Another breezy day with winds out of the Northeast direction keeping our CAPOM boats in until tomorrow. In chance of a flawed weather forecast, I arose around 5am to check on the sea conditions at Two lights, the outer tip of Cape Elizabeth. Large waves with a strong ocean surge, plays danger for any traps left up in the shoal, rocky bottom. One of Captain Ted’s Orange lobster buoys looks like it was placed to close to the rocks as a large wave pushes it closer to shore. This is half the battle, fishing in the danger bottom of the Cape shore. It’s a gamble for the big catch and the Gourmet lobster dinner for our partners. Like any business, its risk and return and this time the sea won. Captain Ted can rescue his trap at low tide later in the day by dragging it up the beach to safety where it can be reset tomorrow.
-Captain John Ready