Wanted - Lobster Dinner for two

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Bought one of those collapsible lobster pots on t'internet and planning on setting it somewhere. Berth on the Hamble, so somewhere Southampton Water/Solent area would be good. Intend to deploy it somewhere out of the way (please - let's not start one of those threads about lobster pot/yottie wars) Anyone used one? Got any tips on how long they need to be down, when best to deploy, bait etc?
 
Thanks Alec.... that's why I'm here asking for advice. Anyone know where I have to get the licence from??
 
Shurely the waiter brigns it to your table about 15mins after you've ordered it! /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
 
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Thanks Alec.... that's why I'm here asking for advice. Anyone know where I have to get the licence from??

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There are agents who will sell you a licence.It will cost you about £200 per unit, for a cat A, under ten metre with shellfish entitlement.
Units are a measure of length in metres x breadth x engine power in kw (kw, about .75 of hp) x 0.45. You should consider the cost before buying a boat if you intend fishing.
 
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Hi Hardly
You only need a licence iof you are fishing commercially. If its for your own pot then not required.

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Quite so, but some Sea Fish Committees have restrictions on numbers of fish taken
 
Every time I've used one - I've put a bit of mackeral in as bait - left it overnight and it comes up full of little green crabs. The little nippers are a real pain to extract as well - they hang on for grim death to the netting with one hand and try to pinch you with the other. I use a big stone or lump of ballast to weigh it down. I'm sure I must be doing it wrong - I've never caught a lobster, so I'd like to know the tricks as well.
 
I hadn't got as far as that but it sounds dangerous.

Does anyone know the law in Scotland? I've searched all over. In Cornwall it seems you can catch 2 per trip.
 
With just one pot you could have a long wait for your lobster. Best baits are really smelly, salt down some wrass which you have already cut down into useable pieces, leave it for about a week, you may not want to handle it by now but a pair of marigolds will keep the smell off your hands. Put the pot in very near to some underground feature ie rock ledge or wreck, and leave overnight. Fresh fish as bait will work but you will also fill up with all the small stuff and maybe even a conger especially if you put in mackerel. Make sure you leave the pot in deep enough water that it will not dry out at low water. Use a leaded bouy rope, lines floating on the surface will catch props and rudders.
Check out the size limit for the sea fisheries area in which you are fishing there are some variations, do not take lobsters that are undersized, have berries (eggs) or that have a V notch cut into their tail fins these are breeding hens and you could be fined for taking one.

Make sure you have a saucepan big enough to cook the catch it could be mildly annoying to catch one and then have nothing in which to cook it.

Happy hunting.
 
Some good advice, as a diver we don't really see bigger lobsters on wrecks until the end of June early July. The smelly fish is to attract the small crabs which then attract the lobsters. If you don't believe me put a small lobster in a bag with several big crabs and watch the fun begin. Crabs go into panic mode. Location, well a wreck but you might loose the pot, an under water wall is good, they tend to sit in the crevices out of the tide, but you really need an under water feature the lobster can use as his home.


Keep it away from local fishermen, they are a strange lot and think they own the sea.
Pete
 
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