Best Lobster pots

[Bigmuz7]

Ive pulled good lobster and crab from the west coast for 30 years, just for fun whilst on holiday ... the pots we use are my late grandfathers design, and they work, but they are falling apart gradually and limit the size of lobsters that can get into the pot. With the RIB .. I can venture to new coastline quickly ..which is interesting .. as i know the best tecniques for setting .. my question is ... Ive been out of the loop for pot technology completely and seek any advice from those of you in the know, as to what to buy, as I think its time to get some modern gear

[kerny]

Originally Posted by Bigmuz7

Ive pulled good lobster and crab from the west coast for 30 years, just for fun whilst on holiday ... the pots we use are my late grandfathers design, and they work, but they are falling apart gradually and limit the size of lobsters that can get into the pot. With the RIB .. I can venture to new coastline quickly ..which is interesting .. as i know the best tecniques for setting .. my question is ... Ive been out of the loop for pot technology completely and seek any advice from those of you in the know, as to what to buy, as I think its time to get some modern gear

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[SPR]

thought Whisper was the expert !

hides....


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[Pikey Dave]

Originally Posted by SPR

thought Whisper was the expert !

hides....


www.firstaidatsea.co.uk
www.SPRmarine.co.uk

Nah! he's no good at catching lobsters, only crabs

[Boatnomad]

Cavanagh Nets make a very good pot,fast post too.

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[whisper]

Originally Posted by SPR

thought Whisper was the expert !

hides....


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Tried to catch a Lobster once.... And failed miserably

http://www.rib.net/forum/f19/the-lobster-pot-51096.html

Lots of info on the above link

[AJ.]

Originally Posted by whisper

Tried to catch a Lobster once.... And failed miserably



http://www.rib.net/forum/f19/the-lobster-pot-51096.html



Lots of info on the above link

That's what happens when you lay it in the dinghy channel near Cowes entrance!

[whisper]

Originally Posted by AJ.

That's what happens when you lay it in the dinghy channel near Cowes entrance!

You nobber, you told me to put it there

[Bigmuz7]

Well .. I was hoping for advice on gate issues/preference .. float line preference etc .. surely some folks on here have done a bit of this in anger ?


And yes thanks guys .. Ive seen all the threads (even contributed to whispers )

[Sheepish]

Worst case, you can always try the Whitby angling forum...
Sea Fishing Forum - Shore, Boat & Kayak Fishing

...there'll be plenty of salty dogs on there that'll have an opinion.

[spartacus]

All the pots I've had were found washed up on deserted beaches on the west coast. Bit of repair work later and they're as good as new.

In my experience, lay them near rocks and kelp. Lobsters don't like to go walk about on the sandy bottom.

Bait wise, mackerel sliced open is the perfect chump. Key thing to do is bag it with a nylon mesh, the same stuff oranges come in.

Another tip is to fit an over-sized marker buoy or better still a pennant. Fine if your dropping them close to the coast, but small buoys are hard to spot in a rolling sea. Don't have lots of rope - you've probably cursed a fisherman if you've fouled your propeller before.

Added security, you can add a metal wire, bit like a cat-flap that only opens in, then bars the critters on the way out. Lost count of the free meals I gave to crabs before!

Don't go modern - stick with the older style.

[tonto]

I have used some I found in Scotland to catch brown crabs, same as already said, they were washed up. And needed repairing. We found the best ones were with the soft doors, and either one door parlor pots, or just two side entry doors.

We also found the top entry pots work well.

Having said all that, we have not managed to get any lobsters, but have not set them in summer yet, mostly late in the year/winter.
The hard eye door pots don't work so well, and I think they are for langoustines.

[Bigmuz7]

Originally Posted by spartacus

All the pots I've had were found washed up on deserted beaches on the west coast.

Yes could have been mine

Originally Posted by spartacus

lay them near rocks and kelp. Lobsters don't like to go walk about on the sandy bottom.

Not quite correct .. but close

Originally Posted by spartacus

Bait wise, mackerel sliced open is the perfect chump. Key thing to do is bag it with a nylon mesh, the same stuff oranges come in.

yes yes I know all this

Originally Posted by spartacus

Another tip is .

Doh

Originally Posted by spartacus

Lost count of the free meals I gave to crabs before!

thats why I'm asking

Originally Posted by spartacus

Don't go modern - stick with the older style.

[stray]

Originally Posted by Sheepish

Worst case, you can always try the Whitby angling forum...
Sea Fishing Forum - Shore, Boat & Kayak Fishing

...there'll be plenty of salty dogs on there that'll have an opinion.

Just don't have an opinion that conflicts with Glens, cause he bans you.

As for lobster pots, my mate uses the collapsible crayfish pots, (all legally tagged), off the local breakwater with good success. He just ties a length of nylon rope to them and lobs them in baited with mackerel heads, whilst he's Mackerel fishing in the summer. he's had quite a few kelp cod in them as well.

[indaba1991]

What's worse - lobsters on your piano or crabs on your organ?

[steco1958]

Originally Posted by Pikey Dave

Nah! he's no good at catching lobsters, only crabs

Nooo, he says he's got crabs, not that he can catch them.

[Sheepish]

Originally Posted by stray

Just don't have an opinion that conflicts with Glens, cause he bans you.

Lol ;-)

[Boatnomad]

Salted bait for Lobster-fresh for Crabs. 10mm Polly rope, Soft-eye Pot entrance. Deepwater rock channels and headlands are best.

[Pikey Dave]

Originally Posted by spartacus

All the pots I've had were found washed up on deserted beaches on the west coast. Bit of repair work later and they're as good as new.

In my experience, lay them near rocks and kelp. Lobsters don't like to go walk about on the sandy bottom.

Bait wise, mackerel sliced open is the perfect chump. Key thing to do is bag it with a nylon mesh, the same stuff oranges come in.

Another tip is to fit an over-sized marker buoy or better still a pennant. Fine if your dropping them close to the coast, but small buoys are hard to spot in a rolling sea. Don't have lots of rope - you've probably cursed a fisherman if you've fouled your propeller before.

Added security, you can add a metal wire, bit like a cat-flap that only opens in, then bars the critters on the way out. Lost count of the free meals I gave to crabs before!

Don't go modern - stick with the older style.

Along side wrecks is a good spot for lobbys. Biggest beast I ever had was a 14 pounder which was walking across the seabed as I descended to the wreck, I just dropped on it & bagged it. Fed us for 3 days, 1001 ways with lobster I think the dog even got a look in.

PS, Sorry Bigwuz, thread drift & I can tell you're getting tetchy

[Bigmuz7]

Originally Posted by Pikey Dave

Along side wrecks is a good spot for lobbys. Biggest beast I ever had was a 14 pounder which was walking across the seabed as I descended to the wreck, I just dropped on it & bagged it. Fed us for 3 days, 1001 ways with lobster I think the dog even got a look in.

PS, Sorry Bigwuz, thread drift & I can tell you're getting tetchy

Not really ... just .. I do know how to catch them .. its the best tech on the go I'm after as my pots are sooo old .. but there are some interesting points emerging, some of which I knew, and one person so far has struck one of the gold nuggets as far as placement is concerned

As to your big boy .. I have seen the fighting claw from a similar size caught by an old worthy in my bay, he got it from an area of sand bottom between some reefs.....he assisted me in learning the craft years ago... No one would really believe they exist at that size but they sure do ... thats one of the privileges of diving lucky you