Lobster Mythe?

[badger729]

I recently went out in so cal for some lobster diving. From what I discovered from reading and talking to other divers lobster hunting is best done at nite. The boat I went on said that "lobster diving at nite is a mythe, you can see them better during the day". Now concidering on a 3 day trip NOBODY caught a lobster i'm wondering what is really going on.

 

[PhotoTJ]

I've caught 6 during the day. In the last 4 seasons. I've caught 68 at night, this season, including my 10 pounder, and a limit of 4+ pounders.

You do the math.

 

[ProfessorAronnax]

Always better at night-that's when they're out and about. In fact lobstering is so good at night, it's illegal along the Massachusetts coast.

 

[herman]

I am far from an expert but we did some night lobster hunting last Feb in Florida. They seemed to be easier to find at night to me.

 

[BrianM]

I recently went out in so cal for some lobster diving. From what I discovered from reading and talking to other divers lobster hunting is best done at nite. The boat I went on said that "lobster diving at nite is a mythe, you can see them better during the day". Now concidering on a 3 day trip NOBODY caught a lobster i'm wondering what is really going on.

Lobsters not only look like big cockroaches, they behave like them too!! During the day you won't see them walking out in the open, but if you keep looking in holes and under rocks, you will spot them. At night, they come out and walk around out in the open, looking for food.

Night dives are more work for the crew than day dives... so it sounds to me like they were too lazy to be bothered with it, and gave you a B.S. excuse for why they weren't doing a night dive!

 

[gonetobaja]

Im with BrianM....

Those guys either lied to you or they wherent divers. Maybe for a commercial lobster fisherman its easier to collect his traps in the day after they soak all night, but getting lobster in the day is far more difficult than at night. Although you can get lobster in the day time, as stated, they will be in deep cracks and caves. Sometimes the crack or cave will be shallow and allow you to get your arm in there and pin in your lobster. The other problem with the caves is that usualy the best ones have a moray eel in them. I have never been bitten buy its always kinda freaky to have one a foot away looking at you the whole time your body is stuffed halfway up a cave trying to grab a bug.

I go at night with a light. Then you can see them easy. I freedive for them so its nice to be able to spot them from the surface and then dive on them. I get them with Scuba at night also.

My opinion only relates to So Cal spiny lobster. I have no clue how the east coast bugs act.

That sucks that they did that. Oh well come on back to cali, and dive off of the shore at night. You can get them in 5 feet of water. No boat required.



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[Low Bottom Diver Ed G]

I have been diving since 1992. I fell in love with hunting immediately. I began diving with the Low Bottom Divers out of San Fernando Valley. I have only taken an open water course but have logged nearly 700 dives. I have never been successful in the day hunting for bugs. They are simply to difficult to get to. They are nocturnal creatures that feed at night. They walk around the bottom in the eel grass, sit on rocks near there holes they live in and even congragate. It's a very rare occassion that I do not catch at least three bugs on any given dive at NIGHT. The boat took your money. It was B.S. for them to tell you it is not easier at night. I have not been on a dive boat for at least three years. It's easy to get bugs right off the beach. Opening night this year, I was able to catch my limit in three to five feet of water within ten minutes of my dive. They were so thick it took the fun out of looking for them. I must say however, that every night after that i went diving, It has always been a searching operation, still with very good results!!!!!

 

[Loneranger]

Lobster are definately more accesable at night. They will crawl off the reef into to the shallow water sandy areas in search of dinner. We have caught them near the surf line in 15' of water here in Florida at night.

 

[TaoH]

So which boat was it that you went on?

 

[Bottom Scratcher]

What!!! Any reputable boat operator schedule night trips for Lobster. At least the one's I've been on out of Long Beach or San Diego, CA. Which boat was it? I don't want to use them.