By: Travis Lyons

Travis Lyons — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:27:57 +0000

I am an Inlander from Northern Maine in Aroostook county…enough said. Mud molestation?? I wasn’t aware that residents or non-residents actually owned “mud flats”. I was under the impression that no one owns below the high water mark. I may be wrong, i am from inland, remember that, so correct me if I’m wrong. This is all a learning expirence for me. I have never seen so many cars parked along a mud flat that it congested the highway or caused traffic problems. So for —– sakes what’s next? Who thinks they own the ocean?? I am looking for work on the water front and would’nt mind digging clams while waiting for someone to contact me and looking for work as a deck-hand. How ever I’m not sure anymore. I sure as hell don’t want to have to carry my 270 to work every day to protect myself from angry residents, towns folk or seasonal occupants who want to lay claim to areas within the high water mark. Now, you can’t get mad at me. I am an inlander and don’t know much about the laws or “rules” reguarding claming or anything else to do with work on the water front. However, I am a Mainer, and have been all my life. So why can’t a man go out and earn a living in this rough econemy without having some —- on his back complaining about what he does below the water mark as long as he’s folling the rules and laws and respecting the “mud” he’s digging in? Yes, you should cover up and fill in the holes, no argument there. Well gotta go. Please educate me futher on the rules and “ethics” surronding claming. There just seems to be much conflict when it comes to digging or putting pots out to close to you or the island or whatever. sincerly, Tavis

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By: Travis Lyons