Poll-What's the best time to Bug Hunt?

[monarch120]

What's the best time to Bug Hunt?

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6 Incoming Tide (Transition from Low to High)<o></o>
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8 Other???? Post Details Below

 

[Dr. Fowl]

I've had my best hunts in the early morning hours. From 1:00 am on was pretty good for me. Full moon, incoming tide.

 

[Kelp King]

Never dove for bugs but my dad has and says the best time is always at dark because they come out of there holes and walk around.

 

[Marcus]

Anytime you can get out. From what I have found there is no perfect scenario. Some days they crawl. Other days with the exact same conditions they won't crawl.

 

[Smudge]

What's the best time to Bug Hunt?

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3 High Tide<o></o>
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5 Low Tide<o></o>
6 Incoming Tide (Transition from Low to High)<o></o>
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8 Other???? Post Details Below

Yes...

 

[bocker]

Anytime you can get out. From what I have found there is no perfect scenario. Some days they crawl. Other days with the exact same conditions they won't crawl.

Word that. I have sat for hours for nada. And then I get like 3 in about 15 minutes. BTW I have a camera on my net so I know when they are crawling. There is no better time then dark... I have found.

 

[Saluki]

I just go to Swazi's house when he's not home, there is an entire freezer full of them.

 

[michael]

I just go to Swazi's house when he's not home, there is an entire freezer full of them.

Let me know if you ever need a look out.

 

[lucky catch]

Dive shallow during the day and pull them out of their holes. Or hoopnet early evening, stay warm, drink beer and thank DFG for limiting the divers to 7 bugs because its just too easy when you can see the bug just sitting in the sand in front of you.

 

[Schneeeep]

There is no perfect time -

This year so far I have done better at 11:30 Am I typically dive instead of eat lunch -

 

[Babu]

There is no perfect time -

This year so far I have done better at 11:30 Am I typically dive instead of eat lunch -

Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be.

 

[SALTYDAWG]

The middle of May, Less competition

 

[Swazi]

I just go to Swazi's house when he's not home, there is an entire freezer full of them.

Oh Man now I've got to put a lock on the freezer? OH and on the freezer full??? I wish.

 

[Chance]

Best in Months with an "r" in it

 

[sadinwiddie]

day time cause you go to their home cause i like to bring the fists of fury

 

[vibez]

Word that. I have sat for hours for nada. And then I get like 3 in about 15 minutes. BTW I have a camera on my net so I know when they are crawling. There is no better time then dark... I have found.

Where can I find a setup like that?

 

[MikeyLikesIt]

so, 7 for divers and 5 for fishermen......



where is Jesse Jackson. Im sueing.Death_To_


I personally find the best time to be between 9 am and 8 pm weekdays, and noon to 11 on weekends.

if you miss those hours you kinda have to break the glass doors to get to the lobster tanks....

 

[woolybugger]

7:30 to 9:30 i when I have my best luck but you never know theyll crawl when they want
full moons suck for hooping
when there is more current there seems to be a much better crawl
imo bigger lobsters seem to come out later

 

[Fishing Addict]

Early a.m. is a good time. We always seem to do decent at around 12:00-1:00 a.m.

 

[monarch120]

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[TGee]

Real dark and slack tide.

 

[mako dave]

WE WERE OUT TILL 10 PM SATERDAY NIGHT AND GOT ONE LEGAL AND 5 SHORTS, MY BROTHER CAUGHT THE KEEPER DIVEING AND THE VISABUILITY WAS ABOUT 2-3 FEET.

 

[Fishing Addict]

Full moon sucks for lobster diving!
Went out this weekend and dove catalina during the full moon to get about 8 lobster for 3 people. However, two of them were BIG. One went 5.4lbs and the other went 5.3lbs. The spot we hit up usually produces limits for us. So it must have been the full moon. There was simply too much light. I could see fish, reefs, kelp, without my divelight.

 

[Fishing Addict]

The one I caught on the full moon was the biggest I had ever caught, maybe just the big bugs crawl on full moons.

Looks like a solid 5 lber to me, good job.

 

[Ironhed]

Best time is when they are not bearing eggs, then you can keep all of them. as far as the night diving, we tried it during mini season and unless you have really good diving conditions I wouldn't night dive for them. we spent most of our dive making sure we could get back to the anchor line due to the 5' vis therefore we couldn't concentrate 100% on the bug's which we had hoped to see them out and about which they were not in that spot. personally the sand is a very big place and if they are hiding in a ledge well then that narrows my search down alot.