Today we were given a ride into town by the dock master of Sea Spray. His name is Junior. As you may imagine, Junior is a bit of a misnomer. I have to get a photo of the man.
Once in town we hit the beach and headed south. About half way we had to head up the dunes until we hit the road along the beach because there is a house (Pieces of Eight is the name of the place, probably out there on the net somewhere like Hope Town Hide Aways etc.) that is all the way out on the cliff. Not wanting to fall onto the rocks and surf below we opted for the road.
Back down on the beach we continue walking along until we are maybe 100 yards from the steps leading up to Sea Spray's beach access. Keep in mind for the last two miles we are looking for shells along the way because it's low tide.
So I see this small pool that has been etched into the rocks over the last several eons and in the middle is this shell worthy of closer inspection.
To grab it I had to push a couple of weeds out of the way. Since I was on a small ledge looking down into the pool I repositioned myself and then reached in and moved some weeds. The weeds moved back! Hey, maybe these ain't weeds? Ya think?
There were 6 lobsters hanging out under the small ledge I was standing on and well, here you see the largest of the gang. He probably weighed in at 2+ pounds. Not being the best at sexing lobsters we looked it over well to make sure it was not carrying eggs and then decided to keep it.
As we walked past the Sea Spray tiki bar several people asked if we had brought it back for them.
Not!
His tail is in the freezer now. Gonna be somewhere else soon enough! Tomorrow at low tide I'm going back to look for the other big guy that was down there with this one. The tail on this one had to weigh in at a 1/2 pound plus. Without question it's the largest lobster tail we've had come our way down here.
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