December:

mend nets, catch fish (herring, perch, catfish, carp)
harvest shellfish - oysters, clams, scallops, mussels
trap muskrats in ponds and tidal meadows
catch eels, repair and build eel pots
market salt hay

January:

set flounder fykes, mend nets, catch fish
harvest shellfish
maintain tools and equipment
trap muskrats in ponds and tidal meadows
build and maintain boats
catch eels, repair and build eel pots
market salt hay

February:

set flounder fykes, mend nets, catch fish
harvest shellfish
maintain tools and equipment
trap muskrats in ponds and tidal meadows
market salt hay

March:

set flounder fykes, mend nets, catch fish
harvest shellfish
stake nets (fluke, bluefish, shad, weakfish, bunkers
end of tool and equipment maintenance
burn off marsh
end of trapping season

April:

stake nets
burn off marsh, open dikes
catch salt eels
drift nets
build duck blinds, repair decoys, and sneakboxes

May:

stake nets
build duck blinds, repair decoys, and sneakboxes
burn off marsh, open dikes, bank meadows
snappering (catch snapping turtles)
catch salt eels
transplant seed oysters

June:

transplant seed oysters
build sneakboxes
bank meadows, harvest and cure salt hay
captain party boats

July:

captain party boats
bank meadows, harvest and cure salt hay
snappering
catch salt eels
set crab pots
summer clamming

August:

summer clamming
set crab pots
captain party boats
harvest and cure salt hay
snappering
catch salt eels

September:

set crab pots
harvest shellfish
guide water "fowlers" (hunters) - railbird, teal, goose, duck
catch live eels
caulk and repair boats

October:

set crab pots
harvest shellfish
guide water "fowlers"
rust, dye, wax traps
market salt hay

November:

set flounder fykes
harvest shellfish
guide water "fowlers"
trap muskrats
market salt hay
repair and build eel pots