Lobster Trap

Lobster Traps are used to catch lobsters and crabs. They can be bought from crab fisher Npcs. You can gain Fishing skill by using lobster traps. It is not clear yet whether having high Fishing alters your catch.

Using

Sail out to an area you wish to trap in. A bigger ship is easier to trap with as you can place up to a dozen traps without having to move.

Double-click a lobster trap and target the water next to your ship. The trap shouldnt be too far away:

The trap is too cumbersome to deploy that far away.

or too close to other traps:

This location is too close to another trap.

The trap will disappear from your backpack and a buoy will mark the location you placed it at
After a minute or two you can haul in the trap by double-clicking the buoy
Double-click the trap to have its contents placed into your backpack:

You remove lobster from the trap and put it in your pack.

If you haul in the trap too quickly it will be empty
The longer you leave the trap out the more you will catch
There is a chance the trap buoy will disappear with a splash, destroying the trap
Only the person who placed the trap can pick it out of the water in Trammel.

Lobster Fishing Video

Catch

You can catch the following sea creatures in your lobster trap.