Elsie J

We could see two retired fish tugs from our room in South Haven: Evelyn S, which has been restored on the grounds of the Michigan Maritime Museum, and Elsie J, which was moored by the museum's dock. Elsie J's now doing tourist work--she hosts sunset cruises, ferries divers out to wrecks, and is available for charters.

South Haven had a commercial fishing community into the 1970s, but there seems to be no website which explicitly discusses that; instead, many websites mention specific boats or incidents. I'll not try to fill that gap, here, but it would be a fine project for someone.

These days the only commercial fishing out of the port seems to be fishing charters, which is a very different business.