Rhode Island fishermen and ecosystem champion, Jason Jarvis, shot for 41º North Magazine.
The moon is still a dime in the western sky, but a band of sunlight has risen over the horizon as Saturday tips into morning. An egret hunts for breakfast on the far bank, but the Weekapaug Breachway is otherwise empty. Jason Jarvis grabs a floating keeper car from the bed of his ancient Dodge pickup and drags it to the shore. A king tide is heading into Winnapaug Pond, so the green crabs will lay low and the catch will be light. Jarvis treads through thigh-high water, pulling up his traps, dumping the crabs in the keeper car, and popping the butterfish into a net bag for bait.
Text by Ellen Liberman