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<font color='#0000FF'>respecting all local bylaw's etc....if u want to take one!....do so. they are pretty hard to catch if they slip their lair, you wopuldnt believe how fast that tail propell's them along.
i usualy try and get them from above by grabbing the carapace, therefor avoiding the sharp blade's on the tail segment's and usually avoiding the claw's.
although i alway's take the precaution of 5mm kevlar gauntlet's when i'm picking.
only take what you want for the pot that day, and dont take the piss on size.
the thing's that you see in the sloopymarket are rediculous!!!
i would never take a lobby of such size as there aint enough in them to warrant the chase and effort.
i once stood in babbacombe carpark de-kitting, my goody bag was on the floor by the van containing two 3/4lb lobby's and a couple of BIG!! crab's.
i was approached by a woman diver in her 50's who started to have a pop....i asked her where she came from....brum she said!!..now as i reside in devon, it's my manor!! so i aint avin any raving zakky yam yam tellin me what i cant do yeah!!
i politely asked her if she had a garden?...yes she said.
do you have any fruit tree's in yer garden?.....no she said.
if you did?....would you still buy your apple's and the like at tesco's??
point proved!!
respect for marine reserve's and no take zone's like lundy is a must, but a certain cornwall beach who think's he own's the sealife because he own's the beach can fcuk right off mate.
go's to show how much diving he doe's....there's naff all there anyway!!....muppet.
if you wnt some catching tip's...drop me a PM.
regard's
trox