A_7
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Does anyone carry a collapsible lobster pot and if so have you ever caught anything worthwhile in the solent? I need to know where to lay mine. It will have a weighted line naturally..... /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif
Solent lobsters
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Sgeir
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Re: Silent lobsters....
..... don't say much.
In answer, yes, no.
Sorry.
..... don't say much.
In answer, yes, no.
Sorry.
Slow_boat
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Re: Silent lobsters....
I cought some off a Dutch millionairs daughter at Cowes Week years ago.
I think they were Solent Lobsters.
Crabs walk sideways, don't they?
I cought some off a Dutch millionairs daughter at Cowes Week years ago.
I think they were Solent Lobsters.
Crabs walk sideways, don't they?
Kilter
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Re: Even Silent lobsters....
sing when you drop them in the pot...yum!
sing when you drop them in the pot...yum!
l'escargot
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Re: Even Silent lobsters....
Forget the lobster pot too much hassle. Use a drop net for spider crab in Haslar and Lymington town quay. If you don't like them yourself, any french boat will buy them off you /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
Forget the lobster pot too much hassle. Use a drop net for spider crab in Haslar and Lymington town quay. If you don't like them yourself, any french boat will buy them off you /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
Robin
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We have one of the folding pots, it was most successful at catching me at Beaulieu so in that sense it works in the Solent! Haven't used ours much yet, mostly because when we were in a suitable location we didn't have anything to bait it with and when we did (in Southern Brittany) we only caught a couple of crabs. I intend to try harder this year and be more prepared with some available bait.
There must be lobsters or some kinds of edible shellfish in the Solent because Messrs Black and Blue Can Man Inc lay loads of pots there, although they may just be hunting propellors of course.
There must be lobsters or some kinds of edible shellfish in the Solent because Messrs Black and Blue Can Man Inc lay loads of pots there, although they may just be hunting propellors of course.
Nautorius
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Remember to only carry one if you have a 1litre PVC milk container attached.....cos that is how the pros catch them!
Sounds like more of a dream than a reality, but go for it there is no harm in trying....
Paul
Sounds like more of a dream than a reality, but go for it there is no harm in trying....
Paul
AIDY
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i would be interested too, I have one in our garage, not a folding one though so dont normally carry it on the boat. going to try it this summer too.
A_7
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I have just been told that a good place is just off the squadron.
BlueSkyNick
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I intend to try harder this year and be more prepared with some available bait.
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I intend to try harder this year and be more prepared with some available bait.
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DRW
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Yes and yes, but more crab than lobster.
If you send an email to the southern sea fish chap at Christchurch on southernsfc@btconnect.com - and ask nicely, he will post you the minimum landing sizes for all types of fish and crustacia in a nice laminated waterproof way together with the local by laws.
To land an undersize crustacian is liable to lose you your boat, commercial or private. Ditto for selling the fish you catch without a licence.
If you send an email to the southern sea fish chap at Christchurch on southernsfc@btconnect.com - and ask nicely, he will post you the minimum landing sizes for all types of fish and crustacia in a nice laminated waterproof way together with the local by laws.
To land an undersize crustacian is liable to lose you your boat, commercial or private. Ditto for selling the fish you catch without a licence.
Robin
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Baited breath
We used mackerel heads and bones ie what was left after we took the fillets off but the trouble was that the mackerel themselves were few and far between. We didn't deliberately go fishing, just did a bit en route and stopped occasionally in what I thought were likely places.
Apparently chicken scraps and bits of meat work well too so maybe we can buy some scraps from a butcher that they sell as petfood to use.
We used mackerel heads and bones ie what was left after we took the fillets off but the trouble was that the mackerel themselves were few and far between. We didn't deliberately go fishing, just did a bit en route and stopped occasionally in what I thought were likely places.
Apparently chicken scraps and bits of meat work well too so maybe we can buy some scraps from a butcher that they sell as petfood to use.
BlueSkyNick
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Re: Baited breath
just been discussing this with SWMBO - she gave a three word answer, the first being No and the third being Chance /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif
biggest problem would seem that we don't have a pot big enough to boil any lobbies which are big enough to be legal and worth eating.
just been discussing this with SWMBO - she gave a three word answer, the first being No and the third being Chance /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif
biggest problem would seem that we don't have a pot big enough to boil any lobbies which are big enough to be legal and worth eating.
Sgeir
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Re: Baited breath
Try a tin of fish punctured by a couple of holes.
Try a tin of fish punctured by a couple of holes.
Robin
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Re: Baited breath
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That might work too, something oily like sardines certainly worth a try. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
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Try a tin of fish punctured by a couple of holes.
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That might work too, something oily like sardines certainly worth a try. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
Robin
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Re: Baited breath
We cooked one we bought from the fisherman lifting his pots by where we were anchored off Sark once, quite big enough for two of us, we cooked it in a pressure cooker without the lid. Otherwise cook it a la plancha Spanish style, cut in half down the middle and cooked on a ribbed grill pan on top of the cooker or the BBQ, better than boiled too.
We cooked one we bought from the fisherman lifting his pots by where we were anchored off Sark once, quite big enough for two of us, we cooked it in a pressure cooker without the lid. Otherwise cook it a la plancha Spanish style, cut in half down the middle and cooked on a ribbed grill pan on top of the cooker or the BBQ, better than boiled too.
