Where Have The Lobsters Gone

[live bait]

Got out in the Eastern Sound, on a rare Saturday trip, one of our Sons' wanted to come out & fish, love spending the day on the water with him, hate dealing with the launch ramp on a weekend. Light east wind & a flood tide, made for a comfortable sea bass trip, told him we would call it when the tide changes. Constant action with shorts, & managed to put 4 keepers on ice, in the belly of a 17" fish found a baby lobster & the fish was still hungry.

 

[captmike28]

Got out in the Eastern Sound, on a rare Saturday trip, one of our Sons' wanted to come out & fish, love spending the day on the water with him, hate dealing with the launch ramp on a weekend. Light east wind & a flood tide, made for a comfortable sea bass trip, told him we would call it when the tide changes. Constant action with shorts, & managed to put 4 keepers on ice, in the belly of a 17" fish found a baby lobster & the fish was still hungry.View attachment 104125View attachment 104126

Right on the money, John Over the past several years I have also seen small lobsters either spit up or partially digested inside the Sea Bass we caught.

On my half day Sea Bass charter Friday one of our keepers spit up the largest one I have seen yet, measured almost a full 8". We used it for bait to catch 2 more keepers! No doubt the explosion of Sea Bass has taken its toll on the lobster population.