Yes they were.I was up in Maine a few years ago on a weeklong school trip with my son.I don't recall the town we were in but we were on a peninsula on the Damarascotta.....beautiful area.Me too that's when my wife didn't mind me dropping 400 on a fish lol. Then when I'd go to eczs John always would bring us out to eat. Before the ride home. Those were the days lol