Lobster Season
The Florida Keys is home to the Spiney Lobster. The Spiney Lobster has antennas and sharp spines that run along the sides of the body, instead of claws like the main lobster. The lobster season in the Florida Keys always begin at 12:01am on August 6th and ends at 11:59pm on March 31. Each person hunting for Lobster must have a fishing license with a crawfish stamp and is allowed 6 lobsters per day of legal size. Allthough if you are on our vessel we have a vessel license so you do not need to have your own. If you’re a beginner and interested in stalking your own dinner A Deep Blue Dive Center have instructors on staff that are Master Lobster Catchers. We’ll jump on the boat head out to the reef and you’ll learn first hand how the professional get -r- done!
A Deep Blue Dive has established a reputation for catering to groups of any size, offering dive-in-one day instruction and personalizing trips to focus on reef watching, wreck diving, lobstering and spearfishing and everything in between. No weddings have taken place on the turtle yet, but the 34-foot dive boat has hosted on funeral. “We’re open to anything”, said Michele Adams, a crewmember. “We focus on customer courtesy, making them as safe and comfortable as possible. We like to run it like a mom-and-pop shop.” Perhaps it was the small store mentality that prompted Jeff Niedlinger, manager, to get creative for the up coming hurricane season. “During hurricane season we would board up our windows and everyone would think we were closed,” he said. “So we got the idea to paint the plywood to look like a store front.” Now, when the weather threatens, the storefront is sheltered with blue window coverings that promote services and match the rest of the nautical surroundings. “DAN, the Divers Alert Network, is coming down to check it out because they really like the idea”, Niedlinger said.
Written by: Jessica Machetta