The wind finally let go yesterday and I was able to get out lobstering for the first time in almost a week. I never know how I'm going to do after a string of bad weather, sometimes the rough seas shake the lobsters into crawling and I do well and other times the lobsters hunker down and don't trap. Yesterday was a little of both for me. Some spots didn't catch many lobsters at all but other spots looked pretty good. One spot in particular was wicked good, I had four counts (four keeper lobsters in one trap) out of two traps in a row. Check out the picture of one of these traps, I wish all my traps looked like this all the time. Notice that in this picture you can't tell where along the coast of Cape Elizabeth this trap is located, that's because I don't want any of the other lobstermen in the area to know where this hot spot is. Well the forecast looks good for tomorrow so I've gotta go get some more traps ready and I know exactly where I'm gonna set 'em!
-Captain Curt