Part of the lure of lobstering is that moment when the trap breaks over the rail in a splash of salt water. What is inside? Of course, every lobsterman is hoping for a trap packed with hard-shell lobsters of a considerable size. But sometimes the trap contains not a bunch of claw-waving crustaceans but something just .. a .. bit .. different.
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It's a good day when the bait comes to you.
Matthew Huntley
F/V Mattie Lynn
Off Bucks Harbor
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Hello to the hermit crab.
Genevieve McDonald
F/V Hello Darlin's II
Stonington, Maine
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A brittle sea star came along for the ride.
Declan Thomas Noon
F/V Down and Back
East Pointe, Prince Edward Isle
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Man versus mudling!
Jake Payson
F/V Lady Catherine
Camden, Maine
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You just never know...
Taza Watt
F/V P.A.J.E. III
Vinalhaven
Picture that didn't make publication but are so worth it!
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Photo credits from top, left to right: "Not a lobster trap!" Nick Beaudoin, Saco; "Works great, best offer" Jesse Grant, Cushing,; Lumpfish by Mike Thompson, Stonington; "Smiling Sculpin" Rebecca Robinson, Friendship; Wolf fish by Nick Beaudoin, Saco.
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