the butcher
Well-Known Member
I don't have a lot of deck space and want to buy or make crab traps in the ladner style shape with the funnel at the top. I've seen some of these traps for sale in bellingham and Seattle when I pass by the tackle stores down there. I like the idea that I cna have a couple of these traps and they store neatly when inverted upside down and can be piled on top of each other. In looking at the regs for the crab traps, it talks about rot cord that will disintegrate to provide an opening of a certain size and smaller opening to allow for undersized crabs to escape etc etc... I am familiar with these reg as I follow them for the rectangular traps that I currently own. However, if the ladner style crab traps have an opening in the funnel which is much bigger than the opening required in the DFO regs and its always open so there is no rot cord needed. Does anyone know if the style of crab traps I am referring to complies with our regulations needed for a crab trap?