Newbie to Lobstering

[DanaPT]

Oct thru march are not summer months. Think cooler and rougher seas.

Consider finding a partner. Rethink everything... night kayaking is different.

Lobster when you can wherever you find rocky structure. I prefer shallow spots vs deeper spots. To each teir own. Bugs are night feeders. All hours of the night. Some hit it right when sun drops others whenever their chores are done and kids are in bed.

When I hoop I do bring a pole to catch macks. My preferred bait. Forget cat food, chicken, salmon heads or bacon grease covered whatever.... fresh dead macks are my go to.

Promar ambush conical nets. Are the way to go. On a budget ? Look used IF you can find them. Forget the bait cage. Consider the Drake Puck idea ((search on this site).

Check out a promar hooping seminar hosted by BWE member Jim Salazar. Im certain that will get you on track.

It took me a couple of seasons after kayaking to jump on the hooping band wagon. It's a lot of fun, had some close calls but find it worth the effort.

[Johnny Hirn]

Originally Posted by DanaPT

Oct thru march are not summer months. Think cooler and rougher seas.

Consider finding a partner. Rethink everything... night kayaking is different.

Lobster when you can wherever you find rocky structure. I prefer shallow spots vs deeper spots. To each teir own. Bugs are night feeders. All hours of the night. Some hit it right when sun drops others whenever their chores are done and kids are in bed.

When I hoop I do bring a pole to catch macks. My preferred bait. Forget cat food, chicken, salmon heads or bacon grease covered whatever.... fresh dead macks are my go to.

Promar ambush conical nets. Are the way to go. On a budget ? Look used IF you can find them. Forget the bait cage. Consider the Drake Puck idea ((search on this site).

Check out a promar hooping seminar hosted by BWE member Jim Salazar. Im certain that will get you on track.

It took me a couple of seasons after kayaking to jump on the hooping band wagon. It's a lot of fun, had some close calls but find it worth the effort.

Awesome! Thanks for the help
-Johnny

[Hunters Pa]

I was looking for the schedule for Jim's (SabaSlayer) seminars but am not finding it. His book (Hoopin it up) will help, but hard to beat one of his in-person events to shorten the learning curve. There was also a decent article in yesterday's Western Outdoor News. I did not go through the whole paper yet, so there may be a seminar schedule in there somewhere, either a stand-alone ad or promoted by the tackle store hosting that session.

DISCLAIMER: I work the Fred Hall Show for Promar/Ahi

I like the smaller rigid Promar conical nets. Less moving parts and easier to handle when your butt is at the waterline. You may want to start slow, take 2 or 3 nets the first time, or do some daytime crabbing to get the feel of dropping and pulling from a kayak.

Make sure you look at the updated regs, get your lobster card and mark it when you start your hooping session.