From collection National Fisherman Collection
LB2012.15.5153
Lobsterman in peapod or double-ender tossing trap into water. Lobsterman is Orren Ames in his Merrill Young built peapod now owned by the Penobscot Marine Museum. Image clearly shows the standup oarlocks and the pot hauler typically used in hand lobstering out of Matinicus double enders. "Lobsterman tending trap near Criehaven, Maine" [ref. NF/YB 1976, p. 51]
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LB2012.15.5153
Hauling by Hand. Before engines, many lobstermen worked out of rowboats. Peapods were a favorite of near-shore lobstermen, being steady enough to row standing up, and sufficiently seaworthy to bring you back safely if the weather turned bad. Raised oarlocks and a big rail-mounted sheave were marks of a working peapod. Also, a tub for the bait and a box for the catch. This Merrill Young-built pod is now in the museum's watercraft collection. [Text by Maynard Bray for OCH exhibit Voyaging Thru Time: Photographs from Penobscot Marine Museum, Part 9.]
