Bubba

[Virtual_Burlesque]

. . . Some of Bubba's meat will be sent to labs for testing as officials try to determine why Bubba died, Capp said.

Boiling his water probably didn't increase his longevity.

 

[Rumple Foreskin]

So lobsters gain about a pound every five to seven years. That means if I were a lobster (and you were a lady) I'd be, let's see, mulitply current weight by six and we get, oh, I'd be REAL damn old.

Let's try that again. What about dividing current age by six? Then I'd be, well, either my left arm, or a poster child for the treatment of anorexia.

RIP Bubba.

Rumple Foreskin

 

[yui]

Yui,

Let me help you put this bug into proper perspective. Take your hand and place it on the table. See how big it is? Bubba's claws, even the smaller cutting claw are bigger than your hand. (And possibly your foot too.)

I dove and bug hunted off Cape Cod for several years. The largest I ever caught was given to the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute where she was placed in a tank next to the one holding a blue Lobster. The one I caught was just under ten pounds and was the largest they had seen in years. They then went on to tell me I was nuts for catching it with my hands. I had to agree with them on that one.

Cat

Thanks, Cat! That does kind of put things in perspective and honestly, the lobster monster weighed about a sixth of me, so I figured he was a big boy!

Do you do any lobster diving in the Keys now that you've moved south? Or have you been diving in the Promised Land of Lobster (Cape Cod) and now everything else pales in comparison?

And, don't just pick up the ones with really big claws!

RIP, Bubba.

Luck,

Yui

 

[R. Richard]

And, don't just pick up the ones with really big claws!

RIP, Bubba.

Luck,

Yui

Yui:
The lobsters in Florida are what are called spiny lobsters. They do not have the claws that the northern lobster has. Instead they have long spines. The meat of the Florida lobster is basically in only in the tail. The northern lobsters have a lot of really delicious meat in the claws.

 

[SeaCat]

Thanks, Cat! That does kind of put things in perspective and honestly, the lobster monster weighed about a sixth of me, so I figured he was a big boy!

Do you do any lobster diving in the Keys now that you've moved south? Or have you been diving in the Promised Land of Lobster (Cape Cod) and now everything else pales in comparison?

And, don't just pick up the ones with really big claws!

RIP, Bubba.

Luck,

Yui

Yui,

I haven't hunted Bugs down here, although I';ve been tempted to at times. Just too much competition with everyone and their cousine coming down here for the season. I do hunt, (Spearfish,) upon occasion here though. Every now and then I do make it back to the "Cape" to visit family and I make sure to drag my gear along because most of them are divers as well. Let me tell you, going from a max of 3mm of protection and ten pounds of weight to 7mm+ of protection and 30 pounds of weight i a big change. You freeze your butt of and feel like Gumby while doing it.

(The water around the Cape warms up to 60°.)

Some of the fish around the Cape are kind of interesting to run into as well. Blue fish have sharp teeth. Now that doesn't sound bad until you remember they weigh around ten pounds and usually travel in schools of several hundred. Oh and they have very sharp teeth. Did I mention they're always hungry?

Cat

 

[china-doll]

Some of the fish around the Cape are kind of interesting to run into as well. Blue fish have sharp teeth. Now that doesn't sound bad until you remember they weigh around ten pounds and usually travel in schools of several hundred. Oh and they have very sharp teeth. Did I mention they're always hungry?

Cat

You didn't mention that they'll eat just about anything. I think the damn things would even eat rocks if you put them on a hook.

 

[Lord DragonsWing]

You didn't mention that they'll eat just about anything. I think the damn things would even eat rocks if you put them on a hook.

I've fished for blues in the gulf. They will eat just about anything. We don't eat them, just use them for bait for snapper, mackerel and other fish.

 

[china-doll]

I've fished for blues in the gulf. They will eat just about anything. We don't eat them, just use them for bait for snapper, mackerel and other fish.

I don't think anyone tries to catch them for eating. Most people catch them by mistake when they're going for stripers.

 

[nikkijames]

Poor Bubba died in my own back yard and I didn't know it

 

[Lord DragonsWing]

I don't think anyone tries to catch them for eating. Most people catch them by mistake when they're going for stripers.

That's good to know. A few guys I worked with told me they ate them. Too bloody for me. But excellent for bait. The snappers love them.

 

[Wildcard Ky]

There are other animals that live longer than Bubba.

A few years ago an alligator snapping turtle was caught in S. Georgia that had civil war musketballs imbedded in it's shell.

 

[yui]

Yui:
The lobsters in Florida are what are called spiny lobsters. They do not have the claws that the northern lobster has. Instead they have long spines. The meat of the Florida lobster is basically in only in the tail. The northern lobsters have a lot of really delicious meat in the claws.

Thanks for the info on the difference, RR. My lobster knowledge is seriously lacking. I don't honestly think I've had lobster claw before (only lobster tail), but I might need to remedy that very soon!

No Bubba, though.

Yui,

I haven't hunted Bugs down here, although I';ve been tempted to at times. Just too much competition with everyone and their cousine coming down here for the season. I do hunt, (Spearfish,) upon occasion here though. Every now and then I do make it back to the "Cape" to visit family and I make sure to drag my gear along because most of them are divers as well. Let me tell you, going from a max of 3mm of protection and ten pounds of weight to 7mm+ of protection and 30 pounds of weight i a big change. You freeze your butt of and feel like Gumby while doing it.

(The water around the Cape warms up to 60°.)

Some of the fish around the Cape are kind of interesting to run into as well. Blue fish have sharp teeth. Now that doesn't sound bad until you remember they weigh around ten pounds and usually travel in schools of several hundred. Oh and they have very sharp teeth. Did I mention they're always hungry?

Cat

Yes, lobster season in the Keys is a busy place. We deep sea fish, but I'm not a diver. I've tried, but it comes up on my claustrophobia radar as "ohshitIcan'tbreathe". So I'm stuck snorkeling.

Everything in the ocean has teeth. That's just the nature of the beasts, eh? So have you actually been nibbled on by Blue Fish while diving? A crab got a hold of my big toe once. I was emotionally scarred for life.

 

[Shadowskill Knight]

There was a group of people at School here who were involved with making Bubba public.....strange isn't it as soon as they succeed, Bubba dies.

RIP Little Lobster

 

[Guest]

the only thing i gatta say is that the bigger the lobstah... the more stringy and tough... less tasty. never order a lobstah over 2lbs. youll spend tons of money on something that tastes like sweet rubber. the biggest lobstah ive ever caught was prolly a bit over three pounds.. and ICK. not so much for the palate.
ah well, pass that butter... when youre hungry, bubba will do just fine, thank you.
v~
the lobstah woman

 

[Rumple Foreskin]

I understand the late, lamented Bubba was of northern extraction. But he did have a righteous southern name. It would have been nice to introduce him to some super-sized water dwellers from this end of the old duck pond, such as this catfish a guy caught last winter here in Texas.

http://www.cyber-commtechnologies.com/flipphead/Big%20Pics/state-record-giant-catfish.jpg

Rumple Foreskin

 

[TxRad]

Rump Where'd ya get that picture of bait?

 

[Rumple Foreskin]

Rump Where'd ya get that picture of bait?

At the "getting place" of course. Cute lil' thang, ain't it?

In actual matter of fact, I ran a Yahoo or Google (can't remember which) image search using "giant catfish." The last I heard, the fish was still alive, though in captivity.

Rumple Foreskin
Coming to you on-line and incognito from the north shore of Kiowa Creek somewhere in the wilds of far north Dallas.