Maine Memory Network

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Lobstering

"… of the major fishing times for cod, haddock or mackerel, lobsters were also caught. Walter Joyce with lobster, Swan's Island, ca."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - II. Pinkies, wherries, skiffs and chebaccos: Early Settlement

"Mackerel fishing could be done from any size of boat. Vessels fit out in early spring, fished for mackerel in southern waters, and returned around…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Islanders at Work

"Seine fishing (hand line fishing) was one form of fishing used by island fishermen. These fishermen were mostly fishing for herring."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Andrew Smith Store

"Mackerel fishing declined in the late 1800s, and Smith may have turned to shopkeeping to compensate for the loss."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - III. Boom, bustle, bust: The Steamboat Years to WWII

"The mackerel population had been fished to exhaustion by 1900, and around 1857 lobster fishing began to grow in popularity."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 1 of 4

"During winter months these same men often outfitted their boats for dragging hen (sea) clams, scallops or shrimp. Stream and river fishing was…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 4 of 4

"Local men fished through the ice for smelt in the winter, packing them with snow in boxes and shipping them by train from Ellsworth to Boston."