How to catch a lobster...?

I've had a blue lobster (approx 4 1/2 in.) i've wanted out of a tank of mine for a while now.
He's slowly been eating soft corals when he hasn't been regularly fed....
Today was the final straw, he ate both my 6 line wrasse and a clown goby over-night.
I've got a lot of LR and don't want to move much of it since there's quite a bit of coral attached to it.

How should i go about catching this guy with out breaking down my entire tank?
Anyone know if they make small traps for this kind of situation?

Thanks.

 

I've never delt with lobsters before... Does it come out of the LR or is it always hiding?

 

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he is pretty cryptic. He will come out during feedings but only briefly.

my current plan in the works is to lure him out with a peice of meat tied to a string, wait untill he grabs it with a claw and hope that i can drag him out far enough to net him quickly.

 

im thinking i have a mantis shrimp...prettly close to a lobster...im not sure but i think he ate my rainfordi goby ...man that little guy was cool...

as for getting them out...well you could somehow corner him and only take out some rock...i know,,,i dont wanna take rock out either

 

Try leaving a net in your tank for a few days to get him used to it. Place food in the net every day till you catch it eating the food and pull the net out.
Good Luck!

 

i would...but i have no idea where it is ...or if it even exists...because the clicking noise could be my blenny attacking my snails to the glass...ive seem him do it and the noise is almost, if not, the same :X

 

Just a simple, homemade fish trap will probably work if it's not too big to fit into the opening:

http://www.floridadriftwood.com/fish_trap.htm