Taza Watt tossed out rope as he set a lobster trap in the waters off of Vinalhaven on July 22.
Johnny McCarthy (left) kept an eye on the Little League team he helped coach as they ducked into Vinalhaven Candy Co. for ice cream after taking part in the Fourth of July parade.
Johnny McCarthy watched as a container of bait was lowered down to the dock at the Vinalhaven Fisherman's Co-op on July 5.
Johnny McCarthy pulled a lobster from a trap as he hauled on July 5.
Dan Ganoza was seen through the windows of Taza Watt's boat as they hauled lobsters in the waters off Vinalhaven on July 22. Ganoza moved to the island with his family when his father got hired as the local high school science teacher and discovered that he could make good money sterning for Taza.
On the first day of summer, island fishermen took a break from their preparations for the quickly approaching lobster season to watch the Rockland Lobster Boat Races. An impromptu arm wrestling match broke out aboard the fishing vessel Money Shot, one of several boats tied together in Rockland Harbor to tailgate during the event.
Rockfish were skewered and ready to be used as bait in a lobster trap aboard Johnny McCarthy's boat Isabella-Jack on July 5. McCarthy later sold this boat after he bought a bigger one to fish in deep waters.
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