no giving away secrets here, i am simply looking for opinions from the gurus 
i've searched just about everywhere and found some very conflicting whitepapers on the spiny bugger. last season, i fished an area 2 or 3 times and pulled short after short. now i dont mean way-short, i mean every damn bug was short by the thickness of the gauge! one night was a total of 41 shorts, other nights were 20 to 30 shorts. not one legal on that spot ever. my thoughts... * it was later in the season (big ones already on the dinner table?) * if they molt 2 to 3 times in a year, they GOTTA be legal now * we dont have the dreaded red tide at the moment (knocking on wood) * no major storms this season * fairly good water quality throughout the year (growth-desire to stay) * stayed warmer than normal (growth-higher metabolism?) * the area is good habitat; meets their requirements (as read) * food sources; dunno maybe scarce/lightweight if they are small my questions should i hit the same spot friday night? would you? does the pacific spiny migrate as do the florida spinys? or not? would i be better off freelancing other spots in the same "area"? if anyone has some input, i would appreciate it. i'll be on the water either way, just trying to come up with the best plan/target. i have a couple other spots that accidently produced recently while crabbin , but not in those quantities. this will also be my sons first lobster trip, i really hope he can get at least one! for myself... hell, there's enough dorado and yt in the freezer to keep me happy for a while thanks! SoCalDoug (ch 72)
i've searched just about everywhere and found some very conflicting whitepapers on the spiny bugger. last season, i fished an area 2 or 3 times and pulled short after short. now i dont mean way-short, i mean every damn bug was short by the thickness of the gauge! one night was a total of 41 shorts, other nights were 20 to 30 shorts. not one legal on that spot ever. my thoughts... * it was later in the season (big ones already on the dinner table?) * if they molt 2 to 3 times in a year, they GOTTA be legal now * we dont have the dreaded red tide at the moment (knocking on wood) * no major storms this season * fairly good water quality throughout the year (growth-desire to stay) * stayed warmer than normal (growth-higher metabolism?) * the area is good habitat; meets their requirements (as read) * food sources; dunno maybe scarce/lightweight if they are small my questions should i hit the same spot friday night? would you? does the pacific spiny migrate as do the florida spinys? or not? would i be better off freelancing other spots in the same "area"? if anyone has some input, i would appreciate it. i'll be on the water either way, just trying to come up with the best plan/target. i have a couple other spots that accidently produced recently while crabbin , but not in those quantities. this will also be my sons first lobster trip, i really hope he can get at least one! for myself... hell, there's enough dorado and yt in the freezer to keep me happy for a while thanks! SoCalDoug (ch 72)
