the following spring he returned to the ledge, and once again set his lobster traps there. The lobster catch was in abundance and his theory proved to be a successful one. History was in the making with father being the first fishermen to ever set traps on the ledge. He then encouraged other fishermen to join him on what was now known as MacLeod’s ledge. Today it is well known by the fishermen of the area, as the rich lobster fishing ground that MacLeod discovered it to be and it can be viewed on the Navigational Maps. With his experience and different methods of fishing MacLeod was looked to as a, great leader among his

fellow fishermen back in early Pioneer days . Not knowing it at the time he would be approached in

the early twenties to work for the betterment of the fishermen at Tignish. In those years Fishermen after all their hard work and long hours at sea would receive scant returns for their fish, with no money left to carry them through the long winter months. It was tough times, with everything having to be purchased on credit, in the spring and paid for when the fishermen got sale for their fish in the fall. This left the fishermen always at the mercy of the merchants, who held their accounts

for long eriods of time. T is became a worry and concern for fishermen, like

father, who decided to try and work out a better system. It was during blowy days at the little fishing center atJude’s Point, that seven fishermen gathered to pool their ideas, in a cry of help for change. It was during one of those rough sea days that the

name of Chester P McCarthy came up as someone who might take an interest in their distress. McCarthy being the son of a

fisherman from Seacow Pond, told them he understood their