This article is about the fishing equipment. For the fashion accessory, see
Lobster clasp.
A lobster hook or lobsterhook is a hook with a handle (often home-made from a length of thick, stiff
wire) used to encourage
crabs and
lobsters to come out of their holes when
scuba diving or when searching among rocks in the dry at
low tide. Some lobster hook designs are used to irritate the crustaceans,[1] and some are designed to snag them.[2]
References
^Judy Gail May (1973). Scuba Diver's Guide to Underwater Ventures. Stackpole Books. p. 135.
ISBN9780811715133.
^"New Hook for Snagging Lobsters". Popular Mechanics. Vol. 20. 1913. p. 580.