- Not to be confused with Lobster-tailed pot
A
lobster trap or
lobster pot is a portable trap that traps
lobsters or
crayfish and is used in
lobster fishing. In Scotland (chiefly in the north), the word
creel is used to refer to a device used to catch lobsters and other crustaceans. A lobster trap can hold several lobsters. Lobster traps can be constructed of wire and wood, or metal and netting or rigid plastic. An opening permits the lobster to enter a tunnel of netting or other one way device. Pots are sometimes constructed in two parts, called the "chamber" or “kitchen”, where there is bait, and exits into the “parlour”, where it is trapped from escape. Lobster pots are usually dropped to the sea floor about a dozen at a time, and are marked by a
buoy so they can be picked up later.