Know About Lobster Fishing: How to Catch Lobster with a Fishing Pole ?

Hi, friends our today's article is Known About Lobster and How to Catch Lobster With a Fishing Pole. Lobsters are widely fished around the world for their meat. They are often hard to catch in large numbers, but their large size can make them a profitable catch. Although the majority of the targeted species are tropical, the majority of the global catch is in temperate waters. 

How do you fish for lobster?

The more exciting way to catch lobsters is to just get in the water and go after them yourself, and you can do this at any point during the day. Put on your snorkeling or scuba gear and a pair of gloves. Take a tickle stick and net and dive in, combing the rocky areas, coral, and ledges for lobster antennae.

What is the best bait for lobster?

Salted Herring is the preferred bait fish used by lobster men to lure and trap lobsters. When there is a Herring shortage, bait prices increase, impacting the lobstermen's bottom line. Bluefish, Cod, Mackerel, and Menhaden (known as Pogeys) are also used as bait.

Methods of Lobster fishing

In lobster fishing there are several types of methods are used to catch for lobster.

A.    Lobster Pots

B.    Trawling

C.   Gill and Trammel Net

D.   Hand And Spare Fishing

Geographical Area Of Lobster Fishing

The European lobster, Homarus gammarus is found across the north-eastern Atlantic Ocean from northern Norway to the Azores and Morocco. Homarus gammarus is mostly fished using lobster pots, although lines baited with octopus or cuttlefish sometimes succeed in tempting them out, to allow them to be caught in a net or by hand. In 2008, 4,386 t of H. gammarus were caught across Europe and North Africa,

of which 3,462 t (79%) was caught in the British Isles (including the Channel Islands). The minimum landing size for H. gammarus is a carapace length of 87 mm (3.4 in). About 122,000 t of lobsters are caught in the North Atlantic Ocean where the dominant species are Homarus americanus and Nephrops norvegicus.

Lobster Fishing Defined as Hazardous Occupation

Lobster fishing is considered a hazardous occupation by NIOSH (National Institute of Safety and Health) of America. Lobster fishermen who become entangled in their trap line are at risk of drowning if they are pulled overboard.

Best practices have been developed to prevent and reduce entanglement, and to facilitate getting fishermen who have fallen overboard back onto their vessels.

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