Lobster Fishing by the Everett Family, a Photo History
Lobstering and fishing has a special place in the heart of the Prince of Fish. It was the occupation of his father (John R.), his grandfather (Antone R.), and himself (John T.) in coastal Massachusetts, USA. Here are some pictures of inshore and offshore lobstering. The first photo in below is of the family lobster boat on Christmas morning.
This section brings together all the known pictures of the Everett family fishing for lobsters, scallops, quahogs (hard clams) and codfish from Fairhaven, Massachusetts, USA, including from the Fairhaven-New Bedford Harbor. The earliest picture is of Antone Roderick Everett tarring funnels in 1938 on Union Wharf in Fairhaven, ending with the family boat retired to the “land down back”. Photos are included of his sons: Tony, John, and Manny. Once Antone retired, son John bought the boat from him and used it until it sank one night and was deemed un-seaworthy by the Coast Guard, somewhere around its 80th birthday.
Lobster fishing is conducted along much of the Atlantic seabard of the United States, but it exists only along the edge of the continental shelf off the southern states of Virginia and North Carolina, in the form of offshore lobstering. In contrast, in the New England states and Canada, lobsters can be caught even in traps that are out of the water at low tide, trully inshore lobstering!
The Everett family lobster boat on an early Christmas morning.
Lobsters stored in the live well of the boat were being gathered and brought to market.
Lobsterman Antone Roderick Everett, Sr. tarring lobster pot funnels in 1938 on Union Wharf in Fairhaven, MA.
A young Manny Everett sitting on a basket of quahogs.
28 foot (9 meters) lobster boat of John R. Everett in Little Bay, Fairhaven, Massachusetts (1942).
John R. Everett on his lobster boat in Little Bay, Fairhaven, Massachusetts (1943).
John R. Everett on his lobster boat in Little Bay, Fairhaven, Massachusetts (1944).
Lobster boat of John R. Everett in Little Bay, Fairhaven, Massachusetts (1941).
Cousin Manny Abreau on John Everett’s lobster boat in Little Bay, Fairhaven, Massachusetts (1941).
Brothers John (2nd from right) and Tony Everett, Jr. (far right), and their scalloping buddies, on their 28 foot lobster boat at Union Wharf, Fairhaven, Massachusetts (about 1950).
Tony Everett, Jr. bringing bay scallops ashore in Fairhaven, Massachusetts.
Tony Everett, Jr. on the dock in Farihaven, Massachusetts (1941)
Lobster Boat of Antone R. Everett in its original configuration. Built in 1922 it was 35 feet [11 meters]. in length.
John R. Everett with a cod fish during winter long-lining in Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts (1971).
Buoys, pots, and bait barrels on deck.
Lobster traps on deck waiting for a better spot.
John R. Everett hauling a lobster pot onto the boat using a winch.
Angry lobster on a trap.
Very rare entirely blue lobster on a kitchen table (1970s).
After using a gaft to grab the rope to the lobster pot, marked by the floating bouy, John R. Everett prepares to haul a lobster pot onto the boat.
Lobsterman John R. Everett bringing a lobster pot aboard his boat, Fairhaven, MA.
Lobsterman John R. Everett with two lobsters.