Two things I’m impressed with: 1) The hard work you and your crew puts in to abide by the laws and regulations governing the fisheries you work in. It’s an investment in the future that, given human nature, not everyone is willing to make. Your willingness to show the world, via KZfaq, that it CAN be done is a great service. 2) The genuine fun you and you crew always seem to have as you work. It’s a joy to see. Thanks,
@sarahsin7752 Жыл бұрын
"Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime."
@kt.1116 Жыл бұрын
It helps to watch a handsome guy. Fisherman in this video are nice!
@gabister88 Жыл бұрын
Love love love your videos! I'm a conservationist & environmentalist by nature and try very hard to educate myself on the different farming, fishing & meat growing, and collection practices before I make a decision and become critical. You my friend have made me aware it's not always black & white and that you can earn a living doing something a lot of people are critical of, and do it in a manner that shows you care just as much as me. Thank you for getting sunken boats, old 4X4,s($$$Cha Ching LOL), and all the junk you come across out of our waters. I wish Discovery+ or even History Channel (as your always teaching us your history❤) should do a show about you and your crew and all you do besides Lobster fish. Thank You again for everything you do to help our Eastern Waters, showing people how to be responsible fishermen & taking the time and work it takes to record it all and get it out there for us to see!
@bassassin2ohseven584 Жыл бұрын
Amazing video, Jacob! I grew up in Downeast Maine, was a sternman at 11 years old with Tomcat Gordon from Gordon's Wharf by the bridge. Around 1988, bluefish chased pogeys all the way up to Tidal Falls. They were so thick you could almost walk across them! I think the bluefish pushed them up on shore in other places by the thousands and it became quite an issue when they started to rot in the summer sun!🤢🤮 Look forward to more videos!
@blinkyboo4871 Жыл бұрын
We learn from failure! Those who say they never fail are lying.
@ZippedUpKitz Жыл бұрын
Failure is the BEST teacher!!
@ronaldheak1637 Жыл бұрын
School of hard knocks! I'm a over 50 joiner and I learn new and better ways all the time.
@svenngunnarrustgard1228 Жыл бұрын
Those who say they never fail, never try
@ZippedUpKitz Жыл бұрын
@@svenngunnarrustgard1228 you got that right!
@carlycharlesworth14977 ай бұрын
Failure teaches us quicker than straight success, for sure!
@marshabevis3768 Жыл бұрын
I love learning from you. I am fascinated by how the art of fishing works, whether it's fish, lobster, or whatever. Thank you.
@willkeating461 Жыл бұрын
Keep the vids like this coming! This was awesome to watch your team and yourself
@Jerepasaurus Жыл бұрын
I loved this SO much. I'm so grateful for the experiences and education you give us through sharing your days, with all the little details and steps you take. Every part of your job just seems fascinating... even the gritty and grimy parts. lol Every day is a potential adventure and new learning experience out on the water. And the fact you're so genuinely focused and dedicated to sustainable fishing is what honestly makes this the most truly enjoyable.♥
@loisrickman7771 Жыл бұрын
You could been listed as educational. As a middle of the nation person I've lean so much in the 2 months since l found your videos. Thank you. Mostly I love your smile and joy in sharing what you do.
@kathyk479 Жыл бұрын
Nice job mending! I spin wool and you did a very nice job weaving that net! People think it's easy but it's not!
@divatrin Жыл бұрын
Love how you explain things so simply us common folk can follow and understand. Keep grinding and posting ❤ from New Zealand
@sylviaburns299511 ай бұрын
Land locked in Denver here. These videos are FASCINATING! Jacob and CREW bust arse working so hard!!! No time to get fat and flaccid on the boat!
@lovesloudcars Жыл бұрын
There's a good reason why there's 10 thousand views- because Jacob rocks!! Tell us more about how the fish are stored!
@lindsyfish670411 ай бұрын
I'm a person who works with string as a hobby and has tried her hand at a few types of netmaking. It's very refreshing to hear a outdoorsman say, "at some point I gotta remember how to mend, and it might as well be today". I'm glad you can reduce the cost of bait by effectively catching it yourself!
@hokudadog7637Ай бұрын
this!
@johnswoboda9809 Жыл бұрын
I've recently discovered and love your channel. Here in New Jersey in the Sandy Hook arm of the Raritan Bay we used to have a huge commercial menhaden fishery industry. It's cool to still see somebody pulling bunkers since it went bust here decades ago and the Atlantic Highlands turned into rich suburbs full of snobs taking the high speed Sea Streak to commute into the City. Good to see the Northeast still has good salty traditional fishermen like you out on the water. Discovery channel oughta give you a show; you'd rock it cos you're such a salt of the earth guy. Love the videos with your family; I got three kids including two little men myself. Keep doing what you do; fair winds and following seas, brother.
@getawaylauren11 ай бұрын
Funny to randomly find a comment from someone from my exact location in NJ on a KZfaq channel!
@valeriaproductions10 ай бұрын
If this was picked up by the discovery channel they’d wanna script everything and the’d ruin it.I think KZfaq is way better! That way the channel gets the money not the network.
@sammylacks4937 Жыл бұрын
We had a commercial menhaden operation here off North Carolina. I got to see the proceedure one time. As the narrator explained and some tactics that weren't, first a spotter aircraft finds the largest schools of bait fish they can radioing location to closest purse seine ships that drops smaller craft to encircle whole school. Then a large pipe that acts as a vacuum cleaner sucks the bait aboard leaving.nothing but gazillions of scales for larger game fish to eat.
@aubreycasler-qd1yl Жыл бұрын
Look at all those lobster snacks
@nyariimani7281 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing this. That's fascinating.
@paulsegnatelli55 Жыл бұрын
Great video! So interesting to see where and how our food comes from.
@timkothavala6558 Жыл бұрын
I do a little lobstering with a friend who has a boat. Out of Seabrook NH harbor. The price of bait has skyrocketed in the last couple of years. A bin of pogeys used to be $40.....now it is 100+. We use cow hides and whatever else we can get. Nice to get your own bait. By the way how much by-catch do you get with the pogeys? How much are you allowed in Maine? Thanks for the lobster videos.
@cheezewiz227 Жыл бұрын
ike bub. ii grew up just ovah the bridge in hampton geese
@chrismcwilliams3552 Жыл бұрын
That was so cool! My late Grandfather was a Waterman from southern Maryland. Had his own oyster bed too. One of my cousins inherited it. I have the tool you used to fix your net. I’m a fiber artist (spinning, weaving, dying, knitting and crochet), so I’m interested in learning how to make a Fishing Net. I enjoyed your “shorts” so much that I subscribed to this channel 😊
@brandywine4000 Жыл бұрын
Loved watching you mend the net. I used to help my father sew and mend gill nets to set in the river when I was a child. I always enjoyed watching How deftly his hands worked the needle through the net and around the rope or net to net after string rays got tangled one year.
@ScottWConvid19 Жыл бұрын
The learning curve... it can be frustrating,, but it's always memorable. Thanks for the upload. Great video! 👍🏼👍🏼
@jamesspencer1463 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for your quality content
@cjmaine138 Жыл бұрын
Jacob, my kids and I Iove the vids. You are great at the helm and in front of the lens. Thanks for putting these together. A good idea for a vid might be a tour of the boat and a tutorial on the equipment that you use. I would love to see that
@Darbobski Жыл бұрын
I love how much of this is covered in a book I read recently called "Benchley" by D. Preston. A lot of it takes place on a lobster boat in the the late 1950s. Just cool to see that some aspects are still the same!
@adzoutnabout8666 Жыл бұрын
Great job at fixing the net mate 👍
@jamesspencer1463 Жыл бұрын
That's awsome this will save you money. I was surprised when u said $1,000 a day for bait. Whoever is laughing probably has no experience. You guys do amazing work. Thanks for all you do.
@TCK-9 Жыл бұрын
No doubt, gas and bait are serious expenditures for this kind of operation.
@joshwelner1951 Жыл бұрын
and that's before crew gets payed
@jamesspencer1463 Жыл бұрын
@joshwelner1951 Wow!! Well you guys all work hard!! Definitely have a better appreciation for what you all do. Thank you.
@michaelmcclure8673 Жыл бұрын
Jacob your videos show so many different things involved with running a lobster boat. Keep it up . 😊😊
@Belemonguin Жыл бұрын
Love KZfaq for this kind of content. Just a slice of life of a fisherman. Thank you for the commentaries and explanations - it's cool to see how people do their mundane jobs.
@billiep4338 Жыл бұрын
Oh please do more of these videos ❤ That was some day. A lot of hard work. I’m glad to see real men are alive & well.❤
@shainazion4073 Жыл бұрын
A man of many talents!!
@bluezinnia847 Жыл бұрын
Love this channel! Thank you so much! Wish I lived in New England! I just love everything about it! Wish it wasn't so expensive to live there! I am in Florida, and I hate it here. I do love your posts!:))
@JerseyTom Жыл бұрын
top notch videos man... the explanation of the fishery at the beginning, the good footage, the editing, and a little humor in there. we have "bunker" down here in and outside raritan bay so thick you could walk on them. toss anything into a school of them and fill a bucket for crab bait. sometimes reel in half a bunker when the blues or sharks are on the same school.
@RiskyVentureMinerals Жыл бұрын
@jacob, this is excellent information and so informative! Keep up this educational work!
@DavidRubin-gy3jo Жыл бұрын
Good job. You got your bait and your quota.
@shel.b.1090 Жыл бұрын
That was awesome Jacob, you and your crew work so hard, FairPlay. Nice repair on the net too xxx
@DeejGilley Жыл бұрын
Now don’t sink the skiff again bub! 😂
@dianacooper-havlik4115 Жыл бұрын
This was a great video! Entertaining & educational! Y’all do some hard work! 🐟 🦞
@Redacted-Information Жыл бұрын
CRAZY fishing! Hey I went swimming in Maine once... ONCE!
@dondeverell2331 Жыл бұрын
Water is super cold... but the joker has time to play with a crab for a laugh... Love it! I miss down east. 😢
@bigstyx7 ай бұрын
I’m not sure that this is an oxymoron or not but you guys are the most honest fisherman I’ve ever seen. Keep up the good work. God bless you.
@genericalfishtycoon3853 Жыл бұрын
Was born and raised on the coast of Maine, but I've moved up into the mountains these days. I miss the ocean sounds in those misty early mornings, thanks for taking me along with you ol' boy! Appreciate it.
@1Akai111 ай бұрын
Now this was cool! Hard work always pays out. Glad you remembered how to repair your net, and the motor didn't get messed up. But I will tell you I would have died jumping in that water. Damn cold!
@tenofivelips Жыл бұрын
Water's 58. That's practically tropical. 😉
@jameshasenfus3412 Жыл бұрын
Maine water in the summer. The original "shock and awe"😂
@Andrea-bw8xm Жыл бұрын
Good job you guys! Fresh sparkling golden pogies! Nothing like them! (Well maybe a tow of scup!) Candy for the lobsters! What a blast!
@sal98426 ай бұрын
You guys are doing something that I’ve always wanted to do all my life I’m only 50 ONLY. But I’ve always wanted to go to Maine and do fishing like that and lobster and all kinds of anything from the sea. All I get is a 50 gallon aquarium with Little neocardinia /cherry shrimp and little fish. That’s as close to my dream I get right now it’s so fun to watch you guys.
@jodi-bethfelton3696 Жыл бұрын
Great content! Learning so much about your trade! Love how you give them a snack and throw them back! ❤
@sunsetlane3924 Жыл бұрын
Great video! You are the man to staying in that ice water for so long. You made me cold. Great repair job too, nice to see the do it the right way not a quick fix. How do you store all that bait? Freeze it? How long does all that bait last you?
@DouglasPFresh Жыл бұрын
Where do you store them? Is there a giant freezer somewhere?
@bigsteppininmystilts504411 ай бұрын
he uses salt to cover the fish and help preserve them better
@Bristolgrl Жыл бұрын
I love watching your video’s. Have learned a lot from them!
@norrain13 Жыл бұрын
I used to be in the Navy, and we had a ton of safety things we had to deal with on our FFG, what are risks you guys have to manage specifically to the fishing boat? I saw him at the aft of your boat letting the net out and I was like oh man that would suck to get tangled in that, made me wonder what kind of precautions and things you guys have to look out for.
@sylviaburns299511 ай бұрын
Good ideas!
@jodidavis6595 Жыл бұрын
Love your family friendly content Jacob. Btw..great back flip 👍🏼🇺🇸
@carlgomm9699 Жыл бұрын
Such a nice show, I remember pogies showing up in Belfast in the early 70's, the blue fish and stripers were right there with them, I really enjoy your channel !!
@PSSKDerby Жыл бұрын
What an awesome video Jacob! Too bad about the net, but you got your catch and no one was hurt. Glad I started seeing your shorts. Thanks for sharing!!!
@SuperMortiki Жыл бұрын
I was the master skipper for 6+ years, I sort of miss those days.
@BluecordedPoet Жыл бұрын
That was so awesome. Your content is tops, my dude. Thanks for sharing your life's work. It's truly fascinating to someone from the middle of America.
@phillacy5545 Жыл бұрын
Your boat is so versatile. Seems like you can fish anything? I imagine some boats can't
@BurchellAtTheWharf Жыл бұрын
Proper cage, and never touch the reverse, and have the little boat pulling on the port side bow, helps keep the boat off the bag
@BurchellAtTheWharf8 ай бұрын
Yea, never pull on the bag with the small boat if you can help it, it might cause a week of mending twine, and that's an old art in its self, if I had a passport tho, I wood help tie some knots with yea to help fix er up, miss mending twine eye does
@corlisslilly5636 Жыл бұрын
Love your videos! New Subscriber 🇨🇦
@OttoTheWeim Жыл бұрын
The omega boats have been destroying the Chesapeake bay. The factory ships constantly have spills and have been decimating the feed sticks for the rockfish. Purse boats also have a high kill rate of bycatch. You “throw back” the bycatch but it is more often than not already dead from suffocation or being crushed by the load. I know you aren’t a factory ship or omega boat and your way of fishing is much more sustainable Quota can be met with very little bycatch mortality and excess is released unmolested. Kudos.
@HBADGERBRAD3 ай бұрын
“It wasn’t recording! Do it again!” Man’o’Man Jacob your family jewels 💎 must have disappeared for a few days! LOL 😝 I have to tell ya when you said there’s a big hole I thought you meant the boat! 🛥️ had a big hole! I am from the Blue Canadian Rocky Mountains 🏔️ and suddenly I was a member of the crew- I was devastated for a few seconds until I realized it was the freakin’ net!! I am an ill person with so many medical issues it pisses me off. I used to have an active life until 13 years ago- now I live vicariously through you and others on KZfaq. You have an awesome channel. Love&Friendship from Edmonton Alberta Canada 🇨🇦 😊
@Emeraldwitch30 Жыл бұрын
I love smoked herring. Good gravy they are expensive when you can find them. At least here on lake Michigan we have whiting and chubs that are also good smoked. N8t as oily as herring but not bad
@dixsigns1717 Жыл бұрын
I really enjoyed this vid, thanks. More like this, please.
@King_Maximus Жыл бұрын
Jacob ... put a Y bridle the side of the boat and have your skiff tow you around. The skiffs sole job is to keep that net from collapsing and from in the wheel
@ByHerHand Жыл бұрын
Watching from Sydney Australia. You live in such a beautiful part of the world. And being lucky enough to see this every day…..blessed.
@jonall525010 ай бұрын
this has to be the best video of yours that I've seen Thank you for sharing. I like learning from you
@denisedavis65967 ай бұрын
WAY COOL!!! (Watching you scoop up the fish!) sorry you had to be towed in though. 🐟 Great job on sewing the net!! I’m a quilter so I understand how hard that was.
@jamesdrew7315 Жыл бұрын
Awesome video!!! I always enjoy your videos👍
@slisha4940 Жыл бұрын
I love seeing what all of you do! It is so informative
@debvit23536 ай бұрын
Oooof, that’s cold! The things you do for bait. Kudos on mending the net the right way. Looked great.
@brettbyrd Жыл бұрын
Just started watching your videos. Having my background in aviation and programming this is Pretty interesting. Thanks for great content! And thanks for keeping it clean I don’t mind watching this with my kiddos!
@Erin_Wilson_Studios10 ай бұрын
Love watching you mend the net.
@theH.B.I.C Жыл бұрын
I cannot believe you jumped into 58° water in your skivvies! You are either slightly crazy or tough as nails, or both. 😉 Love the content.
@TCK-9 Жыл бұрын
Good stuff, nice knitting!
@melanie_meanders Жыл бұрын
as a fibre artist i loved watching you fix the net!
@viridiangreen825911 ай бұрын
Fantastic learning channel
@mysongs740 Жыл бұрын
I'm not sure the water ever warms up past 58 in Maine. The Penobscot River doesn't feel like it!
@shanna74 Жыл бұрын
Love the content you always make me smile with your comedic nature.
@heavymetalbassist5 Жыл бұрын
Love your stuff dude. Your videos just keep getting better.
@chrysa.22 Жыл бұрын
So interesting! I hope it saves you some good cash this year. Thanks for sharing Joel. Love ~ from Idaho 😊
@SongSparrow-wf2is11 ай бұрын
love your videos. they are all so interesting educational and entertaining.
@MrMockingbird1313 Жыл бұрын
Hey Jacob, I live in St. Louis. I owned a semi tractor for 11 years. Menhaden would be caught in New Orleans and pulverised. The powder would come to STL by barge. I would take it to farmers in the midwest for fertalizer. I understand it was also used for cat food. The stuff smelled SO BAD it made many people sick and start heaving. The smell didn't bother me, so I moved it often. I had often been told the taste was horible and no one caught the fish anywhere except New Orleans. Glad to hear you use it for bait.
@kenneth9874 Жыл бұрын
They fish pogies below Morgan city as well primarily for bait
@scripsiscriptum524 Жыл бұрын
You have such a good attitude about everything! Also, I know nothing about fishing, so this was really cool to watch.
@RisuAlto Жыл бұрын
This was so, so cool to watch. Thank you for sharing it with us.
@TheWayItIs. Жыл бұрын
I grew up in SW Rhode Island by the ocean. Your videos are good. 👍🏻
@marumiyuhime Жыл бұрын
my great uncle bill used to tie his own nets and seins lost art for most great job on the mend. cheers
@katiewaterrose Жыл бұрын
Swim Down 😂😂😂 sorry that's all I kept thinking. I love watching and learning from your videos!
@wickerman9569 Жыл бұрын
Live & learn. That’s all you can do. Thanks for the videos.
@karsonchristiansen46298 ай бұрын
im a purse seiner from Alaska and your guys set up is very interesting
@Mindy56743 Жыл бұрын
You know this is karma from how you did your friend when pulling him on the boat. Lmao
@85guide Жыл бұрын
Hey man just wanted to say that I love your channel. This was such a great video.
@voryndagothDL Жыл бұрын
Incredible video as always
@edgotbait Жыл бұрын
Here in the Chesapeake bay in Virginia they use spotter planes to find bunker And a huge ship and 2 tenders boats and there are fleets of these ships to rape the bay of bunker so bad that it’s hurt the fishing for other species
@hulkgqnissanpatrol612111 ай бұрын
As long as you did it safely and everyone had a smile, that's all that counts. Man that looked like fun