Offshore Lobster Fishing

This video was filmed with one camera. I started making this video to show my family and friends. This is fishing in Area 3. I started in Harpswell, Maine and ended up on this boat. I hope you all enjoy the video.

[JonFrumTheFirst]

Every time I hear someone say how hard school teachers work, I think of guys like these. Total respect.

[kevinfletcher]

If only people knew sitting in restaurants what it took to put that lobster on their plates ! Big respect guys ! Thanks for sharing.

[markmclean]

I know more than a few of these brave fishermen. They have all my respect. We are lucky to have them bring us this delicious food. Worth so much more than we pay. Fish On, boys.

[dickylobster]

Worked 20 years inshore, area 4 (south shore of Long Island) with a 36' Beals. Worked 800 pots, 20 per trawl. 400 pots a day, 2 man boat.

[semperparatus]

I also fished for Little Bay for several years. Was on the Jacqueline Robin as my primary vessel. Eventually fished on all of them. I started in Casco Bay and ended up there as well. Always start small and end up big. Looks like y'all went with all wire traps. I was there with the wooden monsters. Thank you for the memories bro. It was and always will be the toughest job I ever loved. Two days home to lick the wounds and back out lol.

[gw]

funny how things come across the channel i worked for this company back in the 90s we had wooden traps ! life so much easier now !
Thank you Capt pete from the Ulagh McGrath for the experience !

[lesliefleming]

Not everyone knows what offshore lobsterman go through. tough work for tough guys. Thanks for the video

[danielgagne]

I fished out of Bailey island for years...did several trips with shaft in 2001. What an experience.

[douggrayson]

I worked a few trips for these boys on the old Michelle Jean, back when hurricane sandy was rolling up the coast! What a badass job I miss being offshore.

[wicklash]

Cheers boys! From Nova Scotia, and know all about the hardships. Not for the feint of heart.

[CERCARIA]

All the continual movement & the constant pushing & pulling while being outdoors, I can't help but think a lobsterman burns 3, 000 calories a day. They must be very fit. Very fit. And to do it day after day for 10 days straight, night & day. These guys gotta love what they do.

[jefferywilliams]

After four generations of commercial blue crab fishing from April until early November everyday including yip everyday at the young age of 25 I'd been hearing about lobster fishing off of Ocean City MD making three times more than I was making in half the time.
So after talking with several family members that have been crabbing much longer than I have and others from my tiny home Island of Tangier MD and being told that crabbing was the better alternative I immediately decided to go lobster fishing commercially. Several local lobster men gave me lots of information unfortunately it wasn't good information leaving them laughing at me while following their jokenly experience. Fortunately the second year a retired commercial lobster boat Captain from Maine heard about me and my determination of being the best lobster fishing boat around. He and I had a long talk over several cold beers. The next day after waking up on the deck of my boat we had another long talk. I agreed to do whatever he said during lobster fishing season although I was the captain. The following season because of him and following his every command I purchased a two year old lobster fishing boat. Much more advanced and 12 feel longer with twin turbo Cummins diesels.
For the next 29 years I had contracts with several seafood restaurants around Ocean City MD and Lower Delaware including Phillips Crabhouse. The older guys that use to laugh at me decided quickly to start listening to me and my friend from Maine. Just saying.

[combatmedicc]

Lobstering is certainly a Dangerous Catch!

Thank you guys for providing us with those tasty crustaceans!

[guaporeturns]

Interesting.. longlineing with traps. Cool. I’ve longlined and crabbed, this combines the two it seems. Cool.

[bamgon]

Thanks for putting this together. takes a special kind of crazy to offshore lobster the northeast winters.

[BRGDEAN]

Never been that far out but I have been lobstering before. My dad and his buddy worked out of Point Pleasant NJ. They just made day trips. We're from NC. I got to make a few trips with him before when I was a teenager. I've blue crabbed most of my childhood and teen years, working for my dad and grandpa, and so lobstering was a fun change up for me. Spent my late teens and early 20's gill netting down here in NC. Now I got me a land job as a mechanic but I'll always have a piece of me out there in the water. Hard to get salt out of your veins.

[dylang]

Love this. I have four generations of fisherman and lobsterman in my family. And my self am part of this life. Be back home in Maine in two 2 weeks to get back out 💪🏽

[cableheadcrew]

Out in Alberta right now working the rigs. Usually this time of year I’d be fishing out of Yarmouth NS lfa34. Miss it

[capnfury]

Great video. I worked on a boat out of Pemaquid ME for 10 years. Best job and boss I ever had.

[sandrajones]

Watched this video before, but this time right now my son is on one of these boats. They will be back in about 8 days, and they have a big gale of norwest wind to fish through. Have a good and safe trip, I'll stick to lobstering in Eastern Casco Bay, the gulf of Maine gives alot but it not always gravy, the life of all being a fisherman. Paul J.