Catchers mitt or a crusher claw!!

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We did two dives at Magnolia Rocks today. At about 23 feet my buddy lifted a lobster to show me. The crusher claw looked like a catchers mitt. It was at least 4" over gauge size. After looking at the knobs on that crusher I can say with certainity I will not reach into a hole with a claw that big in it.

first dive low tide (ouch)

36' 48 mins
surface temp around 52 degs.

thermo was around 25' or so mid 40's

second

1hr 4 mins 30 ft.

and a wild ride into shore with 6 bugs.
 
for NELD??? Some of us can only drool at the thought of bagging those lobsters! How about sharing the wealth and putting on a little lobster bake for your fellow non-bugging divers??? Huh? How about it? PLEEASE?>>>>>
 
the sole reason we work so hard to catch bugs is so that we can give them away:D

Just kidding:wink: I'm sure you would be happy to provide all the other lobstah bake essentials and do the clean-up. (Here's where I usually lose the "entitled" folks)


Shell, I promise if I ever get more than 4 bugs I will contact u:) Hasn't happened yet but my "real" hunting season starts Monday now that my wife is out of School. No more Daddy Day Care!!!!!
 
My friend caught this one a couple of years ago. WAY oversized! We put it right back in it's hole. Make more babies!
 
The crusher was 3' longer than my hand and looked like a catchers mit. Think pie plate in size prolly in the 17lb range. We only held it for a min and let it go, I think it was a male but I am only guessing at this. I was shown how to tell but am not sure if I checked it right. I was very leary of getting pinched. If it had not been such a rough entry for this dive I would have had a camera, but it was just too rough. We both crawled out as the swells got pretty large over the course of the 2 dives.

Shell I am all for a NELD lobster bake, I just need enough time to set it up at work. I work weekends and have a tough time getting weekends off. With enough notice I can get one though. I work early in the am til a lil after noon, so even the evening get togethers are a lil off time for me. I have to rise at 4 am. (ouch) Lets try to set something up and see what happens.

I don't usually eat them my wife and girls do. I don't mind providing what I can for a get together. My son who does well with getting them is allergic LOL, it is a funny thing watching him get pinched and then give the bugs to others.
 
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