag: “Gloucester Fishermen”
Who Killed The Bird -Joe (Stoga) Scola
When listening to the VHF radio on the frequency that the the Gloucester Draggers use, randomly for years and years you would hear people anonymously saying “Who Killed The Bird?” Finally, Stoga explains the meaning behind those mysterious voices asking that same question over and over after all these years-“Who Killed The Bird?”
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Mike Leary and Joe (Stoga) Scola Aboard The Dragger Pamet
Here is Joe (Stoga) Scola and Mike Leary, owner of the Dragger Pamet.
Peter Prybot had an interesting column in the Gloucester Daily Times featuring Stoga and Mike in the paper this weekend. Click this text for that article.
Look for an upcoming video featuring Stoga in which he gives us insight into the often heard but rarely understood saying on the VHF radio- “Who Killed The Bird?”
Mike Leary and Joe (Stoga) Scola Aboard The Dragger Pamet, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
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Gloucester Fishing Boat Slide Show
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Mending Nets- Fishermen At Work
The Fisherman on the right in the picture is Moses. He has fished for many years on many many boats. Can you guess why they call him Moses? This is a nice shot to see blown up. To view it full screen click the picture and then select “all sizes”.
Mending Nets- Fishermen At Work, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
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Mending Nets- Fishermen At Work
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.
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Mending Nets Part II
We talk about the damage that was done to the net and how it will be repaired.
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Mending Nets -Fishermen At Work Video
Its Extremely Cold, The Wind Is Screaming, And You Can’t Wear Gloves. This Is A Tough Mans Job.
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Mending Nets- Fishermen At Work
Are you home? Warm? Sipping a cup of nice hot coffee? These guys ain’t.
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Mending Nets- Fishermen At Work
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
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Tom Ring Interview
Tom Ring Talks About Swordfishing With Linda Greenlaw, Not Being Able To Go Fishing Today And More
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Toby Burnham Has A Weird Fetish
Toby loves rotten fish. Not just regular fish, but he just loves rotten fish. The more rotten, the better.
Toby Burnham Has A Weird Fetish, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Come down the dock Saturday Morning at 10:00AM to see incredible life sized black and white photos as part of Mark Teiwes’ seARTS Waterfront Portrait show. Toby’s portrait is probably my favorite one along with Joe Grillo’s.
it would be nice to see some of my GMG friends come down and say hey!
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Fishermen Tattoos
The tattoo on this young man has two roses and a cross on it. The two roses represent his parents who both died at an early age. A nice tribute to them.
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Stevie Aboard The Lady Jane
Here’s Stevie ready to tie the stern line tight as soon as the boat is lined up for offloading.
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Mikey and Ringo Prepare To Toss The Lines
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.
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Fishermen Tattoos- Jerry McKay
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Gloucester Perspectives- Susie Byrd
Part One of our interview with Susie Byrd. Backwoman extrodinaire who currently fishes the back of the boat for Dave Goetterman aboard The Black Sheep.
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Mikey and Ringo Aboard The Lady Jane
Mikey was all upset this afternoon that he wasn’t on the blog today. Here you go Mikey Boy!
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Down the Engine Room Of The Sea Farmer II, Clark Sandler Video
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Fishermen Flaking Nets
Fishermen Flaking Nets, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Good Morning Gloucester 