Creel fishing for lobster off Fife, Scotland.

Westhaven 2 fishing for Shellfish off Eastern Fife. Tam and Stuart getting a few lobsters.

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• Creels
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• fife
• anstruther
• westhaven
• crabs
• pots
• scotland

[shirleymae30]

I mean no offense but they should try fishing some of the larger lobster traps from here in Maine (USA). It is widely known in the fishing industry that bigger traps catch more and bigger lobsters. I just can't figure out why they are still fishing such small pots over there.

[rabbbie99]

@shirleymae30 Some of the boats here do use bigger pots, My brother and his skipper use the smaller ones as they are easier to handle and they shoot 30 pots together at a time in a string, so I suppose deck space would become an issue. Also their buyer doesn't seem so intersted in big lobsters, whoever he is supplying them to seem to prefer ones that are just a little over the measure. (maybe that comes down to how much they cost in the resturant or something like that). Thanks for the comment.

[rabbbie99]

@shirleymae30 Some of the boats here do use bigger pots, My brother and his skipper use the smaller ones as they are easier to handle and they shoot 30 pots together at a time in a string, so I suppose deck space would become an issue. Also their buyer doesn't seem so intersted in big lobsters, whoever he is supplying them to seem to prefer ones that are just a little over the measure. (maybe that comes down to how much they cost in the resturant or something like that). Thanks for the comment.

[wishmaster200]

dont know about scotland but a lot of them lobsters looked under the measure

[rabbbie99]

@wishmaster200 All the definite under-sised ones are thrown straight back, The rest are measured up once they shoot the gear again. The authoroties are pretty strict in the UK if you put bands on undersised lobsters and you will face a hefty fine if caught. So no-one is keeping undersised ones.

[alistairarthur]

@wishmaster200 canadian lobsters are much bigger and grow faster

[Gazhax]

Size isnt everything lol

[shirleymae30]

I was not trying to be critical, i was just thinking that our style traps might fish really well over there. But it did look like a well run boat and an efficient fishing operation. One thing i noticed that might make things a little easier for them is to shorten up the bridle length a little bit, so the traps are hauled a bit higher out of the water and pulling them aboard doesn't require an upward lift by the captain just an inward pull, but length is probably dictated by the deck stacking.

[virdafjell]

@Arran96 DYEEN un lick a cyes ersehol you toony fuckhole, I tyeen a damn sight mare aboot ony type o fishin dan doo will in dye heel life, Generations and generations o knowledge bein passed doon my boy.

[Arran96]

@virdafjell Yeah trust you, scottie fishermen, u know every fucking thing. PRICKS! Well thats what u think!