National Fisherman

Boats & Gear

The Reverence has a stern extension for extra traps and holds 18 crates below deck. Sargent's Custom Boats photo.

New lobster boat fulfills the need for speed

Michael_Crowley

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Seven Fish Wife Tips for Reconnecting After a Long Season

Megan Waldrep

The former tour boat Richard Lee is getting a makeover into an oyster planter at Cockrell Marine Railway in Heathsville, Va. Larry Chowning photo.

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Tour boat will get second act in Chesapeake Bay oyster restoration

Larry Chowning

Velocity Marine and Fabrication's 32-foot through-picker will have a power roller at the bow and stern and a swiveling gill net drum in the center of the boat. Velocity Marine rendering.

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Through-pickers preferred by more Bristol Bay fishermen

Michael Crowley

Seven must-have free apps for commercial fishing: 2022

Jose Antunes

Winfred and Faith Melle Alley fish and lobster together on their new boat, the Faith Melle, a Libby 34 hull with a 425 Cummins engine. Jay Perrotta photo.

Some Maine lobstermen build their boats more for racing than fishing

Paul Molyneaux

The Deliverance, a 58-foot steel pot-fishing boat out of Homer, Alaska, came in to be hauled at the Port of Toledo Shipyard in Toledo, Ore. Port of Toledo Shipyard photo.

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Delivering a new Deliverance

Michael Crowley

After being completely rebuilt at Cape Codder Marine, the Happy Trails is ready to go back to lobstering. Cape Codder Marine photo.

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New life for a Novi lobster boat on Cape Cod

Michael Crowley