Monster SD Bay Lobster - 11-25-2011 - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

grey zone · 11-28-2011, 07:21 PM

That's a big female!

KeptMan · 11-28-2011, 07:28 PM

I didn't spend much time with crayfish while studying biology. Please enlighten us. I catch enough most evenings that I would be game to let the big girls go so our kids can enjoy paddling and bugs too.

grey zone · 11-29-2011, 06:00 AM

The finlets on the underside of the tail overlap. On males they dont, most of the lobsters you see in that size range are all males.

GHOSTHUNTR · 11-29-2011, 03:10 PM

Small one female, big one male.

grey zone · 11-29-2011, 04:38 PM

The lobster he is holding is female.

GHOSTHUNTR · 11-29-2011, 04:57 PM

Check the last pair of legs on both. Females actually have two little claws that act like a hand on the last pair. This helps them to tend to the eggs under the swimmerettes. Bigger males have bigger underfins, but the swimmerettes on a female will cover the entire tail section. Male lobsters only have the one sharp claw on the end of the last pair.

grey zone · 11-29-2011, 06:52 PM

The swimmerettes on males do not touch or overlap. Unless I'm being deceived by the picture the swimmerettes on that lobster all overlap.

11-28-2011, 07:21 PM	#1
grey zone Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: san diego Posts: 158	That's a big female!

11-28-2011, 07:28 PM	#2
KeptMan Junior Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: San Diego Posts: 21	I didn't spend much time with crayfish while studying biology. Please enlighten us. I catch enough most evenings that I would be game to let the big girls go so our kids can enjoy paddling and bugs too.

11-29-2011, 06:00 AM	#3
grey zone Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: san diego Posts: 158	The finlets on the underside of the tail overlap. On males they dont, most of the lobsters you see in that size range are all males.

11-29-2011, 03:10 PM	#4
GHOSTHUNTR Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Poway Posts: 160	Small one female, big one male.

11-29-2011, 04:38 PM	#5
grey zone Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: san diego Posts: 158	The lobster he is holding is female.

11-29-2011, 04:57 PM	#6
GHOSTHUNTR Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Poway Posts: 160	Check the last pair of legs on both. Females actually have two little claws that act like a hand on the last pair. This helps them to tend to the eggs under the swimmerettes. Bigger males have bigger underfins, but the swimmerettes on a female will cover the entire tail section. Male lobsters only have the one sharp claw on the end of the last pair.

11-29-2011, 06:52 PM	#7
grey zone Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: san diego Posts: 158	The swimmerettes on males do not touch or overlap. Unless I'm being deceived by the picture the swimmerettes on that lobster all overlap.