BAHAMIAN LOBSTER TRAPS

The Bahamian lobstermen use this simple design to "trap" their lobster. Once these are placed, the lobsterman puts a waypoint on the GPS and waits. The lobster find these "shelters" and, considering them safe, hide -- or so they think. The lobsterman returns later, pushes the trap away and starts picking off the catch. We understand this design was invented in Spanish Wells, Eleuthera, and we learned about it from a lobsterman in Spanish Wells. Until then, we wondered how the Bahamians caught lobster, because we never saw any buoys marking traps. The lobstermen use their GPS rather than buoys to find their traps, because if they use buoys, their trap would be obvious to thieves and their catch would be stolen.