Photography by Mike Keegin 
  • The captain washes up with a hose on the pier.
  • A view from the stern. Shrimp nets majestically drape from the outriggers.
  • Looking down on the bridge from the upward curve of the bow.
  • This engine was nicely painted and cleaned two years before I took this shot. Money is not as plentiful to fix up the boats for the next season as it was in past years.
  • The Miss Nichole
Last year, 2007, there were 11 boats in the Georgetown fleet—since then five of them had to retire due to financial struggles.  Some lay rotting on the shore across the river while shrimp abound in the nearby waters.  Nowadays, it is not uncommon for Bobby to forego his share of shrimp revenues to be able to pay the crew and maintain the boat.