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September 23, 2009 / Hauled 2 traps off the north coast of Great Diamond Island, 2 off the southern tip of Cow Island. (we’d taken one trap out for cleaning on September 10)
Yield: 6 crabs, 2 starfish, LOTS of sea squirts and other gunk, 3 lobsters (including 1 soft shell, 1 empty shell, and 1 keeper)
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September 10, 2009 / Hauled 2 traps off the north coast of Great Diamond Island, 3 off the southern tip of Cow Island.
Yield: 12 crabs (0 keepers)
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September 7, 2009 / Hauled 2 traps off the north coast of Great Diamond Island, 3 off the southern tip of Cow Island.
Yield: 4 crabs, 5 lobsters, including 1 berried and notched female and 1 with shell disease (2 keepers)
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September 3, 2009 / Hauled 2 traps off the north coast of Great Diamond Island, 3 off the southern tip of Cow Island.
Yield: 15 crabs, 1 rock eel, lots of gunk, 5 lobsters (0 keepers)
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September 1, 2009 / Hauled 2 traps off the north coast of Great Diamond Island, 3 off the southern tip of Cow Island(found one of the lost traps!).
Yield: 8 crabs, 2 rock eels, 4 lobsters (3 keepers)
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August 28, 2009 / Hauled 2 traps off the north coast of Great Diamond Island, 2 off the southern tip of Cow Island(lost traps!).
Yield: 3 crabs, 1 short, 2 rock eels, 2 hermit crabs, 1 whelk (0 keepers)
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August 25, 2009 / Hauled 2 traps off the north coast of Great Diamond Island (before the motor died).
Yield: 4 lobsters (2 keepers)
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August 20, 2009 / Hauled 6 traps off the north coast of Great Diamond Island, 2 off the southern tip of Cow Island.
Yield: 6 crabs, 1 short, 1 starfish (0 keepers)
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August 18, 2009 / Hauled 6 traps off the north coast of Great Diamond Island, 2 off the southern tip of Cow Island (2 lost traps!).
Yield: 8 crabs, 1 trash bag, a bunch of mussels, 6 whelks, 2 !starfish!, 1 flounder, TONS of sea squirt things, 3 lobsters (3 keepers)
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July 25, 2009 / Hauled 4 traps off northwest and northeast coast of Great Diamond Island, 3 off north coast of Cow, 1 off south coast of Cow.
Yield: 8 crabs, 6 lobsters (0 keepers)
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July 22, 2009 / Hauled 3 traps off northwest and northeast coast of Great Diamond Island, 1 off South Coast of Cow.
Yield: 5 crabs, 5 lobsters (2 keepers)
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July 20, 2009 / Hauled 5 traps off northwest coast of Great Diamond Island, 4 off north coast of Cow Island.
Yield: 9 crabs, 17 lobsters (7 keepers)
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July 15, 2009 / Hauled 5 traps off northwest coast of Great Diamond Island, 4 off north coast of Cow Island.
Yield: 10 crabs, 10 lobsters (1 keeper)
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July 13, 2009 / Hauled 5 traps off northwest coast of Great Diamond Island, 4 off north coast of Cow Island.
Yield: 25 crabs, 12 lobsters (3 keepers)
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July 10, 2009 / Hauled 5 traps off northwest coast of Great Diamond Island, 4 off north coast of Cow Island.
Yield: 16 crabs, 10 lobsters (5 keepers)
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July 9, 2009 / Hauled 7 traps off northwest coast of Great Diamond Island, 2 off north coast of Cow Island.
Yield: 6 crabs, 8 lobsters (5 keepers)
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June 29, 2009 / Hauled 7 traps off northwest coast of Great Diamond Island, 2 off north coast of Cow Island.
Yield: 14 crabs, 23 lobsters (1 berried female, 6 legal size)
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June 27, 2009 / Hauled 7 traps off northwest coast of Great Diamond Island, 2 off north coast of Cow Island.
Yield: 9 crabs, 15 lobsters (0 legal size)
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June 25, 2009 / Hauled 7 traps off northwest coast of Great Diamond Island, 2 off north coast of Cow Island.
Yield: 9 crabs, 22 lobsters, 2 of legal size (2 V-notch females too)
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June 20, 2009 / Hauled 10 traps off northwest corner of Great Diamond Island and west coast of Cow Island.
Yield: 4 crabs (1 jumbo monster); and 25 lobsters (9 of legal size)
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June 18, 2009 / Hauled 8 traps off northwest coast of Great Diamond Island.
Yield: 1 starfish; 2 crabs; 1 (very ugy looking) sea raven; 11 lobsters (all less than legal size)
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the haulress
the long hauler
The by-catch is what really makes this site intriguing to me. I fish 150 traps, and by-catch is just one of the things that make the job interesting. So have you seen any other finfish other than the sea raven and flounder?
My most common finfish by-catch is sculpin and pollock, I do see a few flounder every year and ocasionally a lump fish and cunner.
Als I noticed those crabs you caught are rock crabs (and pretty good sized ones to). I catch almost no rock crab in upper penbay. I catch alot of Jonah crabs, which actually makes up a big part of my income. If you close up your lobster vents and add crab vents (circle vents) you will get alot more crab as well as other bi-catch. To me,its intersting to see how the catch and by-catch varies up and down the coast . Keep up, the good work guys, this IS intersting info.
Greg