Maine Memory Network

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 3 of 4

"… are fished with baited traps or pots and the traps are dropped from a boat or “set.” Traps are attached by rope to a floating buoy to mark their…"

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

"… or fishing in very deep water, one line had two traps (doubles); but most of the time only single traps were on a rope and buoy (singletons)."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Other Recreation

"Trapping has always been popular in our area. Trapping was really quite time consuming and expensive compared to hunting animals."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 2 of 2

"It was not a strong wind or even a rough sea. Some men of Pine Point, including Harold, would haul their traps by starting at Prouts Neck and…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 1 of 2

"… engine was running, the winch turned and lobster traps could be hauled aboard. Except for small skiffs (punts), no other boat building has occurred…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 3 of 4

"… and under the building, with access through a trap door in the floor. Imagine that casual an arrangement today! Larger deliveries came through the…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Scarborough Marsh: "Land of Much Grass" - Page 2 of 4

"… and other natural resources as they hunted, trapped, clammed and fished in the marsh. When European settlers arrived in the early 1600s they, too…"

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

"… Island Historical Society A successful trap limit was enforced in 1984 that reduced the pressure on younger fishermen and the lobster fishery in…"

Historic Hallowell - Timeline of Cyclone

"Little Vigril White was trapped inside the store when this happening occurred. The stable that was occupied by Simmons! The Stearns had gotten…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 1 of 4

"… are exposed outlines of a fish weir used for trapping fish and in the shell heaps of Winnocks Neck."

Life on a Tidal River - The Great Bangor Floods: 1902 and 1976

"The water rose so quickly that people were trapped in their cars, and many cars were ruined. Damages to personal property cost over two million…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - V. Changing times: the Swan’s Island Ferry

"A successful trap limit was enforced in 1984 that reduced the pressure on younger fishermen and the lobster fishery in general."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Summary Notes

"People were trapped in their cars, cold and hungry. This storm is like the one that hit in 2008 it was almost the same, trees were covered in ice and…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 2 of 5

"Hunting wild game and trapping were also important jobs for daily survival. Berrying in the summer was an annually awaited event."

Surry by the Bay - Surry Opera Company

"… Catherine Filene Shouse, founder of the Wolf Trap, the National Park for the Performing Arts outside of Washington, DC, gave the company its first…"

Historic Hallowell - Hurricanes Of 1954 - Stories and Timelines

"Also a family of 10 was trapped on top of their car by the flood waters. A human chain of rescuers were able to save 9 of them but an 8 year old girl…"

Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Explore photos from the "Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold" documentary

"… a few descendants now store some of their lobster traps and fishing gear there. But, the island remains relatively untouched."

Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"They trapped and hunted in order to survive and were much relieved when the family arrived the following summer."

Lubec, Maine - Klondike: Lubec's Gold from Sea Water Hoax

"… Herald reported, “Never did a fisherman bait his traps with more alluring or attractive morsels that did Reverend P."

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"… Bangor when the Federal Bureau of Investigation trapped the notorious Brady Gang on its Central Street and an a gun battle ensued."

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… brush needed to build and refurbish the herring traps. So great was the demand for the large herring preferred by the smokehouses that Lubec began…"