They were moving...I know. 2 knots max I think. I added a couple 2 lb. Balls to each, but I haven't dealt with tides and prawn traps before. Anyways, followed the tide path Murray's tables had, binos for hours. there's just so much water. Saw a couple big metal barges move over the area, but I assume it's my operator error.Did you check the tides?
I always worry about the big ships going in and out of Victoria and Esquimalt Harbour – it’s just not worth the risk of having a ship run over you’re trap floats. Prawning has never been that productive for me.They were moving...I know. 2 knots max I think. I added a couple 2 lb. Balls to each, but I haven't dealt with tides and prawn traps before. Anyways, followed the tide path Murray's tables had, binos for hours. there's just so much water. Saw a couple big metal barges move over the area, but I assume it's my operator error.
Yeah totally. We tried anchoring near zero rock and couldn't get our gear down,Tides were brutal out near Discovery. Stronger than I expected. I lost a trap out there a few months ago. If I do it again I will use a small anchor.
Straight out To 250, ft stay out of the shipping lanes, have min 10lbs weight, 300ft sinkable rope & biggest float you have.Do that on the incoming flood on days with less than 2knots. If anything it will push your trap closer to Vic.
I had 1 prawn one day but 60 on another day with 2 hr soaks.
Of course you realize I now get 10% of the plunder
I noticed that the deepest / last tire was installed with white letters up versus black side up for the others so you can tell which tire is the last one. Seems to me like someone was thinking. Guess we'll soon see how visible the white letters remain after a some marine growth.Oak Bay was kind of slow for jigging today. Just one Spring, a few rockfsh and two scallops. Good news is that someone has fastened some old tires to those nasty exposed bolts at the Cattle point ramp.