lobstering.

Joe has his five-trap-non-commercial lobster liscense.  This is my first time riding in the boat, while he lobsters.  It was so exciting!  The weather was not bright and sunny, BUT we were the only boat on the water and that was priceless.

The lobster buoy.  Each lobsterer(?) identifies his lobster traps by his own buoy, and he also has one to identify his boat.

Pulling the trap, which has been sitting on the ocean floor.

The trap.  

This part is so exciting, because I am trying to see if there are any lobster and if so-are they big enough to keep?

The trap again.

Measuring the lobster.

The underneath.  You have to make sure it is not a female with eggs.

The lobster.  

Too small to keep, maybe next year.

I could not believe how many jellyfish that we saw.  I mean schools of them.  And they look so cool, that I wanted to touch.  But of course, I did not.