Keeping Lobsters alive??

[WellFairFisher]

How do you guy's keep the bugs alive till the next day to deliver them???

I used to keep them in the livewell or put them in some water in the cooler till the next day but the water and bugs get all slimy and they shit all over themselves......Handing family members a bug with chips of shit all over it is embarrasing and nasty......

This year i've been putting them on ice but the ones on the bottom die (or freez to death) and most don't live till the next evening......

A couple years ago I was putting them in the "crisper" in the fridge but they slime it up pretty bad and cleaning it was too much work.....

I used to break the tails until I found out how much meat was being wasted in the body......

Was thinking about setting up a head pump or aerator in a cooler in the garage but am not sure if it will work......From what I understand they need a "chiller" to keep the water cold enough to stay alive in a tank.......Any suggestions?????

[Bottom Line]

I either put them in the sink in the garage or a 5 gallon bucket - either way works great, just don't put them in water! They will live just fine for at least a day completely out of water. I used to just leave them in the EMPTY bait tank but once the colder weather got here they were dead by the time I got up. They are plenty frisky in a bucket in the garage after 8 hours...

[fishhawk]

I use an ice chest with a damp rag or kelp( use only salt water ) one or two days they should be ok

[Ali]

garage sink.

They're fine for 24 hours easy.

[Afry]

garage sink.

They're fine for 24 hours easy.

Why do I have a hard time believing any lobster will be left uneaten in your house for 24 hours?

[WellFairFisher]

Alright.....I don't have a garage sink so I guess i'll try leaving them in an open cooler in the garage dry and see what happens.....

[zarco]

i just stick `em on the patio in a 10 gallon tupperware box. good until the next night easy. bet they would go another 24 hrs. but they don`t last long enough in my house.....

[jscrib]

I use a big cooler. Get a bag of ice and put it a thrash bag to keep it from leaking to much. Put the bad in the cooler on one side and the bugs on the other. They stay alive and kicking for a couple of days.

j

[ZZZZZ]

I use a big cooler. Get a bag of ice and put it a thrash bag to keep it from leaking to much. Put the bad in the cooler on one side and the bugs on the other. They stay alive and kicking for a couple of days.

j

Nothing like the crisp taste of Rocky Mountain

Good idea.

[Mo Betta]

Depending on how many we get, we will just tail them. I dont just grab and twist though.

Grab the bug by the head with one hand, curl the tail under with the other hand and bend it back. Have some one you trust take a knife and slide it along the inside of the head, all the way around. You should have just a empty head when your done. You know the old antennae up the bug butt trick right?