Got out and checked my lobster gear this past sunday A.M. I noticed more black back gulls and some eider ducks in the canal. A sure sign old man winter is just around the corner.The striper's and blues have just about departed for more southerly latitudes. I'll chase that big cow for another week or so then turn my attentions to our local trout ponds. Our oyster season starts next month and I'm looking forward to that. As for the lobsters.....slow fishing but I got a few keepers plus some small Jonah crabs who's claws were very tasty. The lobstering will pick up soon and is usually quite good until the start of the new year.
I picked up a new(used) trap from a commercial buddy of mine. It's a double parlor trap. The parlor is were the lobster gets "trapped" after it enters the trap. traps are a part of a lobsters life since birth so they are very good at getting in and out of them. U. of Maine did a trap "cam" study. They found a fisherman only catches 1 out of 10 legal lobsters that enter the trap. The rest just get out as easily as they got in. The idea of the double parlor is the trap will hold on to more lobsters. This trap is as big as I fish them and it will give me a work out tending it. In the picture you can see the size difference between this and the smallest traps I fish, quite a difference.
Did you guys see that snowgame in foxboro last week? How often does that happen in October? Win or lose there is no finer NFL action than you find in New England. Patriots give game!
Yankee fans on your computer
Q: How can you tell if a Yankee fan has been using your computer?
A: There is whiteout on your screen!
Eyes lit up
Q: How do you get a Yankee fans eyes to light up?
A: Shine a flashlight in his ear!
Driving with a Yankee fan
Q: Why is it good to be driving with a Yankee fan?
A: You can park in the handicap zone!
