The water temperature beneath the Gold Star Bridge is 40 degrees, but this weekend it won't matter what the temperature is. If you get wet, the water will freeze in a flash.
So while there's sunshine on the water off Noank in Groton, what isn't on the water is boats.
"You take as much work as you can get and put it inside to do it during the offseason," said Rick Brown in Noank Shipyard.
This is very much the offseason for people who work on the water.
"Everybody likes to have the warm weather and be on the water, that part of it, but the other side of it is you gotta pay your dues in the wintertime of it," said Brown.
Even though the snow's piled high on shore, there still are times people just have to be on the water.
Brown said, "It goes with it, you're outside, it's fresh, fresh air, it's fun, it's what we do. It's not for everybody."
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There is still demand for seafood in the winter, which means there are still fisherman going out to get it. Traps work underwater year-round, and Brown says the cold won’t keep him out of work.
“There's heaters, heat cords, you know, and you gotta just man up and go do your job,” Brown said before laughing. “It beats the alternative.”
Another fisherman who didn't want to go on camera says it's lucrative to get out there in winter. He said what might be an $800 job in summer can pay $5,000 in winter.
