Cortez Bank Hoop Netting for Lobster
 

Has anyone set hoop nets at the Cortez Bank for lobster. Heading out Saturday night on a 4 day dive trip on the Vision out of Santa Barbara. Taking my kayak and hoop nets to set at night. bosco

Wow; diving, kayaking, hoop netting. What no fishing?


Best of luck. If there are rock formations, especially next to sandy areas, your chances should be good. Though I am not sure if bugs go up that far north.

Jim may know better.

You may want to have long (100') ropes.

Hope you will post a report.

is north the new west? :lobster:

I pulled a 5lb bug....there
 

Scuba diving 80ft of water.The cook got one 12lbs under the boat.I wish I would have bought hoop nets....no night diving allowed too sharky and strong current. Good luck if its calm enough to anchor up for the night a 100 miles off shore with no island.You might be spending the night at San Clemente island if its to rough to anchor on cortez

Make sure of your dive partner. His goals should be the same as yours. I went diving out there, got stuck with a guy that just wanted to shoot sheeps head. Dive up current. the current can be very strong out there.

Have a good time, vis will probably be super if its calm.

Tim

Back when I used to divemaster on the Horizon I would always bring a couple of hoop nets with me to Cortez. My favorite place in the world to dive. Average lobster size there is 4-5 pounds because the commercial guys don't hit it - being 100 miles due West, too far for them.
Nearly always got limits, but I never was able to get one in the hoop nets at night. Not sure if it was because right under the boat got picked over on the last dive of the day, or they just stayed in the crevices that crisscross the bank and my hoops were on top of the bull kelp...

9 and 12 pounder @ Cortez - taken on the same dive as part of a full limit.
http://m2.i.pbase.com/o1/85/360685/1...mi.lobster.jpg

I have 2 steel HP.....120s for sale...
 

As soon as I get them back from hydro I'm putting them up for sale.