The lobster season is starting!

Well, the Cutler lobster fishermen are ready to start the season! My father and brother's boats are loaded down with traps and they'll be setting as soon as the weather lets up. They loaded over the weekend, I believe, and they would have set yesterday had it not been blowing too hard.

When setting off traps, you need to be quite careful about the weather. It's not wise to be out in high winds and rough seas with a boat loaded down with gear and trap line running all over the place (as you set off).

For the first few months after they set, it's pretty much "changing the water in the traps" as they say. You don't catch much during this time but it's important to get out their and mark your ground.

I feel like I was just blogging about the last of the traps being taken up, and I haven't even posted the photos and video I took while home over Christmas on taking up a load of traps. I guess I am running behind!

That said, it's nice to know there's so much to write about with lobster fishing. When I started this blog, I wasn't quite sure what shape it would take. Would I have enough interesting things to write about? Would people want to read it? The brief I gave myself back then was to just write from the heart, about things I care about and find interesting in the lobster industry and with lobster in general. And I've been so pleased with the warm reception I've gotten from readers to date. Thank you!

For current updates on the Maine lobster fishing season,  click here.