An aspiring waterman’s journal. This blog journal will encompass my outdoor ocean experiences for the month of June 2020. I’m a commercial fisherman, spear fisherman, and surfer. These are my stories. Enjoy.

June 17th-19th

These last few days have been hard. Captain savage made the executive decision of switching over to pogie seining this upcoming Monday June 22nd. A week earlier than schedule due to the massive amounts of pogies seen in the area as of late.

Unfortunately this means a lot of extra work during these last two weeks of summer classes. I’ve put in three 12-14 hour days in preparation for this switch. I am beat.

On top of that we’ve still been doing our normal hauling routine. Lobsters are starting to die out as the crawl is coming to a close. Yet we had some pretty interesting things come up in the net, and plan to haul through the weekend. By Sunday all our gear will be out of the shoals.

A short but sweet gill net season, issue 010 will include the closing days, and the first few of pogie season.

Landings:

June 17th ~

• 100 lobsters
• 16 Dab flounders
• 13 yellowtail flounders
• 20 grey soul flounders
• 30 Whiting
• 20 monkfish

June 18th ~

• 70 lobsters
• 30 Dab flounders
• 2 Black back flounders
• 20 grey soul flounders
• 32 halibut
• 20 Whiting
• 14 monkfish

June 19th ~

• 67 lobsters
• 26 Dab flounders
• 1 porbeagle shark !
• 20 grey soul flounders
• 3 Whiting
• 13 monkfish

Thanks for reading ! Check back next week for issue 010.