Flat Corrin Inspects Lobster Traps

Gramma Sal, Flat Corrin and I went down to look at lobster traps and bouys.  When the lobsters go into the traps, they go into a door with a net in it called a head. The first door goes into a part of the trap called the kitchen. Lobster bait is hanging from a string in a net bag called a bait bag.

After the lobster gets into the trap, there is another net door (head) that is easy to crawl through, and the lobster goes through it. This door goes into the second half of the trap and is called the parlor. It is difficult for the lobster to get out of the parlor.

The colored thngs next to the traps are called pot bouys. (Sometimes lobster traps are called lobster pots). The bouys are attached to the traps with rope and float on the surface of the water. Each lobsterman has different colors on his bouys. That is how he knows which traps to haul.

The box next to the bouys is called a bait box. This one is upside down so it won't fill with rain water before the lobsterman puts it in his boat. The bait box is on four legs so the lobsterman can reach the bait easily. The bait goes into the bait box, and the lobsterman takes handfuls of it and puts it into the bait pockets.

This is a bait pocket.

Flat Corrin looked over from the lobster traps and saw the beach and the building where Grammy's and Gramma Sal's shops are. The building used to be a clam factory, where they canned clams way back in the 1800's.