John Luff and John Woodford on Fishing

John L: Yeah, everybody had one boat each.

Lisa: Where did you keep them?

John L: Mine was down by the Lifeboat Pier, anchored, moored off and then you had a dinghy to go out to it, so you could go in and out at any state of the tide. That’s the only problem with fishing from the Harbour, you can’t get in and out all tides, you’ve got about two hours either side of high water, otherwise you can’t get out.

John W: Did you have penners?

John L: Penners, yeah. If you had too many lobsters, or you didn’t have a sale for them, you used to have a big pot with a lid on the top and put the lobsters in and keep them until you wanted them and they would be alongside your boat, or near you boat so you could go and get them if you wanted them.