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SLIDE SHOW: Trap Day on Monhegan
Photographer Peter Ralston captured Trap Day on Maine's Monhegan Island last year, when all the lobster boats are loaded with traps at the same time for the start of a new season. Dawn on October 1 means it's time to go lobstering again.
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Reader Comments
Comment from Betsy Levinsky on August 25, 2009
Thank you for sharing your wonderful experience and pictures.
Comment from Donna DelVecchio on August 26, 2009
I would also like to thank you for sharing these lovely pictures.....It must have been an exciting experience. It's plain to see, these fisherman work very hard.
Comment from on August 28, 2009
These are wonderful pictures. This must be very rewarding work; also very exhausting. Thanks for sharing.
Comment from Sandra Heyer on October 7, 2009
The pictures were wonderful! Thank you for sharing them! I could smell the salt air......(and taste the lobster!) Sandy
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