Fishing for Ghosts

Photo by Larry Egan
Miss Lilly ties up at MacMillan Pier to unload the ghost gear found over a 7-hour expedition
Photo by Cori Egan
Miss Lilly ties up at MacMillan Pier to unload the ghost gear found over a 7-hour expedition.
Photo by Larry Egan
An almost 100 square foot fishing net was Larry Egan's unearthed find
Photo by Cori Egan
Owen Nichols (L) and Laura Ludwig (R) from the Center for Coastal Studies working the crane to hoist gear from Miss Lilly.
Photo by Cori Egan
Artist Annie Lewandowski drags an abandoned lobster trap recovered by Miss Lilly.
Photo by Sarah Thornington
Artist Sarah Thornington's shark creation Wilma.
Gin Stone's work of repurposed ghost gear art at On Center Gallery in Provincetown. Opposite page: Artist Sarah Thornington's Sylvia – a Cape Cod Mermaid composed of nets, rope and chum bags, among other beach finds.: PHOTO COURTESY OF GIN STONE
Photo by Sarah Thornington
A lost fishing net buried in the sand of Head of the Meadow beach in North Truro.
Photo by Cori Egan
Miss Lilly Captain Mike Rego works the hose while another pile of lobster traps is hoisted.