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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. Read more: Trap Day on Monhegan See more works by Peter Ralston

A man wearing a cap and a green shirt smiles at a young child with blonde hair who is touching their ear, both are indoors.

Wyatt and Robert Bracy of the <i>Pandora</i>

Credit: Ralston, Peter
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. Read more: Trap Day on Monhegan See more works by Peter Ralston

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  1. 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.

  2. These are wonderful pictures. This must be very rewarding work; also very exhausting. Thanks for sharing.

  3. The pictures were wonderful! Thank you for sharing them! I could smell the
    salt air……(and taste the lobster!) Sandy

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