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Lobster in Puget sound?

Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2008 7:20 pm
by dphershman
We found a lobster today-- my buddy Andy who's from Maine says that its a Maine lobster?

????? :smt119
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Re: Lobster in Puget sound?

Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2008 7:21 pm
by dsteding
Looks like it to me. My guess is someone "let it go." Catch it and eat it.

Re: Lobster in Puget sound?

Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2008 7:29 pm
by Kalatin
We saw this him too. For a few minutes, I thought I had a bad air mix or was starting to have some form of underwater hallucination. Then I started to have wonderful thoughts of melted butter. My buddy made very clear "yummy yummy in my tummy" gestures, followed by a clear shout of "that's a f*$&@ing lobster." We left him alone - he looked comfy (but delicious).

Re: Lobster in Puget sound?

Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2008 7:37 pm
by Sockmonkey
Having lived in Boston for the past 10 years I can safely say that is an atlantic (or maine) lobster.

I saw it too... with Kalatin... My first reaction after having it pointed out was "And?" seeing that where I used to dive on Cape Ann is lousy with bugs. Makes me want to release some dungeness into Boston harbor... you know.. for science.

We tried to lure it out with melted butter but it gave us the claw.

-Eric
Kalatin wrote:We saw this him too. For a few minutes, I thought I had a bad air mix or was starting to have some form of underwater hallucination. Then I started to have wonderful thoughts of melted butter. My buddy made very clear "yummy yummy in my tummy" gestures, followed by a clear shout of "that's a f*$&@ing lobster." We left him alone - he looked comfy (but delicious).

Re: Lobster in Puget sound?

Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2008 8:05 pm
by Penopolypants
Spatman, Pez, Fishstiq, Sheri, Scottsax, and myself saw it as well. Deliciously comfy is a good way to describe him.

It made an awesome dive at Redondo that much better. W00t!

Re: Lobster in Puget sound?

Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2008 8:40 pm
by Sockmonkey
Penopolypants wrote:Spatman, Pez, Fishstiq, Sheri, Scottsax, and myself saw it as well. Deliciously comfy is a good way to describe him.

It made an awesome dive at Redondo that much better. W00t!
Hopefully no one goes out there and snags the poor lost bug :(

-Eric

Re: Lobster in Puget sound?

Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2008 8:41 pm
by dsteding
Sockmonkey wrote:
Penopolypants wrote:Spatman, Pez, Fishstiq, Sheri, Scottsax, and myself saw it as well. Deliciously comfy is a good way to describe him.

It made an awesome dive at Redondo that much better. W00t!
Hopefully no one goes out there and snags the poor lost bug :(

-Eric
I actually still say eat it. Who knows if he/she is gonna find a mate . . .

Re: Lobster in Puget sound?

Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2008 9:00 pm
by Sockmonkey
dsteding wrote:
Sockmonkey wrote:
Penopolypants wrote:Spatman, Pez, Fishstiq, Sheri, Scottsax, and myself saw it as well. Deliciously comfy is a good way to describe him.

It made an awesome dive at Redondo that much better. W00t!
Hopefully no one goes out there and snags the poor lost bug :(

-Eric
I actually still say eat it. Who knows if he/she is gonna find a mate . . .
So you're saying without someone to mate with... there's no point living? ;)

Hmmm if it has a good enough food source it could grow to be pretty huge... and provide entertainment for countless scuba type people. I couldn't get a read on if it looked MA legal... but I would guess it to be around a pound.

Lobsters are migratory... who the heck knows what it'll do if it thinks it wants to go on walkabout. I highly recommend The Secret Life of Lobsters if you're into the marine life thing. Best of all it describes lobster sex in great depth (I kill me).

-Eric

Re: Lobster in Puget sound?

Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2008 9:09 pm
by Kalatin
Evidently our new friend is not the only Maine native who has relocated to the Puget Sound. There was one found in 1999 by Everett. .
http://www.peter.unmack.net/archive/acn ... /0007.html

Re: Lobster in Puget sound?

Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2008 9:47 pm
by spatman
Sockmonkey wrote: I couldn't get a read on if it looked MA legal... but I would guess it to be around a pound.
i think that lobster was probably two pounds, maybe more... it looked about 14-15" long...

Re: Lobster in Puget sound?

Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2008 9:52 pm
by Pez7378
Looked like a rather healthy bug to me. I couldn't frigging believe my eyes. I waved Matt over to take a pic while Joe and I rubbed our tummies. On one hand I thought nobody would believe us, on the other hand I thought, why wouldn't they? After all we were diving at Redondo. Let's see those pics Matt!

Re: Lobster in Puget sound?

Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2008 9:54 pm
by spatman
this is the only one that came out ok...
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Re: Lobster in Puget sound?

Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2008 10:09 pm
by 60south
Two words: Invasive Species.


(Sorry to be a killjoy.)

Re: Lobster in Puget sound?

Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2008 10:12 pm
by Pez7378
60south wrote:Two words: Invasive Species.


(Sorry to be a killjoy.)
Somebody had to say it. Steding is heading up the Invasive Species removal team as we speak......Dinner at Dougs place!

Re: Lobster in Puget sound?

Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2008 10:22 pm
by spatman
60south wrote:Two words: Invasive Species.
Tasty DInner.

Re: Lobster in Puget sound?

Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2008 5:46 am
by dphershman
I don't think one lobster constitutes an invasive species-- I for one think it would be cool to leave this fellow alone to entertain everyone for awhile. Lobster live a long time! (although I have a feeling that the GPO not to far from him may have something to say about it too).

Re: Lobster in Puget sound?

Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2008 7:12 am
by Maverick
Eat it, and enjoy it, and when your done laugh about how cheap the meal was. :supz: although i would have to say if you put a Dungy crab in from of me and a Lobster i would eat the Crab hands down without even thinking. :dontknow:

Re: Lobster in Puget sound?

Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2008 7:48 am
by spatman
Maverick wrote:Eat it, and enjoy it, and when your done laugh about how cheap the meal was. :supz: although i would have to say if you put a Dungy crab in from of me and a Lobster i would eat the Crab hands down without even thinking. :dontknow:
then we'd make a good team, mav, because i'd be grabbing that lobster!

Re: Lobster in Puget sound?

Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2008 8:27 am
by Tom Nic
Hmmm.... could we put a leash on it and keep it? Huh, Huh, can we, can we? :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: It could be the Redondo Pet Lobster and grow to a size that could give nightmares to small children! :bounce:

Also, I'll second the recommend on "Secret Life of Lobsters". A great read...

Re: Lobster in Puget sound?

Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2008 8:52 am
by 60south
Just because you only see one doesn't mean that's all there is.

My dear children, I'm not going to lecture you on much damage could be done by something like this. If you don't catch, kill, and eat that critter -- with lots of butter, a side of coleslaw and an IPA -- I will. It will have an urgent and tasty demise.
:occasion5:

Re: Lobster in Puget sound?

Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2008 9:16 am
by divergirl07
Hey- Im out of town on vacation! Can y'all wait till next week to kill & eat it so I can have a chance to see it when I get home??!!!! I would rather have Dungeness also - so I promise not to steal it !!

Re: Lobster in Puget sound?

Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2008 9:51 am
by dwashbur
I have difficulty with the idea that one animal constitutes an invasive species. If in fact it's a single that someone turned loose, it's not going to do any harm. On the other hand, if somebody insists on making a meal out of it, wait until I get there!

Seriously, if there's just the one, I vote for leaving it alone so we can all enjoy seeing it. Where at Redondo was it?

Re: Lobster in Puget sound?

Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2008 10:10 am
by Pez7378
All joking aside, I want it to live there for a long time, but I think dphershman is right. It's Octo food! Maybe Jan K can draw up a cartoon with the GPO wearing a checkered bib holding a knife and fork!

Re: Lobster in Puget sound?

Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2008 10:20 am
by spatman
Pez7378 wrote:All joking aside, I want it to live there for a long time, but I think dphershman is right. It's Octo food! Maybe Jan K can draw up a cartoon with the GPO wearing a checkered bib holding a knife and fork!
in hindsight, it should have been spatman food!

Re: Lobster in Puget sound?

Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2008 10:31 am
by 60south
All joking aside, how do you know there isn't another one out there? How do you know it doesn't already have eggs? How do you know it doesn't have a disease or parasite? This is how disasters like the lionfish invasion on the east coast started. The first one is "Oh, isn't that cute! Let's let it live!" And suddenly there's millions of them causing havoc.

Kill the bug!
Kill the bug!
Kill the bug!