I'm English and in parts this accent almost sounds like it could be one of ours. It's so nice to listen to.

I remember my first job on a lobster boat down here in Portland as a deckhand. one of the hardest summers ever, but greatly rewarding not only financially, it built up my character made me a stronger man both physically and mentally. ill never forget being up at 4am seeing the sun rise on a beautiful July morning on the ocean. NOTHING beats that man..nothing

Lobstering was my summer job while in high school. I fished my own traps and worked as a sternman for a friend. I will confirm it is a hard way to make a living, but it’s a great way to learn a strong work ethic. They are spot on, the old fishing villages are a thing of the past. I visit Maine every summer, and miss the old days every time.

I live another half hour farther down the coast from here. It’s accurate. Well done. My favorite is old Ray. The old timers are like poets when they speak, and everyone will stop and quietly listen to their joke or story.

My grandpa was a lobsterman in Bass Harbor. He taught me so many things. Our home was right across from the harbor, so I would walk down to the fishery deck. He gave me a string with a hook to fish for sun fish in the wooden notches of the deck while he prepared his lobster traps.

Amazing New England accents; great doc.

This is one of the best cultural films of all time, thanks for this film…. Im glad to see the grandson is still fishing!

I, for one, appreciate all the hard work these lobster fishermen do on a daily basis. Takes a strong person, both mentally and physically, to do that kind of hard work. Thank you!

Tyler- Just a lovely portrait of an American family; the bricks and mortar of the great nation we are. Families such as yours, represent an honesty; an independence born of hard work and a stubborn spirit. A group of family and faith oriented men who know they can take better care of themselves than the government. Working because of a deep respect and love of that independence which made us what we became- certainly not for the money; obviously a precious little of that. Maybe it's the ability to look in the mirror when you start another day and, if nothing else, to respect the man looking back at you. Regards- Dorman Camden

Gives you a small sense of the "total life" of lobster fishing. Damned hard work in a rapidly changing environment - you really must love it to make a go of it. My hat is off to all of them!

Funny how the younger guys sound more british/Aussie than the older fella

Absolutely loved this. Left me wishing it was longer

thank you for uploading this--I live in the midwest now but grew up on the Airline Road in Clifton. love being able to watch things like this when I get homesick.

I absolutely loved this mini-doc. Thank you so much for posting.

I can easily see my oldest boy picking up the torch and becoming a lobsterman. He's only ten but he is in love with the sea.

When I was 16, in 1965, I went out as Sternman on my neighbor's boat, because none of his kids wanted to do it. It was the only boat still working out of Marlboro, in Lamoine. I knew that summer I wasn't ever going to be a Lobsterman, and joined the Army in '67. I still love to go out, though, because it's fun when you don't HAVE to! 8-)

This was very well done. Thanks for uploading it Tyler.

Excellent. Well done. Thanks for producing this video.

I got a lot of love and respect for the land and traditions y’all be holding down glad I found this video ❤

Thanks for uploading this Tyler. - Todd

It's a shame that the Maine accents are disppearing.

I enjoyed watching this as my grandfather was a lobsterman in Nantasket Beach in Mass and I never met him as he died when my mom was 9 years old and she was born 1921 and she used to go with him with the wooden traps. I learned a lot from this video even though the wooden traps were a different process.

Thanks for an awesome video!

How interesting. Hard work but the unexpected beauty that you are exposed to. Your dad was a lobsterman classic. I like the idea of him shaping the new wire traps like the old. I love Maine but my parents would take us to Old Orchard, mostly.

Nice ! Nova Scotia lobster fisherman here

Great video. I would recommend reading, “the wooden nickle” if you liked this video.

Great video!!!

Wonderful story thanks for sharing, hope to visit

Thanks Tyler

My wife and I are headed that way with 4 kids

Man that was beautiful

very well made vid

How old is this video?? Ive not seem any round wire lobster traps in forever ?? In Eastport , Maine, we all have rectangle shaped wire traps.

They do have really regional English sounding accents, weird.

I really liked the video! And that finger style acoustic song was unbelievable!!!! Would you mind telling me the name of the song and who played it?

Pretty cool! There's a ton of lobster fishing down here in the keys

YUP!!! Lobstermen for Life!!! "Saugus River" Melanson

Great accent!

Man these guys do work hard. There are enough bags under their eyes to go to Paris. 🛩 👝 🚢⚓🐟🦀

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Unfortunately the locals are being priced out of their homes.

I'm from New England but I still have no clue what accent the man at 2:11 has.

Ya steam out before dawn and hopefully have a full boat back at the dock before lunchma boy

cool

Very sweet....personally, I have never eaten a Lobster! I am Allergic! :)

If he puts 900 traps in the water I’d delete this video cause 800 traps is the limit 4 any lobsterman

900? Legal limit is 800 bub way to day yourself out lol

maine lobsters live in warmer waters than canadian ones so their shells are thinner and flesh more tender. also they go stale faster once taken out of water so it's harder to get them to restaurants in time before they become unsaleable. good restaurants compete to buy the limited supply so maine lobsters are more expensive than canadian lobsters. oh man now i've got a serious jones on to eat lobster but Leviticus says they're unclean

Them being anti government is so stupid they would have over fished the lobster till the fishery collapsed

These guys look miserable i can tell they hate there job.