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Lobstering In Maine | Learn About ME Lobsters

Lobstering in the Maine. ME lobsters.

It’s said lobstermen and lobsterwomen are born, not made. For starters, Maine is lucky to have a  coastline, to be on the Atlantic Ocean. All those ragged, rocky juts of Maine land out into the

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Maine Picnics Go Hand In Hand With Lobster Rolls. Potato And Pasta Salad. Corn On The Cob.

briny, misty water take a life time to discover as a tourist. The quaint Maine harbor towns and fishing villages are a big part of the Vacationland attraction. 

This blog post about lobstering in Maine.

Like the agriculture farming and forest timber lifestyles, lobstering or any fishing coastal endeavor takes a lot of discipline. The stakes are high. Long hours too that start early, extend late. There is Maine weather delivered up good, bad and worse.

Fishing in Maine is like farming the waters off the coast using boats, buoys and lobster traps not field tractors and implements.

The Maine lobster market prices up and downs means you have to manage your money well. Your overhead continues no matter how many Maine lobsters crawl into the hauled up watery traps. Like many Maine industries, going bigger to monetize production is the trend. But this blog post on lobstering in Maine focuses on the smaller, family fishing operations. 

Videos on lobstering in Maine are the easiest way to deliver the goods.

The promise of the blog post title uses your eyes and ears today. Like lazy man’s lobster where everything is steamed, opened up, cracked and buttered. Need a bib? You better put on a bib. Squirts happen around the lobster feed setting. (more…)

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Ice Out On A Maine Lake

Ice out on a Maine lake is a slow process.

The thick sheet covering the many lakes in Maine measures many inches deep. So thick it allows the weight of vehicles to drive on it. Creates the ice fishing, pond hockey skating, cross country skiing and snow shoeing outdoor fun opportunity. Plus winter ice on a Maine lake means snowmobile trails appear and disappear. All at the whim of Mother Nature and Jack Frost working as a team for winter exercise and recreational pastimes.

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Peaceful, Quiet, Solitude On A Maine Lake. As Winter Ends, Spring Arrives During Ice Out!

Ice out on a Maine lake.

Before the back drop changes, lots goes on behind the scenes. Winter tourism in Maine depends on snow and ice spinning the color wheel. For the transformation of Vacationland to winter white that means green for the small local community business economy. The fish and game people even track ice out on Maine lakes and keep records from past years of when the last shard is gone. And spring boating fishing fun can again happen.

Ice out boys and girls, ladies and gentlemen.

No more Jiffy ice auger needed to can open the frozen Maine lake. Riddling it with the holes for drop of the fishing line to flirt with bait and lures. With lots of patience and many rounds pegging for points on the cribbage board. To hopefully catch lake trout, land lock salmon, whatever fish species you love most for catch and release fun. Or to he keepers to clean and cook at home after you pack it up and trudge off the floating sheet of ice outdoor platform. The fish dinner served up hot, seasoned and tasty slid out of the hot frying pan to hop up and out leap on to a waiting raised plate.

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River Outlet To Maine Lake. During Ice Out Melting From Maine Lakes, Those Rivers Swell From All The Ice Out Run Off.

The ice over and out of a Maine lake is a tug of war.

Going from open to frozen then thaw until the real deal happens. The ice out is a matter of local tradition and is it when the main lake body is open or eighty percent clear? Is ice out when there is none in just your cove tunnel vision? Is ice out an anxious proclamation whether it is or not because winter hung around too long? (more…)

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