Collapsible lobster pots

[anonymous-user]

I have just bought 3 collapsible lobster/prawn pots and set them yesterday to see how they would do. I baited them with Mackerel heads and took them to my local rocky beach and set them at the low water mark in a couple of rocky gullies.

My morning hall was made up of about twenty undersize brown crabs, 5 sizeable brown crabs but not the right condition for cooking, a handful of large prawns, and 9 very large velvet crabs. It was also full of small fish, blennies (3 species), wrasse (2 species), rocklings and scorpion fish (all big)!

I was tempted to make a bouillabaisse with lot but decided just to keep the velvets and prawns which Boiled in salted water for 5 minutes. The crabs were fantastic and sweet and had a surprisingly large amount of white and brown meat inside! I have kept the shells and little bits and when I have enough I’ll make a crab soup!

next time I will get some pics and hopefully a large lobster or somthing interesting!

Edited by MonkeyMatt on Thursday 9th September 09:50

[21TonyK]

You don't need any sort of license or anything to do this?

Sounds like a fantastic idea to me, I'm 3 walk minutes from a beach

[Simpo Two]

MonkeyMatt said:

5 sizeable brown craps

:chortle:

[markreilly]

Simpo Two said:

MonkeyMatt said:

5 sizeable brown craps

:chortle:

"But not the right condition for cooking", too soft perhaps ?

[Ritchie335is]

markreilly said:

Simpo Two said:

MonkeyMatt said:

5 sizeable brown craps

:chortle:

"But not the right condition for cooking", too soft perhaps ?

Maybe he doesnt like sweetcorn?

[FasterFreddy]

But P is nowhere near B on the keyboard

[anonymous-user]

FasterFreddy said:

But P is nowhere near B on the keyboard

I couldnt resist! 10 virtual pints to the first who spotted!

[Goughie]

If you want lobster you should salt your mackerel bait. All the lobster fishermen I know use salted mackerel and nothing else as bait. It's miles more effective than fresh fish.

[plasticpig]

21TonyK said:

You don't need any sort of license or anything to do this?

Sounds like a fantastic idea to me, I'm 3 walk minutes from a beach

It depends where you live. There are often bye laws by the regional Sea Fisheries Committee; restricting the number of pots and the number of crabs/lobsters you are allowed to keep each day.

[blueg33]

I find collapsible lobster pots have a shortish life. Many of our pincered potential meals seem to be able to snip their way out once the pot has been used a few times

[majordad]

How do you do this, do you need a boat or just walk into the water ?

And now a silly couple of questions, how do you prevent people just pulling up your pots and how often do you need to check them ?

[Simpo Two]

MonkeyMatt said:

FasterFreddy said:

But P is nowhere near B on the keyboard

I couldnt resist! 10 virtual pints to the first who spotted!

Yay! Can I convert it to one virtual pint and one virtual ham egg and chips please?