Catching lobsters in Ireland using trap. Legal or illegal ?

[sjwpjw]

Yes, crabs and lobsters but I only kept a few of the lobsters for 'Lobster with black bean sauce and rice'. Other than that I don't go crazy with them.

Doing it this way is tiring. In fact it is the carrying out the rocks that is probably the worst part.

 

[bobdonny]

Right, first off the tide is way too strong for potting. Take them in rob. Second, crab loves fresh bait and hate rotten bait but opposite for lobbies. I fished 5 pots and had 7 lobbies and 1 crab after a 4 day soak. I just set mine with mackerel covered with maggotts and they stink. It keeps dogs, conger and crab away. Send me photo of the pots and I'll see how u can bait them.

When I got to my pots they seemed fine.... but like I said they were on a shallow bank at about 2m @ datum. So maybe out of the tide, but I pulled them anyway.

I have 2 strings.
First is buoy, 15m rode, shrimp pot, lobster pot (heavy at 4kg), anchor (2.5kg). Second is Buoy, 10m rode, shrimp pot, homemade lobster pot from bamboo, anchor (3.2kg).

Both pots were in the water for 24hours. The homemade pot / string had 1 day old mackeral. THe other string had 1 hour old mackeral....

I pulled the homemade pot there were only about 5 green crabs in it. the shrimp pot had I brown crab and 25ish small green crabs.

I pulled the proper pot with the fresh mackeral and I struggled with the 200+ green crabs in it...no browns... As I was pulling it out all the crabs were falling out the hole... same with the shrimp pot. But as the shrimp pot was tied off using the cheap line that came with it it never made it onto my boat... it snapped due to the weight....

Crazy....

For some reason tho these pots have been out performing the proper pots.....
EXTRA LARGE LOBSTER CRAB PRAWN CRAYFISH EEL TRAP POT | eBay
Maybe cos they roll on the ground and therefore provide easier access???

Anyway... I still need some pots.... Did you manage to go to Tralee to get yours?

I put a net bag of the top with carabiners and its full of heads and skeletons, but 24hours and its gone! The shrimp pots have a small net bag but as it rolls the crabs can get on top of this and have cut the net open... The bamboo one I just use wire through the eye's and ty it off the top...

I looked for your spot to see the ground on the finder but didn't see your buoys so went in front of the abbey on my mooring side.

 

[johnnybuoy]

I've moved mine due to tide. Think u need rotten salted bait rob. Setup seems fine but watch the strong tides.

 

[bobdonny]

Ok, thanks.

Do you always take them out for springs? Even in your new tide-less spot?

 

[johnnybuoy]

First time out on springs so pretty nervous.

 

[bobdonny]

Hmmm, you had me worried and rushing to the boat last night to pull themroflBut I reckon that spot would been fine.

On the other hand the wind is picking up this weekend so I didn't mind pulling them.... not like I coulda fitted more crabs in that pot!!