+Maddie Cramer and I were fortunate enough to go on the F/V Pull N' Pray (F/V stands for fishing vessel). So, on this trip, Justin is Captain and Cody is sternman. Cody has been lobster fishing for 10 years – and he just turned 18 this year! It was an incredibly fun experience! I told the guys if they ever come to Indiana I can show them, umm… corn. Or, as they say, "Coarwn." It's unspellable. 😉
Some random things Maddie and I learned:
* You don't whistle on a boat. Supposedly it brings the wind. On a fishing boat, this is a no no.
* Any hatch cover that you remove on the boat, you never lay it upside down.
* Pigs are a big no no on fishing boats. You do not mention them at all, period, never, ever, ever.
* As a joke, or warning, to other fishermen who get their gear over yours, some fisherman will leave objects in the traps as a message or warning. It could be friendly like a soda or beer or toy plastic lobster, etc. It could be more unfriendly like a knife in your buoy or a plastic pig in the trap. I was told that some more superstitious fisherman will just cut a trap loose if it has a pig in it (see earlier pig is a no no reference).
* There is an entire dictionary of lingo that I do not know from references to lobsters missing both claws (a "pistol") to names for them when they are caught in different parts of the trap, and names for quantities per trap or stringer (the line of traps).?
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