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The Florida Spiny Lobster: How to Catch It, Its Biology, A Crawfish Cookbook, and First Aid for Minor Diving Injuries

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I love hunting for lobsters but am not very good at it. sucessfull hunters are loath to share their secrets. I was looking for information on how to find florida lobsters when I found this book mentioned. amazon had it in stock and I quickly had my copy. information on florida lobsters is very spotty, as far as I know this is the only book on the subject. If you hunt the spiny lobster (or the other 2 in florida) this book is a good guide. It also has several recipes for cooking lobsters and diveing tips to use while hunting them. I found it interesting reading for the knowlege of a creature that I knew nothing about untill my first trip to the keys.

I am a life-long diver and bug catcher (i.e. spiny lobster). Most of what I have learned has been from the "Crash and Burn Institute of Technology". Well the sad thing for me is, most of the stuff I have learned over a lifetime of recreational bug catching is right here in this 2-hour read. Everything the aspiring noob would need to know before they got in the water is here - all the nuts and bolts, start to finish - finding 'em, catching 'em, cooking 'em, cautions, and on and on. It's all in the book. Everything but GPS waypoints. I bought the book to help my teenage sons come up to speed with dad, and maybe learn a thing or two myself. No regrets. My boys learned a lot by reading it (things I tried to teach them but hey, I'm just their dad - sound familiar?). I'm going to write a hate mail letter to the author for not writing it 35 years ago! Jerk! (just kidding). Get the book. Get a snare. Talk and LISTEN to locals, and pony up for more than your share of gasoline if you are sharing a boat. Good hunting, and stay safe - there's never been a fish or a bug worth dying for. Will in Sarasota

I got the e-book version of the book. I paid $9.99. The information is good, but the book is way too short!

This book is informative but it has only three pages on catching lobsters. I would expect a book on how to catch a lobster to detail the depth, best locations etc, and provide more information on the hard part, finding.