That would be good, but I've never caught or bought a live no-shell lobster.
I have! I was wading through maybe 6” of water on a tidal flat, and spotted a lobster about 8” long from tail to tip of the claws. I screwed up my courage (because lobster have been living in that environment for a few million years longer than I...) and grabbed it. It wasn’t a soft shell, it was a no shell!
The little guy gummed my hands as hard as he could, but to no avail. Then I let him go. I told him to hide in the seaweed until his shell hardened up a bit and then we could have Round 2.
I do hope I did not hurt him too much. I love lobster legally caught and properly cooked.
-Skip