My View of Life on the Dock
See how the bottom tips of the claws are black? That means this lobster has been hanging out for a while in one place hardening up. If the bottom tips of the claws are white it’s because they have been on the move and have scraped off the veneer of the shell on the oceans rocky bottom exposing a whitish hue on the bottom of its claws.
See whe don’t always work blue here. Occasionally if you stick around you might learn a thing or two.
bigone, originally uploaded by yogiman1019.
Our old pal Shawn Cromwell who lobstered for us until moving out to Arizona or Nevada (some place out west) is now a cowboy??????
Here’s Shawn from his crazy days fishing out of Gloucester-
and look at him now-
You can check out what Shawn is up to now by clicking this text
Shawn Cromwell lived in Magnolia for 5 years. He lobstered and fished here and now lives in Arizona. Kettle Island sure looks cold! —Sharon
Fishermen Tattoos- Shawn Cromwell, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
now i am moving to az. where the men are men and the sheep are baaaaaaaaaad !!!! i’ll miss alot of things here.the early morning sunrises as my boat goes across the water on my way out to sea and fish are jumping around me always put a smile on my face, or hearing the lobsters spalashing in the trap just as it comes out of the water, it makes a sort of clicking sound all lobstermen love hearing. alot of the (full time ) guys cry and moan abought prices for this and that (but) day after day they risk their lives to go out and earn a living to bring in a product that most of the people that eat them have no idea just what risks lobstermen go through. i’ve heard people in supermarkets complain abought the cost of lobsters in the winter and think to myself, just yesterday my boat was iced up and almost flipped over when a wave hit me sideways. i could have died for that lobster you’ll butter up in your nice warm home and your complaining ? get real !!! but on those special early
mornings on the way out to sea i love being a lobsterman, their is a freedom and since of pride that i do a job most people just deam abought. something i never thought about is when someone would ask what i do i would say (i am a lobsterman ). and i was proud ! so guy’s i am off to raise bulls in az. for rodeos and to relax and though i wont miss alot of stuff abought lobstering i will miss those special mornings and being able to say (i’m a lobsterman ) shawn cromwell f/v/ pamela & patricia
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Fishermen Tattoos-Shawn Cromwell, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
FREAK!
Fishermen Tattoos- Shawn Cromwell, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Check out Shawn Cromwell’s Lobster Motorcycle. Shawn is the Captain of the lobsterboat Pamela and Patricia.
So I’m grading out lobsters for a restaurant order and I hear cockadooodle dooo and then a pig snorting and then a frog ribbeting. WTF is that I’m thinking. I shoulda known.
It’s that crazy Shawn again. Click the picture to see the video. Oy!
Good Morning Gloucester 