What a great profession! My grandfather owned a marina when I was a kid and there was nothing like my parents buying fish just off the boats, amazing. I wish I could get monkfish and skate! I used to be able to get both at my local market but now can only get it at an asian grocery store. Monkfish, "poor mans's lobster" and skate are my favorites. This year we were at the shore and the guys fishing were throwing the skate back! I told them how good it was but they didn't believe me.Primarily Monkfish and Skate. We also target Striped Bass for a short time in the fall and trawl for Fluke and Squid in the summer. I have also been a lobstermen here on Long Island and a Spiny Lobster and Stone Crab fishermen in Key West for 7 years. Have been a clammer, bay scalloper, and deckhand on offshore trawlers and longliner as well over the past 25 years.
The community I live in is partly a fishing community. Mostly lobster, crab and some other fish species. Gotta love living near the ocean!! I have utmost respect for you and your trade. Storms, early mornings, long hours as hard as hell!Primarily Monkfish and Skate. We also target Striped Bass for a short time in the fall and trawl for Fluke and Squid in the summer. I have also been a lobstermen here on Long Island and a Spiny Lobster and Stone Crab fishermen in Key West for 7 years. Have been a clammer, bay scalloper, and deckhand on offshore trawlers and longliner as well over the past 25 years.
I believe it's a tanuki. You may recall my traditional tanuki sculpture with the sake bottle, and the giant package.holy smokes. what kinda animal is that? thats one-o-the craziest things I ever seen.
What ever happened to those .com days eh?
I always remember a giant package...the rest is sort of a blur though.I believe it's a tanuki. You may recall my traditional tanuki sculpture with the sake bottle, and the giant package.
What do I do??
I'll tell you what I do.
Mind my @#@ own business, thats what I do..........
Tax CollectorThere's not much stability in anything these days other than working as a funeral home director ... people will always die.....unfortunately.
I always remember a giant package...the rest is sort of a blur though.
95% of our monkfish get exported to south korea so they can be a bit difficult to find. Skates are very difficult to skin so they need to be fairly large to yield a decent fillet so most sportfishermen regard them to be a bait stealing nuisance.What a great profession! My grandfather owned a marina when I was a kid and there was nothing like my parents buying fish just off the boats, amazing. I wish I could get monkfish and skate! I used to be able to get both at my local market but now can only get it at an asian grocery store. Monkfish, "poor mans's lobster" and skate are my favorites. This year we were at the shore and the guys fishing were throwing the skate back! I told them how good it was but they didn't believe me.
Thanks for the well wishes! Even though fishing can sometimes be a brutal and unreliable profession I wouldnt trade it for any other. Im very lucky to see and experience things most people only read about or see on tv.The community I live in is partly a fishing community. Mostly lobster, crab and some other fish species. Gotta love living near the ocean!! I have utmost respect for you and your trade. Storms, early mornings, long hours as hard as hell!
WHOA ....feeling dizy
WHOA ....feeling dizy
That is amazing. Great story!! I am glad you followed your desires!When I was a freshman in high school I walked into the school auditorium and saw a huge scaffold set up in the middle of the house. It looked like the best jungle gym ever. I asked one of the older kids if it would be OK if I climbed the scaffolding. He said it would be fine, but I'd have have to focus the stage lights while I was up there. 27 years later I am a stage hand in the electric dept. at the Metropolitan Opera House in NYC. I pretty much ran the stage crew in high school and went on to study for BFA in theater design/technology. I dropped out after a year and a half and went to work in the business. I have worked in pretty much every aspect of "back stage". I worked on Broadway, dance, rock & roll, corporate events, feature films, TV, commercials. etc and worked for scenery and lighting shops. I also worked in construction a few times between jobs. I have been at the Met since 2000 and will most likely stay here through retirement. In fact most of the posts that make on this site are from my lighting bridge 40 or so feet above the stage during rehearsals or performances. For better or worse I am 42 years old and living the dream of a 15 year old. (sort of).
You gotta feel comfortable with heights to be able to do that.Here's another. Not nearly as high off the ground, but perched on a lighting truss.
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