Got Bait?

[Saba Slayer]

Lobster season opener in 25 days!
Sept 29th
Got Bait?
Jim / Saba Slayer

[Deamon]

LOL, I've already pulled out my stuff and inventoried. Can't seem to get very many greenies lately though. How's the Spanaird for bug bait? Pleanty of those beetches around.

[lowprofile]

save the guts from the YT and WSB along with the squid you have left over. Bugs love squid too. stuff it all in the cage.

[ctfphoto]

Yes already saving macs.

I still have macs from last year, do lobsters care about freezer burn?

I really want to go out with (a group) to La Jolla on a low swell night ....

[MrM]

Do you guys prefer cages or hoops? And how long do you soak your traps? Looking to try out lobster fishing this year...

Any replies are appreciated! Thanks in advance.

[bus kid]

I'm off to costco to buy a pallet of popcorn for this years lobster season!

[lowprofile]

Originally Posted by MrM

Do you guys prefer cages or hoops? And how long do you soak your traps? Looking to try out lobster fishing this year...

Any replies are appreciated! Thanks in advance.

cage for bait, hoop for lobster

[slobslayer]

we use plastic peanut butter jars to hold bait (keeps the seals away) with a 2lb weight ziptied to the bottom. Works well for us i cant wait

[lowprofile]

dont run out and buy new hoops for the season. you can get everyone elses lightly used hoops around christmas time. i got 5 fully loaded hoops for $100 last year.

[finyak]

Is it a 5 lobster limit?

[roadx]

seven in possession



going for a bait run soon maybe this weekend. start getting stocked up

jack mac's will work anything stinky

[lobstersoup]

I am pretty religious about hoop netting. Soak the traps for 15-45 mins.

Originally Posted by MrM

Do you guys prefer cages or hoops? And how long do you soak your traps? Looking to try out lobster fishing this year...

Any replies are appreciated! Thanks in advance.

[lobstersoup]

7 limit per person, per day

Originally Posted by finyak

Is it a 5 lobster limit?

[roadx]

http://www.dfg.ca.gov/marine/faq.asp


What is the daily bag limit for lobster? The possession limit? A. According to Section 29.90(b) T14, CCR, the daily recreational bag limit is seven lobsters per person. Additionally, Section 1.17 states that no more than one daily bag limit may be taken or possessed by any one person unless otherwise authorized (see Declaration for Multi-Day Fishing Trip, Section 27.15 T14, CCR), regardless of whether they are fresh, frozen or otherwise preserved. This means that if you have a limit of seven lobsters at home, you cannot go out and get more lobsters until the first limit is disposed of in some way (eaten, given away, etc).

[slobslayer]

I've found that fresh bait from that day is better than frozen stinky stuff. I like to load the bait tank and keep them alive till I cut them.

[finyak]

Originally Posted by roadx

http://www.dfg.ca.gov/marine/faq.asp


What is the daily bag limit for lobster? The possession limit? A. According to Section 29.90(b) T14, CCR, the daily recreational bag limit is seven lobsters per person. Additionally, Section 1.17 states that no more than one daily bag limit may be taken or possessed by any one person unless otherwise authorized (see Declaration for Multi-Day Fishing Trip, Section 27.15 T14, CCR), regardless of whether they are fresh, frozen or otherwise preserved. This means that if you have a limit of seven lobsters at home, you cannot go out and get more lobsters until the first limit is disposed of in some way (eaten, given away, etc).

Thanks!!

[finyak]

Originally Posted by lowprofile

dont run out and buy new hoops for the season. you can get everyone elses lightly used hoops around christmas time. i got 5 fully loaded hoops for $100 last year.

I don't think I can wait that long.

[boxturtle]

Originally Posted by slobslayer

we use plastic peanut butter jars to hold bait (keeps the seals away) with a 2lb weight ziptied to the bottom. Works well for us i cant wait

can you post picks of your peanut butter jar rigs...thanks

[Deamon]

Originally Posted by finyak

I don't think I can wait that long.

Finyak, I recently bought a great used set on Bloodydecks at a great price ($15 ea). I was putting in a request in their classified every week or so and found a seller...good luck. Jim

[DocHaole]

So I've been going out with my sabiki rig stocking up on mackerel for the season and I'm getting a lot of smelt. Does anyone throw smelt in with the macs?? I get the feeling that the bugs will eat anything you put out there but I am interested to see if anyone has had good or bad results loading the bait cages full of smelt.

Thanks