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Lobster diver
- Thread starterlemoni
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.Lemoni
You should shoot an email to scott who also is in Bermuda. Just do a search for "drunkinbda" and email him.
Ken
You should shoot an email to scott who also is in Bermuda. Just do a search for "drunkinbda" and email him.
Ken
I don't personally use this technique - in the Bahamas we gig 'em with polespears and slings - and so I believe it goes something like this:
Tap the bug on the tail with the ticklestick and he will turn to face the percieved threat. Tickle him again as he faces the t'stick. Now he'll move backward and that is where the net comes in and the diver is supposed to scoop up dinner! Sounds simple but I'm not sure that it is and as with everything else will take some practice. Perhaps some other DB'er has better insight into this and possibly some experience...B
Tap the bug on the tail with the ticklestick and he will turn to face the percieved threat. Tickle him again as he faces the t'stick. Now he'll move backward and that is where the net comes in and the diver is supposed to scoop up dinner! Sounds simple but I'm not sure that it is and as with everything else will take some practice. Perhaps some other DB'er has better insight into this and possibly some experience...B
I can see the logic but all sounds a bit fiddly, just back from a weekend of lobster diving, 1st of the season is always exciting, bigger ones the first day didn't do so well the second day but didn't go hungry and even managed to pole spear a respectable size Hogfish. Do you need a licence where you are to spear lobster/fish?
Sadly I had to work saturday and saturday night was spent taking the engine off the boat and bringing in the garden furnture and accumulated rubish. Did get out friday evening and got a spiny and a slipper. I wasn't lobster diving 3 years when we had our last big blow ago so I don't know about how good it is after. But good to hear they move about after storms, Cheers
Florence was not too bad catogory 1 and most of the eye missed us, no real damage. Went out yesterday with an old guy, friend of a friend this guy is 70 and still dives everyday the weather is good. I was thinking about putting a shortie on as the water is starting to cool down, I am glad I didn't as he would have put me to shame , he dives in just shorts no weights, no gloves, no rash vest. Showed us some great holes and had some great stories. Hope I am still diving when I reach 70.
No worries, mate, some of the original San Diego Bottom Scratchers were still diving into their 80's, I've been told, and we've got some Neptunes who are more than a bit long in the tooth, too. Absolutely inspiring to a young sprout who's just pushing 60!