West Coast Whoppers bug edition

[Dannowar]

Took a kayak break this week to tap into our twice a year honey hole. Was not expecting the quickest, most epic onslaught of crawling monsters I've ever seen. Had 6 hoops between three of us and triple limited within an hour and a half. When the beast was pulled up on hoop number two, we knew it was on. 21 legals, and all three of us were in disbelief. 100 % males. I'll let the pics do the talking. THEYRE OUT THERE GUYS.


After dropping off our bud and his bugs, me and Andrew dropped a couple of the smaller ones off at his house and took care of the neighbors. The rest were to be immediately flash boiled and vacuum sealed for my sons first birthday bash next week.

10 pounds, almost tied Andrews 11.5 pound monster from last year and beat my old 9.5 pound personal best.
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[Aaron&Julie]

Yeah! Nicely done. Practically enough meat in the big 'un to equal all the rest combined, one huge male.

[Deamon]

Beauties! Great job.

[T Bone]

Wow! You can get meat out of the legs on that guy!

Are the bigger bugs any tougher?I havent even caught one over 3#

[romspacenut]

Nice! Time to get a Costco size tub of butter.

[blitzburgh]

HOLY CRAP:eek:! I heard the really big one's aren't that great to eat. You should give it to me and I will let you know :D. Nice Bugs!

[Dannowar]

Big ones taste just fine. I think the misconception comes from not being able to cook it evenly due to its size and lack of cooking medium to do so. All ya need is an effing big pot!

[GR6RR]

I can probably fit that bug in my big tamale steam pot :eek: Nice night for you, thanks for sharing :cheers1:

[Old Man in the Sea]

Wow now that is a Monster

[GHOSTHUNTR]

Wow! You can get meat out of the legs on that guy!

Are the bigger bugs any tougher?I havent even caught one over 3#
You can get the leg meat out of any sized lobster, just microwave it for about 25-30 seconds and it comes out for you all nice and cooked. Popcorn lobster is yummy. Don't forget the meat in the antennae bases(my favorite). My last limit produced enough meat from legs and antennae to make tacos for the whole family of 4, no problem. Don't waste the legs!

[T-Rex]

Nice alligator :lobster:!!! When the get that big ya gotta be careful to keep the fingers out of the tail!

[GR6RR]

^ Good advice, cause a medium sized one stabbed my ring finger when it curled up. Imagine what that beast would do...

[RobFish]

Very nice haul.
Nice job for sure.
Always great to get on the water with a few amigos.

[Hunter (The 80's Man)]

So where did you say that honey hole was????
Good job:cheers1:

[JarrodMc]

Nice bugs and MONSTER!!! :cheers1:

[Limits]

SWEET!! Nice haul. Congrats