Shooting at Loons

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The flashlight was square, waterproof, and a bright fluorescent orange. Square, so it could sit firmly on the seat of a flounder boat, waterproof so it would float if it went over the side, Day-Glo orange so it could be easily spotted and fished out of the shallows when (not if) it did go overboard with a gill net or crab pot.

I set it atop the water tank in the small windowless pump house and held Carl’s handwritten instructions up to its strong beam.

Turn off drain-out at bottom of water tank.

Check.

Close petcock bottom left of pump.

Check.

Close valve between pump and tank.

Check.

Prime with water in jugs near tank (about 1 gal.) When primed, close gate valve and plug in pump. Should click on and off a few times.

The only jugs I could see in the shadowy recess beside the pump were some yellow ones with antifreeze labels. I had to move three wire crab baskets to get at them and—

“Need some help with that?” asked a voice from the doorway behind me.

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