Ryan taught us a lot about lobsters when we visited the Maine State Aquarium here in Boothbay Harbor. For 1000 lobsters that visit each trap ten get caught. One is legal to keep. (Hayden would be proud. Maine DMR learned this by putting cameras with live feed around some traps.)
Regarding legal to keep, you can't keep the too small, the too big, egg bearing females, and females that have a V notch in their tail. If you trap an egg bearing female you are required to put a V notch in her tail. You can tell if a lobster is female by the shape and hardness of her swimmerettes. But, if you catch a female, and she is not bearing eggs, and she does not have a V notch in her tail, and she is the right size, she is food!
The largest lobster Ryan and Maine DMR know of was 100 years old, 44
lbs. The largest lobster now on display is 28 lbs and mid fifties
years old:
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