Sunrise/Waiting for the temp to go up

There was a pretty spectacular sunrise over the waterfront this past Friday. I was able to grab a few shots of it before I headed out scalloping for the day. It was a cold morning. I had to wait until 8:15 before I could head to the grounds. We usually start fishing at 6:30am. Town law prohibits us from starting any earlier. And the air temperature must be 28 degrees before anyone is allowed to fish. Salt water freezes at 28 degrees and the thinking is that if we were allowed to fish in temperatures less than 28 degrees, we would run the risk of the seed scallops we haul up in our dredges freezing and dying before they are returned to the water. When me the guys have to wait for the temperature to make it to 28, We usually pick a spot and raft our scallop boats up and talk about how bad scalloping has become. It's the same discussion every year. The Marine Department flies a red flag at the Town Pier. We choose a spot in view of the flag to raft up and have a gam. When the flag is dropped, we all charge out to the scallop grounds at full throttle.
Sunrise at The Boat Basin.
Sunrise at the Boat Basin framed within a scalloper's A-Frame.
Mac.
Ice in Shimmo Pond.
Ice in Shimmo Pond.
Carl and Jimmy Sjolund.
Carl and Jimmy Sjolund.
Carl and Jimmy Sjolund.
Carl and Jimmy Sjolund.
Carl and Jimmy Sjolund.
Carl and Jimmy Sjolund.
Captain Bruce Cowan.
Carl and Jimmy Sjolund charging out to the scallop grounds.
Carl and Jimmy Sjolund charging out to the scallop grounds.
Carl and Jimmy Sjolund charging out to the scallop grounds.
Captain Bob Rank waiting for the temperature to go up.
Jimmy Sjolund waiting for the temp to go up.
Mike "Mac" McInerney and Chuck Stojack waiting for the temp to go up.
Chuck Stojack.
Mac waiting for the temp to go up.
Mac and Chuck.
Calm and cold harbor. Waiting for the temp to get to 28 degrees so we can start fishing.
Mac.
The Ruthie B.
Ruthie B a little after sunrise.
Sunrise over the Boat Basin.

Sunrise over the Boat Basin.
Buck Of The Week:

I got this old bruiser on my trail cam early one morning headed back to his bed for the day. 99% of the bucks I capture on my trail cam are nocturnal. They move between the hours of midnight and 5 or 6am. They spend every second of the daylight hours hiding in the thickest brush imaginable avoiding humans. Smart animals. Click on picture twice to enlarge.