Why Lobster Hoopnetting Has Become A Trending Sport

By Jessica Williams


California is a coastal state who has many sport fishing hobbyists. It boasts many popular delicacies that comes off its blue seas. To those who may have had enough of fishing with poles on the beach or sports cruises, it is time to find a more relaxed and enjoyable way to pursue their penchant for going after ocean going animals.

Locals and enthusiasts from across the state and neighboring areas have taken to calling lobsters bugs. It is about affection for the large, spiny crustaceans who inhabit the coastline, hiding in kelp and holes in the daytime, and feeding at night. One of the most popular recreational activities today is lobster hoopnetting Catalina.

But people cannot take out those lobsters that are immature, which is part of the aquatic resources regulations in force on the state. Only mature lobsters can be caught, and the law considers those with carapaces that are more than one fourth of an inch as mature. When they reach this length, they can be caught, the same with teenagers.

Companies are offering charter cruises for those who want to hoopnet lobsters in Catalina. Clients can have all sorts of sport fishing items added to the mix. Although true aficionados prefer doing hoopnetting for lobster alone and not with some other sport. What the client prefers, though, goes. There are night and day cruises, each with a different way of catching crustaceans, which also includes diving down the kelp to get them.

The hoop net was designed for catching lobsters, even when they are in hard to reach places. Divers will not get all the lobsters they want in or around Catalina by virtue of some geographical features. However, a boat that is equipped with a davit and pulley system that easily pulls out nets full of bugs is more flexible.

Having a great lobster meal is probably one of the main reasons for taking out bugs in Catalina. Hobbyists also know the benefits given by the sea air, and the most romantic night time scenery around the coast. This is the kind of sport that requires a minimum of effort, with a maximum of health benefits, natural beauty and even romance.

For commercial fishermen, the crustaceans here are untouchable, so they need to do their trawling farther out into the ocean. Besides which, the numbers here are not fit for commercial purposes. This is due to the long time abuse of the oceanic populations, so that what were once vast herds or millions of animals are now on the danger levels, so that only sports fishermen can catch maybe half a dozen lobsters here.

Getting into the scene does not require much training or licenses. A charter company can provide all the legal means to get those really big bugs right when they are really catchable. A feast fit for royalty rewards the patient, the skilled and the lucky.

Catching lobsters is not as hard as, say, going after a big, old and feisty marlin. There are no long hours in harness and watching the pole, or going around in circles just to get to one. Just the simple dipping of nets into the water is done to get the semi mythical creatures of the deep.




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