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Lobster buoys made of fungi and coated with a soy-based paint may replace the styrofoam buoys that are known to shed microplastics into the sea. Paul Molyneaux photo.
Make room for 'shrooms
Paul Molyneaux
Peregrine Boats launched this 32’ x 16’ 6’ Bristol Bay gillnetter at the end of May. She should be able to plane with 12,000 pounds and work in 20 inches of water. Peregrine Boats photo.
Design tweaks pack more horsepower, fish in a Bristol Bay gillnetter
Michael Crowley
Chris Johnson, aboard the 35-foot Reel Easy, has just hooked up with a bluefin in the Gulf of Maine. He is using a Trident 80-130, and the Alutecnos 130 2-speed reel. Reel Easy photo.
Going Big for Bluefin: Top-Notch Rod and Reel Key to Success
Paul Molyneaux
The lifting operation began carefully May 12 as the Rebecca T. Ruark was hauled out to repair damage inflicted by a pickup truck driven over a dock bulkhead in December 2022. Photo courtesy of Wade Murphy III.
Historic Chesapeake Bay skipjack, hit by a truck, is under repair
Larry Chowning
This 27’ x 10’ garvey is going to Scotty George of Lancaster County, Va., to fish gill-nets in the Rappahannock River and Chesapeake Bay. Larry Chowning photo.
Garveys and more garveys
Larry Chowning
Snow & Co.’s Eric Rasmussen with his own Atlas engine, a 4 cylinder very similar to the Western Flyer’s original engine, a160-hp, 6-cylinder Atlas Imperial. Snow & Co. photo.
Western Flyer: Still in the game
Paul Molyneaux
Abe Philbrook, owner of the Katherine Pennington, straddles the boat’s sheer line at the hauling station. Behind him is a custom cabin top built by Oceanville Boatworks. Oceanville Boatworks photo.
Lots of custom work – and a shiny bilge – for Maine islands lobster boat
Michael Crowley
Faye Hall christens the 180’ F/V Little River with a bottle of champagne on Saturday, April 22 at the Omega Protein dock in Reedville, Va.. Larry Chowning photo.
Chesapeake Bay menhaden steamers christened
Larry Chowning
Space is always at a premium on a 32-foot Bristol Bay boat. The M.R. Solutions RSW unit has a tight footprint and reportedly cooled fish faster than competitors’ RSWs.
M.R. Solutions' Cannon family aims to revolutionize RSW with innovative chiller design
Paul Molyneaux
The Hi 500, with its lower-speed impeller and the big nozzle, is designed to get this Bristol Bay boat up on plane when loaded with salmon. Paul Molyneaux photo
Hill Innovations allows Alaska fishermen to make the most of a short season
Ben Clements
The Bristol Bay gillnetter Lady Mindy, built by Rozema Boatworks in the early 1990s, left Maritime Fabrication on April 17 with a new enclosed top house. Maritime Fabrication photo.
Upgraded boats, and a new gillnet drum design for Bristol Bay
Michael Crowley
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