What is the difference between nautical mile and a land mile?
A nautical mile is 2000 yards, a land mile is 1760 yards. 1 nau mile=approximately 1.15 land miles. Have you ever fallen overboard when pulling a trap? No, and I hope I never do! Lobsters Questions Return to Top Do you trap lobster? Yes. What do you use for lobster bait? Mostly herring. We put them in bait bags which we put on a line in the lobster trap. Why do you only trap lobster from June to December? It’s the best part of the season-there are more lobsters around then. The other times are when the shrimp and finfish are available and I like to fish for them. How many lobster do you catch in a day? My average catch is 400-500 pounds a day; it usually takes 75 lobsters to weigh 90 pounds-they average a pound and an eight apiece. How many lobster are usually in one trap? There doesn’t seem to be a “usual” amount. Some traps have none; sometimes there are as many as 20 or 30 but not all of them are legal size. My highest number of legal lobsters in a trap is 15. What happens to the bu
