Lobster hooping during the day? - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

kayaKANG · 10-04-2012, 12:37 PM

This will be my first season hooping...

Just wondering...I know lobsters are mostly nocturnal creatures, but is it possible to hoop for them during the day? As in, is there a chance I'll nab some or are they completely inactive during the day?

blitzburgh · 10-04-2012, 01:25 PM

I caught a Lobster on a drop-shot rig with gulp shrimp while Sand Bass fishing in SD Bay, in the middle of the day a few years ago in June. It was a big phooker too, maybe 6 pounds. Felt like a Hali coming up and fought like a SOB. Obviously I released it. I think it had more to do with the bait coming right by his hole than anything though. Don't think you'd have much success in the day.

Baja_Traveler · 10-04-2012, 01:28 PM

I've been on plenty of dive trips where I've caught lobster in the middle of the day out in the open. Is it routine? - No, but there is the chance you could pick one up in a hoop net. Dusk to Dawn is the real time though...

kayaKANG · 10-04-2012, 01:47 PM

yeahh thats what i figured. thanks though!

lowprofile · 10-04-2012, 03:41 PM

catch them in the surf during the day all the time.

10-04-2012, 12:37 PM	#1
kayaKANG Junior Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Upland, CA Posts: 14	Lobster hooping during the day? This will be my first season hooping... Just wondering...I know lobsters are mostly nocturnal creatures, but is it possible to hoop for them during the day? As in, is there a chance I'll nab some or are they completely inactive during the day?

10-04-2012, 01:25 PM	#2
blitzburgh Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Menifee Posts: 2,509	I caught a Lobster on a drop-shot rig with gulp shrimp while Sand Bass fishing in SD Bay, in the middle of the day a few years ago in June. It was a big phooker too, maybe 6 pounds. Felt like a Hali coming up and fought like a SOB. Obviously I released it. I think it had more to do with the bait coming right by his hole than anything though. Don't think you'd have much success in the day. __________________ ”The beauty of the Second Amendment is that it will not be needed until they try to take it.” ~Thomas Jefferson.........maybe

10-04-2012, 03:41 PM	#5
lowprofile #1 on fishstick's hitlist Join Date: May 2011 Location: Sea level Posts: 1,478	catch them in the surf during the day all the time. __________________ MLPA- My Largest Poaching Area

10-04-2012, 01:28 PM	#3
Baja_Traveler Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Table 17, Bay Park Fish Co. Posts: 943	I've been on plenty of dive trips where I've caught lobster in the middle of the day out in the open. Is it routine? - No, but there is the chance you could pick one up in a hoop net. Dusk to Dawn is the real time though...

10-04-2012, 01:47 PM	#4
kayaKANG Junior Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Upland, CA Posts: 14	yeahh thats what i figured. thanks though!