Everywhere we have gone, since we arrived in Bimini, whenever we have snorkeled, we looked for lobster.  Sadly, the only place we’ve found them was in Exuma Park, which is a “no take” zone.  In fact, we saw HUGE lobster in their little caves in the park when we snorkeled.  They would stick their heads out and seemed to be waving at us, as if to say, “Too bad!  You can’t have us for dinner.”  Since leaving the park, we haven’t seen them, although the locals always seem to know where to go.

At Farmer’s Cay, we could have caught some lobster, but it probably would have involved hiring a guide to take us to where they live.  One group paid a guide $150 and came back with lots of them.  We weren’t THAT hungry for lobster. 

One day we were returning to our dinghies and came across a young Bahamian named Ramon who was cleaning some fish he had just caught.  Each cay we visit has at least one covered area on the town dock with a large table for the fishermen to clean their catch when they arrive back to shore.  Ramon also had a bucket of lobster tails.  He couldn’t sell them to us as they were already sold, but we put in an order for six to pick up the next day at noon.  We visited the dock at noon and Ramon wasn’t there.  We never did find him that day, but the next day he showed up with six frozen lobster tails for us.  We were reluctant to take them, but for $6 a pound decided they were worth it.  They each weighed about one pound. 

We had planned to have them for dinner last night, but instead we fed the Haitians.  Tonight we boiled the lobster, as our plan to grill them was hindered by the fact that we are almost out of propane.  We had a rare salad, combining the last of our combined lettuce and tomatoes.  Wow!  The lobster melted in our mouths.  Tomorrow we’ll try to meet the lobster boats as they come in with fresh lobster around noon to get some more before we leave here.  Then we’ll head on our way to our next stop at Rudder’s Cay.  We are hopping our way from cay to cay south to Georgetown, not in any hurry to get there.  For more photos of Farmer’s Cay, click here.