Salted Pogies

This is what pogies look like after they have sat around for a while, salted in drums or vats.  They turn brownish and a bit stinky but are still good for lobster bait when the herring boats don’t go fishing  due to full quotas or spawning closures.

Salted Pogies, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

Salted Pogie

Check out each granule of salt in this pic.  When you don’t wear gloves and have the tiniest little cuts on your hands or if a lobster had spiked you previously in the day and that salt gets in the cut- WOWSIE THAT STINGS!

Salted Pogie, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

Salted Pogie

Due to a herring fishing shut down lobstermen will be using other types of bait such as pogies.

Salted Pogie, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

Toby Burnham Pitchforks Fish Racks

 

 

Haddock Racks

Toby Burnham’s bait- Haddock Racks.

Haddock Racks, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

Loading Bait Totes Onto Pallets Video

Here’s Myron and Eddie at Cape Seafoods loading totes of bait onto pallets using the forktruck.

Herring

Herring, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

The bait of choice for most lobstermen. This is what lures them buggers in.