How do you catch a lobster?

[warmwaterdiver]

Someones got to get them out of there little holes

And fairs fair, they do have a go back at you if you give them a chance

I don't take them, but I'm more than happy my buddy does

[principia]

oh bloody hell i dive with a tree hugger

J

[Daz217]

Originally Posted by Xav

Fair enough, I can see it looks like I'm doing a moral U-turn but I assure you i'm not. I have made my opinion clear in subsequent posts and do not condone or support the taking of lobsters by divers.

Fine i wasn't trying to be awkward or argumentative it just looked like a contradiction on your original point. I respect your opinion but i don't agree with it

[milldog]

Originally Posted by warmwaterdiver

Someones got to get them out of there little holes

And fairs fair, they do have a go back at you if you give them a chance

I don't take them, but I'm more than happy my buddy does

I think your brill when i had that life and death fight with that lobster you were there with the bag

he had no chance ............i also bagged the crab the lobby was having a go at

Graham

[ozza]

would love to have got hold of the one I recently saw in Cuba, it's head was the size of a basket ball!!!

Reckon I might have ended up as his lunch though if id have got too close

[witchieblackcat]

Just to put everyones fears at rest, I wasn't going to start pillaging the seas for loads of lobster. But I do like seafood and the occasional one would be nice.

Originally Posted by Steve Jones

Grab them from behind across the carpace, then pop them into a bag.

What if he's got his carpace in a hole and the only things visible are a pair af waving claws.

Originally Posted by MATTBIN

do you know if there is a minimum size.

Yes but don't ask me to quote it here. When I go hunting I promise to take a note of the size and a ruler.

Originally Posted by MATTBIN

do you know when or if its in berry

that's why I'm asking for approved techniques

Originally Posted by MATTBIN

do you know how to kill it quickly and with the least amount of suffering

I'll have to refer you to some of the previous answers that have covered this point already. The freezer technique sounds good though.

Originally Posted by MATTBIN

will you cook it and eat it

That's why I'm catching it

Originally Posted by thewisestfish

break open and savour! Yummmmm.

That's the plan

[Xav]

Originally Posted by principia

oh bloody hell i dive with a tree hugger

J

U'd be more worried if i said i wanted to hug you jase. be thankful!

[MixedUp]

Originally Posted by witchieblackcat

What if he's got his carpace in a hole and the only things visible are a pair af waving claws.

Just shove your hand in after it, and they get ever so scared and basically give up, and you just pull them out.


On second thoughts that probably isn't my best bit of advice that I have given today.

Apparently the fairy liquid trick works though

Steve

[Gollop]

I'm looking forward to pillaging the sea for a tasty meal this weekend!
To be honest I see it as catching something to eat. Is that not how you survive? Or have we all forgotten/lost sight of how food appears on our plates???
Surely catching your own is better than buying a lobster or any other seafood that has been caught by commercial fishing methods, shipped/flown/driven half way accross the world/country and then had a profit slapped on top of it by Tesco?
By the way who knows what hardship the poor animal suffers in the process, do you think the fisherman/supermarkets actually care? It's just a profit margin for them.
I think this whole country has lost it's grip on reality!

[MustangSally]

Originally Posted by witchieblackcat

A little while ago I came across a lobster underwater and being almost lunchtime my hunter gatherer instincts were uppermost in my mind. I tried grabbing its feelers but they slipped through my fingers as said lobster snuck back into his hole. I didn't fancy stuffing my hand into the hole after looking at Mr Lobster's claws so Mrs Cat was never presented with a lobster and the words "Can you cook this?".

Is there a YD approved, satisfaction guaranteed way for catching lobsters?

If you get the bladder ouf of a box of wine and fill it full of fresh water. Stick a pipe on the end of the tap and when you get to the lobster hole you shove the pipe under it's belly and sqeeze the bladder and press the tap. It empties fresh water into the hole and screws up the salinity of the water and the lobster just comes out. Then you grab it behind it's claws and stick it in your goodie bag. I've tried this and it works every time a treat.

Sal