Mainedigger
Bronze Member
COUNTRY GIRL said:Ron, Maine lobster is some of the best!
Maine lobster IS the best But you wouldn;t be able to legally buy one that size here in Maine, we have an oversize limit here (Mass. doesn;t), and for conservation any lobster with a main body(not including the tail) over 5 inches, we have to toss it back overboard...it is considered breeder stock. We also have to notch a V in the tail of any female bearing eggs and toss it back and later toss back any female with a nothced tail.
Nothing beats a nice shedder lobster though...much sweeter tasting, and I could never eat a hard shell, for to me the meat is too rubbery and tough and lacks the sweetness that the shedders have. When we are hauling I will usually bring home the "jelly bellies", those are ones that just shed and are like a blob and after cooking them you can literally just peel the shell off like paper and that meat while softer is the sweetest tasting. But then again, I would MUCH rather eat crabmeat!