As skies cleared this morning, we spotted menhaden schools flooding into Sippican Harbor and circling in relative safety between docks and piers by the town landing and Burr Brothers. Almost before we could snap our first pictures, fishermen arrive; not with fishing poles this time, but in boats with cast nets. Others aboard those boats try to foul-hook menhaden with bare hooks. Throughout the day, more and more boats arrived to harvest menhaden for bait and by early evening, fishermen were sprawled on the floating docks waiting for schools to get within casting range.
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Fishermen in Boats Harvest Menhaden for Bait