Today we went trawling again and this time we got really
lucky because we caught a lot of both fish and crabs. We also caught a peeler
crab which is a soft shelled crab. When I touched the peeler crab, it felt
really soft and fragile.
-Douglas
We went trawling (fishing) again today. We caught many sea
nettles, 7 crabs, a hog choker, 9 spots, and two unknown fish. One of the crabs
we caught was a soft-shell, which means it was newly molted. We touched its
shell and it was squishy and rough, while it is normally hard and smooth. We
also felt the hog choker and it was smooth if you felt it from one way while
it was rough the other way. We learned the reason the hog choker is called a
hog choker is because if they get eaten by hogs (or anything) the wrong way,
the hog will choke.
-Rishabh
Today we trawled again and we caught a lot of sea nettles
and 6 crabs and spot fish. We watched them swim around. We also made boats to
see how much weight they could hold. I am having a lot of fun on the boat.
-Julia
Today we trawled for fish for the 4th time this
trip. We were very successful on catching fish, crabs and a lot of jellyfish.
There was a huge ball of them so we had to use rope to pull all of it up onto
the ship. There were very interesting, especially the one that was eating the
fish. I never knew a jellyfish can eat a fish that is about 3-4 inches big.
-Eiki
I have learned that Slaughter Creek has its name because
pirates used to chill out here. The water is mostly still, there is a little
breeze, and I feel like it’s the coolest it has ever been on the Sigsbee so
far… There is supposed to be a storm later today so we had to wake up and get
on the boat earlier today. We are now south of Benony Point at 11:45 and we
just trawled on the starboard side of the boat…In the net, there is a huge HUGE
ball of jelly fish. We dumped it into a big tub and Ronnie tried to get out all
of the fish/crabs stuck in there before they were stung to death. There are at
least 100 jelly fish in the tub. Most of them are sea nettles. One of the
jellyfish had a whole fish inside of it. During the trawling, I guess he found
a treat. We separated fish and crabs from the jelly fish. We caught 7 blue
crabs, one hog choker, and 9 spot fish. The crabs were about 2-5 inches long.
The hog choker was about 3 inches, and the spot fish were all about 4 inches
long. Now it is very hot and there is no breeze.
-Izzy
Day 5, past the halfway point. So many things we’ve done and
so many things left. I can’t wait for tomorrow but I can. I love being on the
water and learning and remembering. Working, having a purpose. I love it all.
-Storm
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