Hookers

Although many explorers and fishermen had sailed our waters in the 1500s, Bartholemew Gosnold is credited with the "European discovery" of New England decades later. He named this great coast "Cape Cod" and made note in his logbooks about the plentiful "codfyshes" which "pestered" his ship.

Fishing has always figured prominently in our history and fortunes. The fate of Cape Cod has always been linked to the sea. For centuries the local men in search of a livelihood have turned to the waters around Cape Cod.

These fishermen are also known as "hookers"...

"Hook·er"

Pronunciation: [hook-er]
Noun: Nautical

1. Slang: any old-fashioned or clumsy vessel
2. Any fishing vessel working with hooks and
lines rather than nets
3. A person or thing that hooks