Maine’s oldest lobster catcher just turned 104, but he has no plans to stop catching lobsters anytime soon.
Virginia “Ginny” Oliver celebrated her latest big day surrounded by family in Rockland last Thursday, where she enjoyed her favorite chocolate cake and ice cream. WGME reports.
Ginny, the protagonist in the children’s book The Lobster Lady, due to be published in 2022, told author Barbara Walsh that although she has experienced some increased aches and pains in recent years, she doesn’t feel any older at all.
“No one wants to listen to your complaints,” Ginny said.
Ginny has no doubt as to whether she plans to return to lobster fishing this summer season.
“Oh, I’ll go,” she said.
Ginny began fishing with her father and brother in the waters off Rockland, where she still fishes, when she was eight years old, and this season marks her 96th on the water.
She had lived on the same street since she was born in 1920. News Center MainThere she and her husband raised four children, all of whom were lobster fishermen.
Her 80-year-old son, Max, still goes out to sea with her.
Even after all these years, there’s one thing Ginny still loves about lobster fishing.
“I’m still the boss,” she said.
