Lobster hook

{{Short description|Implement for extracting lobsters from holes }}

{{About|the fishing equipment|the fashion accessory|Lobster clasp}}

A lobster hook or lobsterhook is a hook with a handle (often home-made from a length of thick, stiff wire) used to encourage crabs and lobsters to come out of their holes when scuba diving or when searching among rocks in the dry at low tide. Some lobster hook designs are used to irritate the crustaceans,{{cite book |title=Scuba Diver's Guide to Underwater Ventures |author=Judy Gail May |year=1973 |page=135 |publisher=Stackpole Books |isbn=9780811715133}} and some are designed to snag them.{{cite magazine |title=New Hook for Snagging Lobsters |magazine=Popular Mechanics |date=1913 |volume=20 |page=580}}