Stomach contents of a 17# fish

[Vermonter]

Originally Posted by rob-s

i once bought a lobster jig. it was 4 o/z jig imbeaded in a 5'' rubber molded
lobster, the body was 5 in with the claws dagleing about7 oveall. line attached middle of the curled tail and hook was in middle of the claws. i caught a lot of fish on it til it got hungup one day and i lost it.
i got it inland at the army navy in brattlebourough vt. i have never seen another one like it and it was the only one they had.
seems though some of you rubber makers could produce one. it looked exactly like a real lobster. sure wish i could find one like it

Rob, lure was called the Clobster, salesman remembers the distributor but doesnt think hes seen it in the catalog in recent years but hes going to check when he gets a chance since the store was busy when I flew thru on sat, also says it appeared hand packaged as in a small/garage operation. May well be the same lure mentioned above by Petri.

[macojoe]

I caught a Cod last year that had 10 of that very same size Lobster!

But years ago thats all they used for bait!! Lobster tails were the thing to use, ask anyone that use to fish all the old fish stands!

[rob-s]

vermonter, the discripsion of the package fits to a T.
it has been a decade since i held it in my hand. what did he discribe the lure to look like? im surprized he would remeber it

[Vermonter]

Rob.......had to go back and find this....went back to Sams(the army navy you mentioned) and reminded the sales guy I was the one who has stopped in before, interested in the clobster they used to sell....after a minute he then came out of the back room with one they had on the shelf collecting dust. Its approixmately 4 ounces, length is roughly 6 1/2 inches when fished since the tail curls around the help hide the lead weight and hook( plus im guessing the tail would give some nice lifelike movement when the lure was raised off the bottom on a slow retrieve). The overall color is a really dark green with some orange highlights along the edges of the main claws and straight orange only for the legs. Pics are so so since I took them at night and the camera is an early digital I use for onsite carpentry/woodworking projects.
The maker of the lure was Petri as others mentioned, tho instead of the Cape Cod address the label states NY.

[Mr. Sandman]

Is that an item you would like to trade? I have a couple things you might like...how about a habs 1 foot needle or some other custom plug? PM if interested. I would love to see it.

[Vermonter]

Here are a couple pics after resizing

[Vermonter]

Sand, havent got a clue at the moment about trading it, I was suprised enough to be handed one the other day since I went in hoping to get some mailing info at best. I can see where it would catch some fish around rocky structure. I know from reading old fishing diaries while living on the Vineyard that lobster tails were the go-to bait years ago, we've all seen lobsters in stomachs of stripers.

[Vermonter]

yeah FishVt.......left the damn label on the truck dash but pretty sure it was "Copiague, NY"......it definately was Petri as others had guessed a while back.

[Mr. Sandman]

Is there an address on the bag that you can contact? It might be worth asking him if he would be interested in producing a bunch for us? Should you ever want to trade it let me know. (I would seek to have something like it cloned or made in a similar fashion)

[l.i.fish.in.vt]

i think the maker was Steve Petri,he lives on LI , it might have been his father,i know he makes or made custom rods also