Low Tide

Very low tides lately. This guy was getting his limit of scallops in no time-



Low tide at Monomoy. Notice the eelgrass beds exposed-


The wreck, Sargent, is still there off the beach at Monomoy and is still a severe threat to navigation-


A very peaceful waterfront-


Only a handful of vessels round this lighthouse during this time of the year-

Heading Out/Heading In

I Grabbed a few shots of scallopers heading out and heading in the other day.

Early Morning On The Harbor

Very dark these days heading out to the scalloping grounds. It was a beautiful and calm morning this morning. I grabbed a few shots on the way out.

The SSA Eagle-


The Coast Guard Station-


Brant Point Lighthouse decked out for Christmas-


The Miss China dead ahead!!

Cold!

Cold day today. Around eight guys went out scalloping. An area opened up due to the high wind of yesterday and they got their limits in short order.

Carl Sjolund unloading his limit early this morning-




The western rigged scallopers (and one dragger) were still tied to the east face of Straight Wharf today waiting for the wind to lay down-


The sun sets very early this time of the year-


My hosting site is no longer able to provide full-sized pictures on the header at the top of the page for some unknown reason. I'm hoping this will be resolved in the future. This was the picture I was going to use for this week titled "Scalloping on a cold and grey December harbor"-

Stormy Sunday

Very stormy around the waterfront today. I ventured out and grabbed a few shots.

A few fishing boats came in at some point last night. It was the usual suspects and a few I have not seen here before-



Storm warning flying at the Brant Point Coast Guard Station-


Click here for an explanation of Coast Guard warning flags


The Miss China holding her own-


This little scallop boat almost sunk at the dock. The owners were contacted and she was saved-
Postscript: There is a problem uploading the new picture of the week at the top of the page. I'm hoping this will be corrected in the near future.

12/10/2007

Very quiet around the waterfront lately. I spied a barge and crane in the north slip of the Steamship Authority today. Not sure what work is being done there. Perhaps they are going to fix the dolphin which has been leaning over for so many years.

The big steel western rigged sea scalloper, Predator, was in for a short stay last week. Her crew was repairing one of her dredges-



The Boat Basin is quiet and empty this time of the year-


Brant Point Light and a calm harbor-


It's very dark early in the morning this time of the year. Here's a shot from my boat while I was preparing to make my first tow of the day. The lights of town can be seen in the background-

Scallop Boat Sold

Angus Macvicar's scallop boat advertised here recently has been sold.

Rafted Up

The temp was too cold to go scalloping early this morning. We spent the morning rafted up to each other waiting for the red flag at the Marine Department to go down. Christy Bassett from the Dockmaster's Office made us all coffee as we were hanging around the fuel dock. Thanks Christy!
The red flag was finally lowered a little after 10am and we were able to go out scalloping.
Here are a few scenes from today as we were waiting-

Cold Morning

It was cold out on the water this morning. The temperature finally made it up to 28 degrees at ten to eight. The law is that you cannot fish until the air temperature reaches 28 degrees.

Heading out under threatening skies-



Vic Reed-




Ken Kelley-


Karsten and Matt Reinemo-


The hard NW gale of yesterday stirred things up a bit revealing tons and tons of scallops. It was easy fishing for me today. Too easy for this time of the year-

Flat Calm

Nice morning out on the water today. It was flat calm and very warm. Very rare for this time of the year. It felt like Summer. Here are a few scenes I grabbed while I was fishing-

New Bay Scallop Boat/Skiff In Surf

There's a new addition to the bay scallop fleet. Captain Karsten Reinemo recently took delivery of a 25' C Hawk. He splashed her today. She used to belong to Buddy Ayers. She is powered by a 150 horsepower four stroke Yamaha outboard motor. I was down at the dock today when Karsten was tying her up and I was given the grand tour. She's a big, heavy and stable boat. Karsten has fished out of several boats in the past including a Tripp Boat and two Sea Oxes. Karsten brought the very first 23' Sea Ox boat to the Island and used it for scalloping. Albert Johnsen Jr. owns her now. They are great boats. I am currently fishing my second Sea Ox. My first one, I bought from Buddy Ayers. Here are a couple pictures of Karsten's C Hawk-



There was a bit of drama out at the west end this afternoon. There was a person in a little skiff and two divers. They were trying to retrieve some tide monitoring equipment. At one point, the skiff was stern to the surf and almost swamped. She had to be bailed out. Not sure if the equipment was recovered as I had to leave the scene early. Here are some pictures I grabbed while I was out there-




Billy Sayle's catboat decked out for Christmas-