Victor Sokoloski looks out at one of the lobster tidal pounds in Stueben, Maine.
Mac’s Seafood and the Lobster Trap have done business together for decades and know many of the same people, have heard many of the same fish stories. Although there is a 20-year age difference, the businesses have grown in similar ways, had similar successes with small-boat commercial fishermen at the core of their successes. Last year, Mac’s bought the Lobster Trap and its properties in Bourne and Maine. Check out this gallery to get a glimpse into Mac Hay and Sam Bradford’s new venture.
The crew at the Lobster Trap in Maine grade a truckful of lobsters.
With housing costs going up in Maine, the Lobster Trap offers employee housing onsite to ensure the lobsters keep moving.
There are seven different sizes of lobster, these are quarter pounders.
These totes are full of lobsters and the tanks are used to give lobsters some rest and relaxation before they head on to the next destination.
The wind kept the lobstermen off the water, so the weigh station in Stueben quiet.
Skates are an important bait for lobstermen, but they also use pogies, redfish, and more.
Lobsters are shipped from the Lobster Trap all over the world, particularly Europe.
An old newspaper clipping about Logan Clarke’s business, before he expanded into Maine.
Logan Clarke at the Lobster Trap in Bourne.