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Rent
A Maine Lobster Trap And Be A
"Virtual Lobster Fisherman"
Bypass
all the middlemen and buy direct from an 8th generation fisherman whose
ancestors settled on Swan’s Island in 1806.
When James Joyce settled on Swan’s Island in 1806, he began a legacy
that continues to this day. Now, over 200 years later, a direct descendant
of his is available to tend a lobster trap for you. Located in a
conservation area in beautiful Downeast Maine, just 7 miles off the the
shore of Mount Desert Island, home of Acadia National Park, lies Swan's
Island. Here in the crystal clear waters of the North Atlantic is where
your virtual lobsterman's career begins.
When you become a "Virtual Lobsterman" - a member of "Swan's
Island Rent A Lobster Trap", Captain Joyce will tend a trap specifically
for you. As a member, you will receive a short digital video of your trap
being tended, and the opportunity on a first-come-first-serve basis of
boarding Captain Joyces lobster boat to help tend your trap once during
the season (weather and sea conditions permitting). You will also receive
fishing updates, weather reports, and most importantly, the lobsters from
that trap delivered anywhere you wish in the continental U.S. All this
PLUS a buoy, along with a chart of the Swan's Island Conservation Area.
If conservation is what you are interested in, we also have the Swan's
Island Conservation Rent-A-Trap option - click
here for more information.
Fishing knowledge has been passed down from father to son here for over
8 generations and you now have the opportunity to learn what it really
takes to catch Maine lobsters.
Learn via weekly updates, the trials, tribulations, and triumphs of lobstering
off the coast of downeast Maine where the waters run cold and deep and
the fishing is more than just an income; it’s been a way of life
for the Joyce family on Swan’s Island for over 200 years. Click
here to learn about the Joyce family heritage.
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ISLAND INFORMATION:
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