Jim Gerberich

Fishing runs through Harpswell like the rise and fall of the tides. For Josh and Emily Morse, it's more than a livelihood — it's part of who they are, woven through generations of family tradition.

You know summer is just around the corner when boys and girls begin gathering at the Trufant-Summerton Athletic Field on Great Island for another season of baseball.

It's never too early to find your balance on the water. You know it's summer in Harpswell when small sailboats from the Orr's-Bailey Yacht Club begin dotting the horizon on Merriconeag Sound.

There is camaraderie in the air early one May morning in a field off Knight Way in West Harpswell as Mark Cota, Larry and Avery Anderson, and Alan Auclair patiently crisscross a purse seine, a type of fishing net, looking for holes to mend. Between the four, they have more than 100 years of experience in commercial fishing.