A little late again… Sorry! Got a new job! I know right…coming from a guy who said he was done working for anyone else!!! Don’t worry, it’s only a couple days a week “manicuring” a golf course – not mowing fairways - manicuring!!! As someone who has golfed my whole life, I never knew making those straight lines is as gut wrenching as it is…I almost gave myself a heart attack a couple of times when I got too close to the rough! Can’t remember the last time I got paid minimum wage...hmmm? I get a free membership, so let’s see how that works out! Look out Garren Porrier, I’ll have some practice under my belt this year and we all know what happened at the Pierce last year when I hardly picked up a club!
Anywhose back to lobster AND speaking of new employment, I got the long-awaited call up from the little league the other day from none other than Capt’ Tony (neighbor, crabby, salty old lobsterman with 800 traps). Apparently, I am now his number 2, who’d a thunk? I came back to Maine with a lot of projects to take care of and now I have now I have two jobs! Tony saw me warming up in the bull pen on Sunday (I painted all our buoys and made some final gear adjustments) and happened to need some help tomorrow; I guess he has some first mate issues! He did the right thing and knew who to ask. I’m looking forward to bringing my youthful energy and Shawn T sculpted body aboard the “Rolling Stone”. Last year when I went with him, I spent most of the morning over the side of the boat so I’m looking for a little redemption! Plus, he is paying me this time, so I better get my shit together! I’ll also be able to do a little scouting and gather some early season insight so we can attack the fishing grounds with everything we have this weekend!
Alright down to business, and I have great news!! The Lobster Pot is up to $2,820! A little shy of doubling last years pot total, but a record-breaking achievement in my book – well done everyone and great hustle from Erin Banfield, Chelsea Boucher and Tal Bent for reeling these suckers in!!! Last year we had 76 guesses, this year we have 141! Each year gets better and better which means more at stake. Ben and I decided that the donation portion is going to help the Maine Lobsterman Association who are currently fighting legal issues with activists trying to protect whales or something or other…here is the link.
Shout out to all of our old and new potters, thanks for participating! I know some of you may think this is kind of a stupid little thing, but I hope you will find a little humor along the way and learn something too!! Getting into a little competition makes our little hobby even more fun! To those of you who do not have any skin in the game (already deleted from e-mail thread – oops), follow along through the website www.littleduder.com
Now, the moment you have all been waiting for – cue the “Last Dance” soundtrack………………
Attached is the spreadsheet with all of the 2020 Lobster Pot Challenge participants and their respective guesses!
IMPORTANT DISCLOSURE: When you receive the list please review and make sure I didn’t fat finger the keyboard and mess up your guess! But remember, I do have records if there is a discrepancy!
Sorry to sound repetitive to some of the seasoned veterans, but for those of you who have joined in the last couple of weeks here is my disclaimer!!!!!
DISCLAIMER: The Lobster Pot originated in 2017 with close friends and family. It has grown more than expected and anticipated (The LLC formation is currently with the State of Maine!!!!)! For those of you who do not know me very well, the views and opinions I share on the blog are not meant to be political, rude, mean, etc. I like to tie in current events and joke about stupid things that I come across. The blog is meant to funny (i.e. giving a shout out to a “sponsor” for shipping us some gear @2020buttsnorkler NSFW (for you non-bloggers that means, not safe for work)! I apologize to people ahead of time if you get offended by my humor. This blog will hopefully provide some comical relief for all of you – there’s enough negativity around us – don’t need to spread it here!
Although the “Liza B” is not in the water yet – I’m told it will be done on Friday, just in time for a couple of our first potters to come and visit – Jack Carter & Colleen Shouldice. In the meantime, we launched the “Lil Duder” over the weekend. We aren’t joking when we say we need to put William in a life jacket as soon as he wakes up, the only thing he wants to do is play in the tide pools in front of the condo, use his newly acquired fishing pole, or row up and down the river in the Lil Duder.
This weeks “Spotlight” company is not really a company but a cool event put on down on Cape Cod by fellow potters Billy Shouldice and Tyler Novelesky...Wild Harbor Inshore Slam
This is a 3 month long fishing tournament and only costs $40 to register! Check them out on insta or facebook @whinshoreslam Here is a link to the registration form for those of you in the area: https://forms.gle/QeJGHqa4HuheEKUx5 P.S. LDLCO is donating lobster rolls to the banquet dinner!
Alright peeps, over n’ out. As Tony told me tonight, I better get a good night’s rest because I need everything in the tank tomorrow!
Capt’ Duder
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