Lobster Pots, Crab Lines and 'shore fishing' without a rod

[The Black Pig]

Originally Posted by kerlstone

Hi shinyshoe, here's my kids catching crabs a few years ago on the very loch your'e talking about, lower milovaig pier, they caught plenty of wee crabs off the pier, and off the rocks we caught some really good sized pollack, we tried a lobster pot off the rocks but caught nothing, however you can see by the kids faces, they had a great time.

Gerry.

No pun intended but what are those black ones ( well maybe their is )
And do you only get them up there?

[Bigmuz7]

Originally Posted by ShinyShoe

concerned with getting them in the pot so if they are tidlers that's fine.. Its the adventure for the wee man not the
dinner...

Aye ye must throw the wee yins back them and the ones with eggs on their underbelly ... dont take either of those

Originally Posted by Poly

So long as it doesn't dry you can leave out for more than one tide.

The area for lobsters is into the drying zone, but the tidal reach on some areas varies massively .. west coast is 3-5 metres ... isle of islay is 1.5-2 tops you need to know your tide and local area ... If thats in a bay .. good chance your pot will be 'collectable' without wellies !

I'm not commercial .. dinner plate for me also .. my coastline is pure rock .. I dunno how the feckers get in the pots sometimes ? plus .. ive lost many pots down holes .. but I too have to fish 'inside' the lines of the commercials now and again

[jonp]

Why don't you catch them snorkelling, more challenging and fun.
Jon

[ShinyShoe]

Soooo many reasons:

- 5 year old can only swim about 20 yards
- this is the west coast of Scotland. Basically meltwater from the Arctic
- I like the idea of chucking a trap out and returning 24hours later. Not so keen on hard work.
- trap costs £3.95 on eBay, rope £1, weight free, bait £1. All in £6 for a bit of fun. Don't fancy snorkeling with snorkle and fins that cost £3 (need two sets one for him, one for me)

...that'll do for now.

[jonp]

Originally Posted by ShinyShoe

Soooo many reasons:

- 5 year old can only swim about 20 yards
- this is the west coast of Scotland. Basically meltwater from the Arctic
- I like the idea of chucking a trap out and returning 24hours later. Not so keen on hard work.
- trap costs £3.95 on eBay, rope £1, weight free, bait £1. All in £6 for a bit of fun. Don't fancy snorkeling with snorkle and fins that cost £3 (need two sets one for him, one for me)

...that'll do for now.

Yes that might be a little chilly!!

Used to catch them from south of you on the Isle Of Wight snorkelling but Scottish would be to cold for me. Thats extremely cheap for a trap, do they work ok?

Jon

[Bigmuz7]

So what does a 4 £pound pot look like ? ...this is cheaper than chips !!

[ShinyShoe]

The one I've ordered is basically a cuboid 8" square cross section about 20" long.

Made of fine mesh. And a springy wire that pops up to make its shape. The entrances are quite small hence the small lobsters.

Will take an actual picture when it arrives.

If you are in no rush you'd get it half that price from China.

[paintman]

Guessing it's something like these?
Foldable Crab Fish Pot Crawdad Lobster Shrimp Fishing Eel Bait Trap Cast Net | eBay

[Poly]

Originally Posted by paintman

Guessing it's something like these?
Foldable Crab Fish Pot Crawdad Lobster Shrimp Fishing Eel Bait Trap Cast Net | eBay

Could be fun getting the catch back out that (if I am right and there is no "door")

[paddlers]

I've tried those cheap ones and imagine they'd be ok close to shore but anything substantial and they split when you haul them up to a boat.
They have a small zip to access the bait area.

When you see what can get in them you're not surprised !!

[ShinyShoe]

If that's in it I hope it splits...

[paintman]

And they're just bootlaces!

[ShinyShoe]

Originally Posted by Bigmuz7

So what does a 4 £pound pot look like ? ...this is cheaper than chips !!

Mine has arrived, and I've spliced a
15m length of 5mm 4ply poly propylene gearbox killer that cost me 99p on to the wire frame. Picture below (tape shows inches). Entrance is small the little ball shown is the same size as the entrances.

Originally Posted by jonp

Thats extremely cheap for a trap, do they work ok?

Dunno. The entrance is too small to get eddible lobys I think.

Its basically made of fishing net fabric.

The entrances are held into the trap (hard to climb back up as like an overhang) by fishing line. I've replaced that with cotton thread so if its lost the cotton will fail and then escape should be possible. I've also tensioned it more.

Small zip leads to a pocket for bait. Big zip let's you retrieve catch.

Will need some weights added.

What should I bait with for random Catch (pref not eels!) - not looking for big eddibles as won't get in the hole...

[paddlers]

We usually use a bit of Mackerel for bait. I was told (no idea if it's true) fresh for crabs and not fresh for lobster.

[Pikey Dave]

Originally Posted by paddlers

I've tried those cheap ones and imagine they'd be ok close to shore but anything substantial and they split when you haul them up to a boat.

They have a small zip to access the bait area.Attachment 105930



When you see what can get in them you're not surprised !!

Good eating is conger, don't bin 'em👍


.....sh1t happens.......

[Hightower]

Originally Posted by Pikey Dave

Good eating is conger, don't bin 'em👍


.....sh1t happens.......

Not something I enjoyed eating many moons ago. How do you cook yours?

[Pikey Dave]

Originally Posted by Hightower

Not something I enjoyed eating many moons ago. How do you cook yours?

Fillet it off the bone, so you finish up with long fillets, depending on the size of the fish they look like white pork tenderloin. Slice into medallions about 3/4" thick, egg & breadcrumb, fry in butter. Salt, pepper, lemon, crusty bread & butter, bottle of Normandy cidre👍. It's like eating a very tender fillet steak. Halibut is the closest resemblance I could think of.


.....sh1t happens.......

[Hightower]

I've never eaten Halibut, perhaps I won't like that either

[Pikey Dave]

Originally Posted by Hightower

I've never eaten Halibut, perhaps I won't like that either

Finest fish in the sea


.....sh1t happens.......

[Mollers]

Originally Posted by Pikey Dave

Finest fish in the sea


.....sh1t happens.......

Up there with Bass, Turbot, Brill and Dover.