Prawn Trap Rescue! Anyone at Thrasher with a puller?

[sawbill]

Could be hung up too. Don’t push it in one direction, work it a bit and you may have some luck. Might bend a trap but but I hope you free it up.

 

[AndrewH]

If it is pretty lumpy, use the swell.

toss rope in puller pulley, lay down and as the boat rocks up hold rope and as it drops down pull in rope.

I’ve had to do it, sucks, slow but it worked for me.

 

[kaelc]

We keep one similar to this as a backup, usually tie the line in a cleat and put the line through the ring using the halibut buoy.KUFA SPORTS KAL-1 Anchor Lift Anchor Puller Shirmp Pot Puller Prawn Trap Puller Pot Lift (KAL1) https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B07HSXTZVY/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_.l9qFbT7NVRY9

Hope your got them back

 

[Reeltime]

Is this the excuse you gave your wife to stay over night oh sneaky guy

 

[trophywife]

cleat and drive towards deep water, slowly, you will feel the snag and the release. hopefully.

 

[Rain City]

Got them! Scotchsman worked great. Only lost one trap to too big a pull.

 

[Reelin In The Years]

Got them! Scotchsman worked great. Only lost one trap to too big a pull.

Probably full to the rim with prawns.

 

[Rain City]

Probably full to the rim with prawns.

A couple yes and a couple no. 200 or so in 7 traps

 

[sasqman]

Need to get me a line hauler. Just about had a heart attack pullimg in one trap today........ solo. It was tied around another trap. Took like 45min. 50feet at a time with rest and naps in between. Got the trap back though!!

 

[zurk]

i always pull mine up by hand but it gets a bit tiring. 400' is no joke. heave with your body as the swell drops the boat and wait for the swell to lift the pot on the upswing.

 

[Rain City]

i always pull mine up by hand but it gets a bit tiring. 400' is no joke. heave with your body as the swell drops the boat and wait for the swell to lift the pot on the upswing.

I would give a guy $1000 if he could lift these traps by hand solo.

 

[Gear'n'beer!]

Han Solo?

Does he prawn??

 

[the butcher]

i always pull mine up by hand but it gets a bit tiring. 400' is no joke. heave with your body as the swell drops the boat and wait for the swell to lift the pot on the upswing.

Heave with your body? Perhaps when I was in my early 20s...not now for sure..what if there is no swell? How much is throwing out your back and spending thousands on a chiropractor worth? But your back and your perogative. Used ace liner haulers or Scotty pullers can be bought for $400. Cheap insurance against breaking my back..even if you don't break your back, no one I've ever known has ever enjoyed pulling $400ft of line. But to each their own.