I went Stern for a few years, It's hard on the back but I loved every minute of it.
@staveman116 жыл бұрын
I went to Maine 3 years ago on vacation. It was a dream trip. I can't wait to go back. We started at the south east corner and went up the coast to Bar Harbor. Wow, what a trip. Next time I want to see the timber country. I am in the timber business in Tennessee and I gotta see how they do it there. I ate at least 20 lobsters while I was there. I am impressed with the video Joe. Great Job Joe!!!
@JoeHollandFishing6 жыл бұрын
Thank you! I hunt a lot in Timber country up north in Maine. Sadly the big timber days are gone up there but the logging operations are still impressive. Central Maine has a lot of big trees and the Arborists are very skilled taking them down in tough and tight situations.
@danacharette45656 жыл бұрын
The video definitely had the documentary feel to it. I'm telling you.... that's your calling. Thanks for sharing, Joe!!
@JoeHollandFishing6 жыл бұрын
Thank you Dana!
@Bob-di8cz3 жыл бұрын
Hard rewarding work. Reading the Stern Men now.
@JoeHollandFishing Жыл бұрын
for sure
@keylargo20013 ай бұрын
Joe one of the things you forgot to mention. Was that the buoy lines have a device on them that separates in case a whale should become entangled. The device is called a break away and separates when there is more then 600 lbs. of pull. There's also a size limit for keepers. Which is between 3 3/8th inches to 5 inches. Five inches and above get thrown back in if in state waters.
@JoeHollandFishing3 ай бұрын
Thank you
@rickojames5 жыл бұрын
Good video. I worked on a boat in Casco Bay a long time ago when the traps were wooden, and we were transitioning from wooden pegs to rubber bands. There nothing like swinging water logged and concrete weighted 4 footers all day long. Got to say....you guys handle the lobsters a lot rougher than we did. My captain would have keel hauled my ass if he saw me banging lobsters around like that.
@YourGreenLady4 жыл бұрын
when i saw my guy grab the bait fish.. then grab his cig. then keep smoking and working.. i knew he was for real
@eighteennakedcowboys3 жыл бұрын
Same here haha. That's my kind of guy. We only hire guys like that
@karenkusnierz13463 жыл бұрын
Hello from east boothbay! Saw the map on the screen. LOVE IT!
@jermo314 жыл бұрын
Boys are some hard on the lobsters
@MisfitsFiendClub1383 жыл бұрын
Yeah, not cool at all flinging the short ones back like he is trying to win a Frisbee tournament. They should be showing more respect for the lobsters, those undersized ones are their future profits
@andrewlusby1959Ай бұрын
I sterned for 9 years out of south thomaston maine hard fucking work but had so much fun learned so much would go back in a second to do it
@JoeHollandFishingАй бұрын
It’s good honest work
@willford4183 жыл бұрын
If you get on the right boat with the right crew it's a great gig, pretty decent money too.
@JoeHollandFishing3 жыл бұрын
Absolutely
@JohnBaxter-kn5zf4 ай бұрын
I told my now ex gf boy when he wanted to get into it I told him go stand at the dock look at the boats and find the best ones there and he asked why I told him those are Highliners those are the guys you want to fish with.. He started on a broke down boat w no money jumped ship after season jumped a highline and he said holy what a difference I said EXACTLY
@thomasayer75112 жыл бұрын
Much respect to those men and women who do that job! Damn hard work! I don't mind paying for a lobster when I know what it took to get it to my plate 🍽️
@JoeHollandFishing2 жыл бұрын
For sure
@richgouette3 жыл бұрын
the outgoing line freaked me out a bit.. felt like he was a reeealy small step away from a deep, dark, cold bath! Superb video though!
@rodneyharris72466 жыл бұрын
Awesome video!!!! Very interesting to watch!!! We fish recreationally for Western Rock Lobster off the coast of Perth, Western Australia and love it!!!! You have an awesome channel we liked and subscribed and look forward to checking out more of your channel!! Take care and tight lines!!!
@karateflix5 жыл бұрын
I’m so hungry right now I couldn’t help but think how much I’d love to eat all the lobsters thrown back into the water. 😂
@JoeHollandFishing5 жыл бұрын
Soooo gooood.
@JohnBaxter-kn5zf5 ай бұрын
Did it all my life commercial fishing.. I always said YOU GET SALT IN YOUR VEINS ITS VERY HARD TO GET OUT.. Nice looking ride by the way
@JoeHollandFishing5 ай бұрын
Good stuff
@sandib42344 жыл бұрын
COOL! I ORDER MAINE LOBSTER N SCALLOPS COUPLE TIMES A YEAR,SO GOOD!!
@wayneladd75096 жыл бұрын
Joe you hit a home run. Nice job. Thanks
@JoeHollandFishing6 жыл бұрын
Thank you Wayne!
@guillaumed217 күн бұрын
he killing them all when he trow them back!
@JoeHollandFishing17 күн бұрын
Idk about that
@jaidenshute4 жыл бұрын
I dont want to brag but I have my own lobster boat 200 traps a pot hauler and I'm only 12 and in 7th grade I wake up at 5 in the morning and go pull my traps bait them do everything my self but I need someone 18 or older to go with me becuase I'm still a kid
@yitzyf93963 жыл бұрын
Message me on ig @isaacfeigenbaum I’ve been fishing in Alaska and I need a deckhand in Maine when I come over and fish there in a few months
@mitchmitchell35603 жыл бұрын
Another great video Joe, and you couldn't have picked a better captain or a finer harbor to sail from, it's where I call home!
@JoeHollandFishing3 жыл бұрын
Thank you, he’s the best.
@mitchmitchell35603 жыл бұрын
Yeppers, great guy! Let me know if you want to do some stiper fishing this summer, I'd be happy to host
@bencluster6276 жыл бұрын
Awesome video joe. I like to watch deadly catch, just as good if not better. Love lobster, just had some last weekend!
@JoeHollandFishing6 жыл бұрын
Awesome, thank you
@paidinfull88184 жыл бұрын
You never touch the line on an outgoing trawl. Stay away from the line is rule number one. Especially on that open stern. Recipe for disaster
@matthewshoudy78873 жыл бұрын
Might not be a good way out!!! 😂
@DamianKenny83 жыл бұрын
A pretty brutal death it would be, that was extremely dangerous
@TheREALLibertyOrDeath4 ай бұрын
Yeah, no reason to do that if you manage the rope correctly as you haul it
@FishingChanneltv6 жыл бұрын
love this kind of videos, they are so rare, big like
@JoeHollandFishing6 жыл бұрын
Awesome! Thank you
@barbarazucchi88216 жыл бұрын
Love this video even though I got seasick! How do those guys do that? Amazing!
@JoeHollandFishing6 жыл бұрын
Thank you
@BassGeek6 жыл бұрын
Awesome video Joe. I do love me some Lobster.
@JoeHollandFishing6 жыл бұрын
Man it’s good stuff!
@kwelyroos712 жыл бұрын
Just wanted to say I am using your video in an assignment for college, yours in the ONLY one I found without music playing. THE only person who is going to watch is my instructor. Used to be my ex husbands sternman.
@JoeHollandFishing2 жыл бұрын
How’d you do?
@dullhammer3 жыл бұрын
Great video! Very complete coverage. Thanks. Question: When you drop the lobsters down that tube into what I presume is a tank of seawater, is that called the live-tank? Or just the tank? Or something else? And how many lobsters can it hold on your boat? Believe it or not I'm finding that information difficult to find on the web. Thanks again.
@kwelyroos712 жыл бұрын
called different things. my ex has a lobster box, this is more than liking a holding tank .. a live-well is a term more used with pond fisherman.
@JoeHollandFishing Жыл бұрын
That is correct
@dullhammer Жыл бұрын
@@kwelyroos71 Thank you.
@TSemasFl3 жыл бұрын
Pretty cool, looks like a interesting job. Does the State of Maine allow recreational traps for people with a small limit of traps? Or in order to catch lobsters, you have to be a commercial fisherman?
@JoeHollandFishing3 жыл бұрын
I believe you can get a permit for ten or so traps but I’ll have to check into it. Thanks for tuning in,
@richshackelford57936 жыл бұрын
Great video Joe. What time is supper.
@JoeHollandFishing6 жыл бұрын
Thanks bud, Anytime is a good time for Lobster Dinner!
@joelcr2504 жыл бұрын
lol, he has to throw the shorts back to sea spinning at 300 rpm ???? lobsters be like "woaaaaaaaaaa !!!!!!!!"
@MisfitsFiendClub1383 жыл бұрын
Thinking the same exact thing, he should show more respect for the resource
@rergang36 жыл бұрын
I would love to do this as a side job! Much smaller operation though haha
@JoeHollandFishing6 жыл бұрын
I believe there are still smaller resident licenses
@rergang36 жыл бұрын
I guess I'll see once I move up there and can figure out a boat situation
@wolfofrhodeislandx7462 Жыл бұрын
Maine lobstermen like to do everything the hard way lol.but they're definitely some of the hardest working men on the water
@JoeHollandFishing Жыл бұрын
They are very hard workers.
@timothydolen96536 жыл бұрын
You need to come down and go crawfishin in Kentucky
@JoeHollandFishing6 жыл бұрын
I'd love to! Is it similar just smaller scale?
@timothydolen96536 жыл бұрын
We use a square basket about the size of a 24pk of coke, bait it with chicken bones, and throw it in a deep hole and wade the shoals and shallow water flippin rocks over and gettin them that way to... fine eatin brother
@JoeHollandFishing6 жыл бұрын
Sounds like a lot of fun!
@demiansanmartin45163 жыл бұрын
What are typically the busiest times of year for Maine lobstermen??
@JoeHollandFishing3 жыл бұрын
The spring season and the fall season seem to be the best catches in this Downeast midcoast area. They come in closer in the spring and the catches are bigger out deeper in the fall before winter.
@williamferris91026 жыл бұрын
Nice vid joe....now get back out on tour 😎
@JoeHollandFishing6 жыл бұрын
Thanks bud.
@generalmalice79412 жыл бұрын
How hard would it be to get a job on a lobster boat and what towns have a strong lobsterin comunity
@JoeHollandFishing2 жыл бұрын
not hard try Friendship and down east from there.
@BranMac974 жыл бұрын
That guy is way to rough throwing the shorts back, no need to fling them in the air like that
@MisfitsFiendClub1383 жыл бұрын
U R 100% right! Anytime I see someone harshly treating wildlife it speaks volumes about that person, definitely not in a good way
@totljag13 жыл бұрын
What do they give the fisherman now days for lobster per pound ?
@JoeHollandFishing3 жыл бұрын
It honestly changes daily.
@SongSparrow-wf2is11 ай бұрын
lobster is so delicious.
@JoeHollandFishing11 ай бұрын
It really is!
@NYNCMIKE6 жыл бұрын
Cool video
@JoeHollandFishing6 жыл бұрын
Thank you
@robertsherman26503 жыл бұрын
why do you guys spin the pot around 180 on the rail ?
@JoeHollandFishing Жыл бұрын
They only spin the ones where the doors are facing wrong direction to open.
@thetwelfth99874 жыл бұрын
I love how lobsters spin when thrown like boomerands
@wandalathinghouse50695 жыл бұрын
What time of the year is best for lobster?!
@JoeHollandFishing5 жыл бұрын
They fish them all year, as far as eating goes it’s good all the time too.
@charleschiasson80913 жыл бұрын
@@JoeHollandFishing can u fish for lobster all year long in Maine? I know in Canada it’s only for a couple months then it closes
@Damon637lord6 жыл бұрын
How hard would it be for a high schooler to get a summer job doing this? I used to work on a cow farm and I know work on a Christmas tree farm. Sheering trees just sucks😂
@Damon637lord6 жыл бұрын
And what’s average weekly pay?
@johnnappa5 жыл бұрын
@@Damon637lord As a local in Maine, I have seen it is generally pretty easy to get a job lobstering. I can't say for sure, but high schoolers I knew who lobstered seemed to make pretty good money. Best of luck to you.
@joshwelner19515 жыл бұрын
Go walk the docks starting at 430am to 7am do that for a week and you'll probably have a job 👍hit up the local stores after 7
@willusa29274 жыл бұрын
I know he has a job to do but does he have to fling them lobsters overboard like that I don't think so he can just as easily as tossing back in
@rpaterson4335 ай бұрын
He is giving the undersized lobsters a hard time when he's throwing them back.
@JoeHollandFishing5 ай бұрын
truth
@rpaterson4334 ай бұрын
@@JoeHollandFishing they will have a headache
@gulfrelay4047 Жыл бұрын
I do I get some of these
@JoeHollandFishing Жыл бұрын
nice
@RuniDjurhuus5 жыл бұрын
Hi I really like this video, I can see it's licensed under Creative Commons, may I reupload it on my KZbin channel without ads, and I'll also make a link to the original video and your channel as well?
@JoeHollandFishing4 жыл бұрын
No
@doverbound27 күн бұрын
Overfilling dem’ bags. No bueno
@JoeHollandFishing27 күн бұрын
No good ?
@doverbound27 күн бұрын
@@JoeHollandFishing gotta have enough room in the bag for the bait to float around and break up, less constricted.
@doverbound27 күн бұрын
I’m on the stern of a boat down in Portsmouth. Been doing it for awhile. Idiot savant when it comes to my job. I work on a 46’ mussel ridge. I wasn’t judging, just my own opinion. I apologize if I offended. I love this shit.
@MindKontrolleAmerica2 жыл бұрын
flippin' lobsta
@JoeHollandFishing Жыл бұрын
thank you!
@DamianKenny83 жыл бұрын
Awesome documentary, but you guys really gotta stay away from the shooting rope, if it snarls around your feet it won’t be good.
@JoeHollandFishing Жыл бұрын
so true thanks.
@jamesstader66505 жыл бұрын
All of the shorts they are catching tells me the fishery is way in decline. Question: what's to keep the fish from nibbeling these lobsters and killing them before they get to the bottom?!?
@JoeHollandFishing5 жыл бұрын
Good questions, the shorts signify the strength of the lobster population. It takes seven years for a lobster to reach keeper size, so the lobsterman is actually seeing his future in every trap and with every short lobster he throws back. If they were not catching high numbers of shorts then the industry and population would be in decline. I’d say there is nothing to keep fish from eating the lobsters on the way down. I’d think they are safest on the bottom. They dart down very quickly and there are not a lot of predator fish in Maine waters of the lobster,
@jamesstader66505 жыл бұрын
I have been diving for pacific coast Lobsters since I was 12 and I have to say they are bigger and less sweeter than east coast bugs.
@JoeHollandFishing5 жыл бұрын
Cool, sounds like fun. I tried some from the Florida keys , Caribbean lobster with no claws. They were tasty .
@kodiham75323 жыл бұрын
You cut the video short I wanted to see the weight of that tote!
@JoeHollandFishing3 жыл бұрын
92 pounds
@holyspirit4482 жыл бұрын
Find them bugs cap
@holyspirit4482 жыл бұрын
Make 500k plus a YEAR where I fish
@literacylabyrinth40183 жыл бұрын
Why did you get Kermit the Frog to narrate this documentary?
@JoeHollandFishing Жыл бұрын
Legendary
@johnh4863 Жыл бұрын
125,000,000 pounds of lobster a year. 6000 licensed lobstermen. I always wonder why and how lobster never get wiped out. They say only a few survive out of all the eggs a female lays. A few can be 10-20% I guess. Imagine how many would exist if they had a 75-80% survival rate.
@JoeHollandFishing Жыл бұрын
The slot limit dictates the population there are actually millions and millions of lobsters crawling around on the bottom of the ocean floor, and a great many of them get caught, but a huge percentage of those get released because they are not big enough and some are too big
@juliemanarin41272 ай бұрын
@JoeHollandFishing why are the big ones released???
@idelinaechevarria58793 жыл бұрын
I need main lobster phone number how to get it
@matthewshoudy78873 жыл бұрын
I’m a Maine lobster fisherman where are you located? I can help ya
@MisfitsFiendClub1383 жыл бұрын
That music hurts my ears
@gzlpete3 жыл бұрын
Too many commercials guys. If you want more viewers like me who want to enjoy your content, and watch it thru. You need to reduce the ads. Otherwise your videos become nothing but click- bait.
@JoeHollandFishing3 жыл бұрын
Bummer man, I’ll see if I can get KZbin to reduce them, thanks for the feedback.
@jeremiah15282 жыл бұрын
Ruined it with that music....
@JoeHollandFishing Жыл бұрын
thank you.
@ManMountainMetalsАй бұрын
They use 80 million pounds of herring to catch 125 million pounds of lobster 🦞
@JoeHollandFishingАй бұрын
Yes, and also add to that Pogies, Alewives and various other baits.