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ferox

Joined: 08 Mar 2005
Posts: 5
Location: lancashire

Posted: Wed Mar 09, 05 10:30 am Post subject: Catch your own - Lobster, Crab,Langoustine, Prawn, Crayfish
Collapsable traps, many sizes, fold flat, simple and VERY efficient Suggest you take a peek at www.interextrading.com - active site, scroll around and click on numbered pictures for full info. Prices are on the site too. Good hunting

joker

Joined: 08 Nov 2004
Posts: 188
Location: hiding

Posted: Wed Mar 09, 05 11:39 am Post subject:
Who thinks there should be a discount for downsizer members

Jonnyboy

Joined: 29 Oct 2004
Posts: 23956
Location: under some rain.

Posted: Wed Mar 09, 05 12:03 pm Post subject:
They seem like good value but i still havent found out if they need additional weighting.

joker

Joined: 08 Nov 2004
Posts: 188
Location: hiding

Posted: Wed Mar 09, 05 1:03 pm Post subject:
Hve you tried ringing them

mochyn

Joined: 21 Dec 2004
Posts: 24585
Location: mid-Wales

Posted: Thu Jun 30, 05 8:31 pm Post subject:
My dad put some new pots in the water the other day, unbaited, just to get them smelling right. When he pulled them up the next day to bait them: 8 lobsters!

ButteryHOLsomeness

Joined: 03 Apr 2005
Posts: 770

Posted: Thu Jun 30, 05 8:36 pm Post subject:
i've always wondered about the legality of using lobster pots having lived on skye for a few years i can tell you that the fisherman are VERY picky about people infringing on what they see as their waters can you use them if you have sea frontage on your land?

mochyn

Joined: 21 Dec 2004
Posts: 24585
Location: mid-Wales

Posted: Thu Jun 30, 05 8:50 pm Post subject:
Are you following me?! My old chap lives in Ireland, and a couple of other people put pots out in the bay where he lives, but no-one seems to mind. It's only done by locals though, not visitors.

sean
Downsizer Moderator

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 42219
Location: North Devon

Posted: Thu Jun 30, 05 8:54 pm Post subject:
I don't think that there are legal issues, as far as I remember. More the finding your pots aren't there any more/getting thumped if you throw them on someone's patch issues.

ButteryHOLsomeness

Joined: 03 Apr 2005
Posts: 770

Posted: Thu Jun 30, 05 9:06 pm Post subject:
but how do you know if it's someone elses patch? also, how far out fromyour own land are you allowed to place the pots? i'd love to be able to do this myself someday, i love lobster and crab mmmmm

dougal

Joined: 15 Jan 2005
Posts: 7184
Location: South Kent

Posted: Thu Jun 30, 05 9:43 pm Post subject:

ButteryHOLsomeness wrote:

.. how far out fromyour own land are you allowed to place the pots?

I don't think you have any (legal property or fishery) rights below the high tide line. Beyond that it belongs to the Crown, as far out as territorial rights are claimed...

callas

Joined: 20 Jan 2005
Posts: 60
Location: east coast

Posted: Fri Jul 01, 05 8:21 am Post subject:

Living by the sea I am quite interested in adding fish to my diet for free. But I am unsure how I actually catch lobsters. What do I do with my pot? Can I walk out at low tide throw the pot in and then come back at the next low tide?

Last winter while walking the dog I found a large live lobster on the beach couldn't believe it - but my husband made me throw it back in saying it was a sick one. I have asked the local fisherman and he says they do sometimes come ashore when its very cold and it would have been fine to eat. But he is not very forthcoming on giving me advice on catching my own.

Behemoth

Joined: 01 Dec 2004
Posts: 19023
Location: Leeds

Posted: Fri Jul 01, 05 8:25 am Post subject:

dougal wrote:

ButteryHOLsomeness wrote:

.. how far out fromyour own land are you allowed to place the pots?

I don't think you have any (legal property or fishery) rights below the high tide line. Beyond that it belongs to the Crown, as far out as territorial rights are claimed...

which is why all dead whales that get washed up belong to the queen.

mochyn

Joined: 21 Dec 2004
Posts: 24585
Location: mid-Wales

Posted: Fri Jul 01, 05 8:23 pm Post subject:

dougal wrote:

I don't think you have any (legal property or fishery) rights below the high tide line. Beyond that it belongs to the Crown, as far out as territorial rights are claimed...

Not in Ireland, it doesn't! Not any more! I don't think legal issues have aver been raised. And the beach doesn't join onto our land, anyway. Each person has the buoys to the pots marked with a different colour and puts them in the same place each time.

He goes out in a small boat to put them out: I don't think the tide goes low enough. Other than that, it's dead easy!

Lloyd

Joined: 24 Jan 2005
Posts: 2699

Posted: Fri Jul 01, 05 10:30 pm Post subject:
It's a bit like the people on the south and other coasts who shoot large seafowl on the sands...as long as its below the high water mark. Odd to think that seaside tourist resorts can have people banging away on them quite legally, unless local byelaws prohibit.

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 46359
Location: yes

Posted: Sat Jul 02, 05 1:16 am Post subject: lobsters
not to be taken lightly they are old and wise also of money value trade for them

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