What to do with kids on the Cape, on a rainy day?

[Fish On]

My wife wants to go to Provincetown with out 3 year old this summer. What's the deal on the lobster boat tour? Does it stay docked or do you actually go out on it and pull up a few traps? My kid LOVES lobsters. We spend 15 minutes at the seafood counter/lobster tank every time we go to the supermarket.

[Jim in CT]

Originally Posted by Fish On

My wife wants to go to Provincetown with out 3 year old this summer. What's the deal on the lobster boat tour? Does it stay docked or do you actually go out on it and pull up a few traps? My kid LOVES lobsters. We spend 15 minutes at the seafood counter/lobster tank every time we go to the supermarket.

On the boat I use (I presume there are others who do it), you go out on the boat for 2 hours, and watch him haul a dozen or so traps in the bay. The captain explains all about the history and science of lobstering, and explains all about the different creatures that are in the traps. Last year, he put my (then) 8 year-old to work, my son was measuring lobsters and putting rubber bands on the claws of the keepers, and he let my son drive the boat most of the way back in. If you like, shoot me a PM and I will give you his info, I am not sure if it's OK with John if I post his number?

I bet your kid would LOVE it. I think it's $60 per person, something like that? So much fun.

[Jim in CT]

Originally Posted by Fish On

My wife wants to go to Provincetown with out 3 year old this summer. What's the deal on the lobster boat tour? Does it stay docked or do you actually go out on it and pull up a few traps? My kid LOVES lobsters. We spend 15 minutes at the seafood counter/lobster tank every time we go to the supermarket.

We also did this trip 3 or 4 years ago, when my oldest was 4 or 5. The captain (same guy) gave him a thick pair of rubber gloves so he'd be comfortable holding up a big lobster.

This captain I slike a friendly kindergarten teacher. PERFECT temperament to spend 2 hours with a kid that age.

[FishermanTim]

Originally Posted by Jim in CT

We also did this trip 3 or 4 years ago, when my oldest was 4 or 5. The captain (same guy) gave him a thick pair of rubber gloves so he'd be comfortable holding up a big lobster....

Did he develop a taste for them?

Unfortunately seeing them caught, tagged and packed for shipping doesn't show what happens when they get cooked and eaten.
(Kind of like showing a kid with a pet duck, pig or chicken what happens when they pets "pass on" and end up on the dinner table.)

Anyway, I think that is a real good option for a rainy day trip!