Having been in this business for close
to 42 years; it has been fun to work on the tables and hear about the enjoyment of having one. Some people ask if I have
a store where they can come, but, I, now, after 25 years with a store do only internet business.
Also while in the retail business I spent a lot of time on the water lobstering.
These tables are actual traps and the same style has been used for fishing by lobstermen for many years.They are an inshore
trap and used at depths of 15-25 feet. lobsters are found in rocky areas. We used to fish near the Cape Cod Canal, because
there were a lot of rocks near the canal. You can't put traps into the canal because the Coast Guard will
remove them or Fish and Wildlife would do so.Lobstering requires that you be licensed either with a commercial license or
a family license. The states have requirements for the traps and buoy as well as the size of the lobster that may be caught.
Lobsters eat fish scraps and dead fish. Sometimes lobsters have been referred
to as the "pigs of the sea". Lobsters suck on the flesh of the fish to get the oil from the fish. I used to use
bait bags filled with scrap fish or red fish.
I started to make traps in the early 1970's and I have made oak. wire, half rounds as well as the decorative
traps. Also we made eel traps and conk traps. Each table comes with "The New England Lobstering Story". My two daughters
grew up helping their Dad pull trapsand make traps; so they have a familiarity with fishing and trap making.As time goes on
I hope to have some time to add some of the other types of traps that I have made, in the past, to this web site.
When I closed my store I decided to do what I enjoyed
the most and that was the lobster trap coffee tables, the crab trap tables and the harpoons.I will be adding other items that
are nautical although they will be made by others, but will be of good quality and fun to have as decor.
I am supposed to be retired but I have a wonderful granddaughter with who I spend
a great deal of my time.
