Setting lobster pots

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Re: Setting lobster pots

Postby JimC » Fri Sep 17, 2021 10:13 am

A lobster fisherman once told me that he used salted baits for his pots because fresh bait attracts congers and doggies.
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Re: Setting lobster pots

Postby ihaveissues » Fri Sep 17, 2021 1:31 pm

firetiger7 wrote:I got me some lobster pots now and caught a few nice brown and spider crabs already, but I also get tons of dogfish in these pots, even really big ones which I do not enjoy to handle in these small pots at all..
Is mackerel the wrong bait? I use 2-3 of them chopped in half, never leave the pots out longer than a day of fishing.


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Re: Setting lobster pots

Postby firetiger7 » Sat Sep 18, 2021 1:17 pm

Based in Galway, but fishing in a big area, from clare up to mayo.
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Re: Setting lobster pots

Postby donal domeney » Sat Sep 18, 2021 9:27 pm

I've often supplied a leisure potter with a few Ballan Wrasse they seem to work well for him.
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