Dive Spots for Lobster

[sublime250]

Anyone recommend a shore dive spot for lobster around Laguna Beach or OC?

 

[jlyle]

ROTFLMAO! You're on your own, sublime250. No one is going to share their "secret spots" for lobsters with you. My best recommendation is to go where no other divers go - you stand a better chance at getting a bug or two in those locations. Rocky bottoms, near sand are best. This time of year, the bugs are in shallow water.

 

[Codyjp]

I hear Huntington beach is just loaded with Lobsters.

 

[sublime250]

Ahh come on! Someone is sitting on a sweet spot and needs to PM me!

 

[sublime250]

What time of day is best? Night?

 

[jlyle]

What time of day is best? Night?

Yes. Lobsters hide during the day and only come out to forage at night. While you may see them during daylight, they are normally in holes that are deeper than your arm. At night, like cockroaches, they come out of their holes and you stand a much better chance at grabbing them.

Don't forget, you will need a California fishing license with ocean enhancement and a lobster card. You must fill out the lobster card before you enter the water and document your catch at the end of your diving. You must have a measuring device with you in the water. Bag limit and possession limit is seven lobsters. No sticks, loops, hooks, etc. allowed. You can only take lobsters by hand or using an approved hoopnet from a boat.

http://www.dfg.ca.gov/marine/pdfs/oceanfish2009.pdf

Oh, yes. Be careful about game preserves. There are some places where the lobsters are protected.

Good luck!

 

[sublime250]

Thanks for the great info- nice looking bugs!

 

[DwayneJ]

Need to find a dive buddy or a commercial boat trip. Finding a dive buddy with a boat would be a bonus. Pretty much anywhere where there is rock and/or kelp. Be prepared to dive 55'-80' of water.