Any one had any success with the kind of lobster pot??

[Teesdale-rabbiter 15]

Just wondering if any of you lads have had any success with this kind of trap? I'm going on holiday soon and was considering getting two to see if i could get a lobster or two,

 

 

Cheers

[slingshot82 32]

Never seen one like that before, It will need to be weighted well to stop it rolling around on the bottom. ATB

[RaiderBoy 19]

Just wondering if any of you lads have had any success with this kind of trap? I'm going on holiday soon and was considering getting two to see if i could get a lobster or two,

 

 

Cheers

 

Not caught any lobsters in mine, only used it when i went on holidays and caught hundreds of shrimp and a bloody great big rock crab. you just need to add some lead weights into it and make sure you tie the bait down or eels will make short work of it as they can get out of the trap.

 

Richard

[niall_b73 41]

i got myself one very like that only the one i had was square. i got mine on ebay for 7 quid.

 

anyway i used to throw mine into the local river that night and lift it the next day. it was quite good at catching eel

 

niall_b73

[Guest bullterrier]

there OK for signal crayfish mate. ..john

[Malt 379]

I've only seen them used on piers to catch bait fish, crabs & prawns.

[Teesdale-rabbiter 15]

Think i'll get 2 to try

[all.rounder 3]

all i had in mine was crab. but supposes its wear you put it i throw mine of some rocks about 20ft out with a length of rope

[Teesdale-rabbiter 15]

anyone else??

[nevi73 0]

iv,e got 2 of those, caught crab,prawns and small bait fish in mine.weigh it down with stones and be careful pulling it up cos if they rub over rocks the netting rips easily,good luck.

[Tyla 3,179]

Ive never used mine in salt water but used them a fair bit in streams and lakes. Ive caught loads of crayfish and eels, various fish and a mink!

[murphy11 0]

ive had plenty of lobsters in these traps from various places around anglesey but heard your supposed to be licensed to catch lobster ha ha ive also had small pollack ,rockling,and crab and conger up to about three feet long

[Cobra 0]

There great for catching american signal crayfish. There easy to catch just puncture a tin of cat food with an old screw driver or something similar a few times to let the scent leak out then put it in the trap. The weight of the tin will help keep the trap on the bottom as well. You will catch more crayfish on a night than during the day. Then just boil them whole for about 15 minutes. when cool take out of there shells and enjoy with large amounts of real ale

[SAJ 0]

They work well in the Summer months from the piers, when the shoals of mackeral are inshore. The seabed is usually littered with filleted mackeral carcuss, which send the edible crab, lobsters, velvets etc into a feeding frenzy.

[poacher3161 1,766]

Found two on the river idle the other year one had a dirty big mitten crab in it and the other had a dead dabchick in it we destroyed both i thought they were fore crayfish they were baited up with mackrell.