# Pitting These Cops (Fishing Related) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 27, 2009, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-these-cops-fishing-related/507933 "2009-08-27T18:04:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2009, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-these-cops-fishing-related/507933/1 "2009-08-27T18:04:24Z")
[Here’s the story.](http://www.ocregister.com/articles/robb-prosecutors-romero-2542876-lobsters-county) It’s bad enough when you have all the assholes poaching lobsters and filling their buckets with short fish but now we have corrupt cops doing it too. They should confiscate his boat for the “investigation.” :mad: ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2009, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-these-cops-fishing-related/507933/2 "2009-08-27T18:12:14Z")
When will the lobster-related RO ever end?!? ---
**Author:** ![Jimmy\_Joe\_Meager](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bb73d2/32.png) [@Jimmy\_Joe\_Meager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jimmy_Joe_Meager)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2009, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-these-cops-fishing-related/507933/3 "2009-08-27T18:23:51Z")
I wasn’t there and I don’t have all the facts, but I believe these cops acted stupidly. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Moto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de0a6/32.png) [@Mr.Moto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Moto)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2009, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-these-cops-fishing-related/507933/4 "2009-08-27T19:41:03Z")
> [@Jimmy\_Joe\_Meager](#): > > I wasn’t there and I don’t have all the facts, but I believe these cops acted stupidly. You’re just saying that so you can have lobsters and beer both. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2009, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-these-cops-fishing-related/507933/5 "2009-08-28T00:37:50Z")
What the hell are you going to do with 17 spiny lobsters all under 3.25 inches, anyway? That’s very little lobster meat. ---
**Author:** ![Jimmy\_Joe\_Meager](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bb73d2/32.png) [@Jimmy\_Joe\_Meager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jimmy_Joe_Meager)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2009, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-these-cops-fishing-related/507933/6 "2009-08-28T13:04:57Z")
> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#): > > What the hell are you going to do with 17 spiny lobsters all under 3.25 inches, anyway? That’s very little lobster meat. Thems more like crawdads, which are free and have no limit (in my local creek). ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2009, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-these-cops-fishing-related/507933/7 "2009-08-28T14:41:43Z")
Actually under 3.25 inches is pretty puny for even a crawdad. I usually threw back the mudbugs that small. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2009, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-these-cops-fishing-related/507933/8 "2009-08-28T15:19:45Z")
> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#): > > What the hell are you going to do with 17 spiny lobsters all under 3.25 inches, anyway? That’s very little lobster meat. The article didn’t explain it well - 3.25 inches is the minimum length of the **carapace** , not the whole lobster. There’s a picture of a guy using a gauge [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=7879912&postcount=50). So a just-legal lobster would probably be around a foot long total. ---
**Author:** ![duality72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duality72/32/3910_2.png) [@duality72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duality72)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2009, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-these-cops-fishing-related/507933/9 "2009-08-28T17:21:10Z")
> [@muldoonthief](#): > > There’s a picture of a guy using a gauge [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=7879912&postcount=50). Worst ASCII art ever. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2009, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-these-cops-fishing-related/507933/10 "2009-08-28T18:45:21Z")
> [@duality72](#): > > Worst ASCII art ever. Well that was odd. Here’s the correct [link.](http://www.kayakfishingzone.com/howto/hoop.html) Scroll down a bit for the picture. ---
**Author:** ![wierdaaron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/eada6e/32.png) [@wierdaaron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wierdaaron)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2009, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-these-cops-fishing-related/507933/11 "2009-08-28T18:58:19Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > When will the lobster-related RO ever end?!? When we GET OUR COUNTRY BAAAAAAACK!! ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2009, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-these-cops-fishing-related/507933/12 "2009-08-28T21:14:23Z")
> [@muldoonthief](#): > > The article didn’t explain it well - 3.25 inches is the minimum length of the **carapace** , not the whole lobster. There’s a picture of a guy using a gauge [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=7879912&postcount=50). So a just-legal lobster would probably be around a foot long total. Ah, that makes sense then.