The female lobster produces up to 20,000 eggs, and over a 2-year cycle will be pregnant for nine months, and they carry the fertilized eggs under her tail for another 10 months before they hatch. Many lobster men claim that females are more apt to bite when hauled aboard. Said one lobster man, “It’s no […]

During the early days of commercial Maine lobstering in the 1840’s, the season was only four months long – starting March 1st and ending the 4th of July. The going price was 3 cents a lobster in March, 2 ½ cents in April and 2 cents in May and June, and the average lobster size […]