Maine Memory Network

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

"Although this picture is from the 1930s, dories would be seen in and around the harbor fishing for lobster or trawling for fish in the 1940s and…"

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

"… and marked by a single buoy; this is called a trawl or a string. As weather permits, traps are hauled up one to five days later."

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 2 of 4

"They worked a combination of weirs, stop-seines, trawls and traps. In winter, they might go north to cut wood."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries

"Cod was caught on trawls, mostly for island consumption. The fish weir industry developed around 1915 and continued to the late '40s, when the…"