Lobster Pots?

Captain Jaz · 31-01-2009, 11:21

Ok, I bet I could buy a book on this or research it on the internet, but I'm also reckoning there's a few people here that have used one.
Any tip's on using and/or making one of these please?

Boomp · 31-01-2009, 12:21

There is a lot of work and materials to make one. Whether you use wire or oak slats. Around here we use 2 compartments with net funnels that let the lobster in and directs them to a bag of hanging bait. They take a small piece and move into the 'parlor' and the nets keep them from easily getting out. Its highly regulated and escape vents and numbers are required on each pot along with pot warp and a marked bouy. In Belize they make an oak slat rectangular box and use funnels made from the slats. No netting. They also put the traps in areas without the marker bouys. They spot them in the clear water from the surface or use a pvc tube with a plexiglass cover. Thats because of the high theft rate.

Its really a lot of work and other than diving for them, if you like the adventure, its cheaper to just buy them.

Captain Jaz · 31-01-2009, 12:54

Thanks, I think with that advice and a picture I can make one, tbh I would get alot of satisfaction out of catching one with something I'd made myself, even though I'm sure its easier and relatively cheap to buy one...

David_Old_Jersey · 31-01-2009, 17:34

Yachty-Pots lobster pots

From £9.00 and foldable........never used one, blah blah blah

Captain Jaz · 31-01-2009, 17:35

Hmmm... well foldable would be good on a 27'er...
thanks!

31-01-2009, 11:21	#1
Captain Jaz Registered User Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: UK. Boat: Columbia 27' Posts: 340	Lobster Pots? Ok, I bet I could buy a book on this or research it on the internet, but I'm also reckoning there's a few people here that have used one. Any tip's on using and/or making one of these please? __________________ 'Anyhow, a philosophical turn of thought now was not amiss, else one's patience would have given out almost at the harbour entrance.' ~ Joshua Slocum

31-01-2009, 12:21	#2
Boomp Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: So.Shore, Massachusetts Boat: Morgan OI 30' Itinerant Posts: 154	buy one There is a lot of work and materials to make one. Whether you use wire or oak slats. Around here we use 2 compartments with net funnels that let the lobster in and directs them to a bag of hanging bait. They take a small piece and move into the 'parlor' and the nets keep them from easily getting out. Its highly regulated and escape vents and numbers are required on each pot along with pot warp and a marked bouy. In Belize they make an oak slat rectangular box and use funnels made from the slats. No netting. They also put the traps in areas without the marker bouys. They spot them in the clear water from the surface or use a pvc tube with a plexiglass cover. Thats because of the high theft rate. Its really a lot of work and other than diving for them, if you like the adventure, its cheaper to just buy them. __________________ A man who is not afraid of the sea will soon be drowned, he said, for he will be going out on a day he shouldn't. But we do be afraid of the sea, and we only be drowned now and again. J.M.Synge, in The Aran Islands

31-01-2009, 12:54	#3
Captain Jaz Registered User Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: UK. Boat: Columbia 27' Posts: 340	Thanks, I think with that advice and a picture I can make one, tbh I would get alot of satisfaction out of catching one with something I'd made myself, even though I'm sure its easier and relatively cheap to buy one... __________________ 'Anyhow, a philosophical turn of thought now was not amiss, else one's patience would have given out almost at the harbour entrance.' ~ Joshua Slocum

31-01-2009, 17:34	#4
David_Old_Jersey Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Les Illes de La Manche - Sitting in an Armchair, tied to the Dock :-) Boat: "Wayluya" Seadog 30 Posts: 1,821	Yachty-Pots lobster pots From £9.00 and foldable........never used one, blah blah blah __________________ Join TEAM GOAT! and be a part of The Last Great Sailing Challenge!......... The First & Youngest & Fastest Goat to sail Solo RTW (Non-Stop)

31-01-2009, 17:35	#5
Captain Jaz Registered User Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: UK. Boat: Columbia 27' Posts: 340	Hmmm... well foldable would be good on a 27'er... thanks! __________________ 'Anyhow, a philosophical turn of thought now was not amiss, else one's patience would have given out almost at the harbour entrance.' ~ Joshua Slocum

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