Hoop netting for Lobster at Dana Point, California

[@timothyreyna1444]

THANK YOU FOR POSTING ANOTHER GREAT VIDEO

[@playdirty714]

Excellent work Anthony. Thanks for carrying us all lol. My underwater footage caught a sea lion, an octopus, and a sculpin snooping in my pot. The footage was ok not great but viewable. I did caught footage of a lobster in my gopro pot but the footage quality for the lobster was not as good as it was for the sculpin, sea lion, and octopus.

[@OCOutdoorsman]

Can’t wait to see the footage!

[@SouthwestKayakFishing]

Nice bugs Anthony!😮

[@qqn2000]

Not to shabby professor.

[@vickar112]

Which part of Dana point is good for hoopnet? If I don't have boat, how i can hoopnet the lobster? Thanks.

[@nicktoofar3514]

What do you use for your flashing lights?

[@dustinrossg]

Just curious, why do most the videos I see show people pulling their hoops at night? Are lobster mostly feeding around sunset? Can you get them in the morning? Really want to get into this now that I'm moving near the ocean again.

[@OCOutdoorsman]

Lobsters are nocturnal and they feed at night. This is why the majority of the footage you see on KZbin are in the evening.

[@dustinrossg]

@@OCOutdoorsman Makes sense but why not lay the trap before sunset and then get it in the morning? Sorry if these are dumb questions, I'm a noob.

[@OCOutdoorsman]

@@dustinrossg Only commercial fishermen are allowed to leave their traps overnight. As recreational fishermen, we’re not permitted to do that

[@dustinrossg]

@@OCOutdoorsman So are they just entirely nocturnal? Or can you get out there early in the AM and drop the nets and come back later in the evening?

[@OCOutdoorsman]

@@dustinrossg You won’t want to do that since crabs are active all day long and will likely devour all your bait before the lobster start feeding after sunset

[@jorgeestrada8025]

What are the months to catch lobster and what type of bate do you use?

[@OCOutdoorsman]

End of September through March; most people use salmon heads and mackerel for bait

[@livingicognito7818]

What is the the depth where you were setting your traps?

[@OCOutdoorsman]

Between 35 and 45 feet

[@KentKiner-dt5rp]

The comical fishing people our rapping the lobster from our ocean go out night in Dana point it's horrible they are traps every where