Worth making crab traps outta?

[Clint r]

I have access to a ton of these SS sheets at a great price. Holes are mostly 3” and sheets are 2’x4’ and 1/8” thick. I can turn em into crab traps fairly quickly but think there’d be too much drag/weight when pulling them out of the water? Be pretty hard for someone to claim them as theirs cuz they’d be the only ones like them.

 

[Wild Bill]

Figure out weight per square foot and calculate finished product weight, pretty easy to figure the weight.
1/8" pretty thick but 3" holes would make up for some weight savings. So you don't have to weight them..

 

[SteelyDan]

If not crab pots that would make wicked bait cages

 

[Clint r]

If not crab pots that would make wicked bait cages

Like live bait? There’s sheets with holes from 3”, 2.5”, 2” and some with 1” and 3/4” holes. Might even be a few with 1.5” holes.

 

[Clint r]

Weigh about 12 lbs per 2’x4’ sheet

 

[Captain PartyMarty]

How are you going to protect your boat from all those sharp edges?

 

[Clint r]

They’re suprisinlgy soft edges. The sharper edge would be inside. And they’re not sharp enough to cut. At around 30-40 lbs a trap I think they’d be too heavy. But there’s another thread about king crab traps that weigh around 70lbs apiece. Might be suitable for that.

 

[Clint r]

Anybody interested in some sheets? Sell by weight at 75cents a pound. I’m making a trip to van on the 17th of August and will haul them down if anyone wants some.

They make excellent security window covers.