Back when I used to divemaster on the Horizon I would always bring a couple of hoop nets with me to Cortez. My favorite place in the world to dive. Average lobster size there is 4-5 pounds because the commercial guys don't hit it - being 100 miles due West, too far for them.
Nearly always got limits, but I never was able to get one in the hoop nets at night. Not sure if it was because right under the boat got picked over on the last dive of the day, or they just stayed in the crevices that crisscross the bank and my hoops were on top of the bull kelp...
9 and 12 pounder @ Cortez - taken on the same dive as part of a full limit.
