GEARING UP

Mobile Tide Charts

Marine Weather by Bluefin

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Of the tide chart apps I have tried this is by far the best. It uses Google Maps to help you focus in on your desired location and allows you to save favorites for easy reference.

This is a necessary download for any lobster pirate who doesn't rely on a hookah, and still actually cares when slack tide is. Check it out at http://www.bluefinengineering.com/. There is also an ad-free version for $1.99.

LAST CHANCE

Regular Season Ends March 31st

Just a heads up that this is your last chance to go snag some crustaceans before the regular lobster season ends. You need to put that license to good use before it expires... not that I ever do. A classic example of do as I say not as I do. Anyways, happy hunting!

PIRATE MUSIC

The Real McKenzies - Mainland

MONSTER LOBSTER

I Need A Bigger Net

A WHOPPING 15-pound crawfish (spiny lobster) was caught by fishermen and brought to The Tribune this week. Lllewelyn Fox proudly displays the lobster, which he said his son purchased on Potter's Cay dock. The Tribune

Now that is what I call a lobster! If I knew any better I might think that guy's holding the ghost lobster. I mean let's be honest, if I saw that bug hanging out under a coral-head I would probably shit myself. There's no doubt in my mind that beast would win a fight between me and him. I have a hard enough time holding onto a short while I'm trying to measure it, never mind a lobster bigger than me.

LOBSTER LINGO

Bag Man [bag man]

- Noun

Inflected form: Bag, Bagging, Bagged

1. A snorkeler who follows a diver around while holding a lobster catch bag so the diver doesn't have to swim with it. The bag man's job is to keep an eye on the diver and descend to meet the diver with the bag when the diver has caught a lobster.

Example: My back is completely burned because I spent the day bagging for my friend.

AMATEUR HOUR

The Open Catch Bag

One mistake that is easy to make but should never be made, is to start lobster hunting without checking to make sure that your catch bag is securely closed. There is nothing worse than putting that first keeper into your bag just to see him shoot out the other end and into the murky abyss.

There are a variety of different catch bags, some close with velcro, some with zippers, and others with latches. Whatever is the case be sure that yours is securely fastened.

If you can convince a friend to do it, having a bag man can be very useful. This will increase your mobility and allow you to more easily catch those pesky lobsters. Plus not only do you get to blame him if the lobsters escape but if the ghost lobster happens to appear it will be the guy holding the bag full of lobsters he will be pissed off at, not you.

OPERATION WILD

I stumbled across this TV show the other night. It's a Cops style show featuring the FWC. In case anyone was wondering what happened to that footage they shot of us getting boarded two or three years ago, I am guessing this is where it ended up. It's on Planet Green, but its just reruns now so you'll have to keep an eye out for it if you want to catch a glimpse of the Betsy II. Man, I wish we had the pirate flag back then... we would definitely have gotten a cameo appearance.