AndrewH
Well-Known Member
Things I know:
- drop in 280ish ft on top of a ledge on dropping tide.
- good bait with lots of oily scent
- weight to keep traps on ground - bouncing is bad...
So I followed these guidelines this past winter and was able to get into them on the south side of Bowen. Thing is, I didn't drop close to a ledge, I just found 280ft and dropped there. Bait wise, using a 'ground up' mess of salmon carcass, carlyles, sardines, pellets and Pro-cure crab/prawn oil. I fill the bait jars only half full too.
Weight wise
Bouy ---------- 18lbs cannon ball-------------- trap #1 with 2lb --------------- trap#2 with 6lb
Now this set was good for loads of around 50 prawns off bowen but I can't seem to get into anything over on the North side of Tumbo/Saturna. People are saying the commercial guys vacuum it up but I am not even seeing the commercial floats when I have been over the last little while.
When you guys drop traps, do you ONLY look for ledges or will 280ft on bottom suffice? If you have a sec, take a look at the charts and give me a little advice!!!!
If you have a look at the attachment, you can see that no drops are around that go deeper than 300. 300 seems to be the bottom.
- drop in 280ish ft on top of a ledge on dropping tide.
- good bait with lots of oily scent
- weight to keep traps on ground - bouncing is bad...
So I followed these guidelines this past winter and was able to get into them on the south side of Bowen. Thing is, I didn't drop close to a ledge, I just found 280ft and dropped there. Bait wise, using a 'ground up' mess of salmon carcass, carlyles, sardines, pellets and Pro-cure crab/prawn oil. I fill the bait jars only half full too.
Weight wise
Bouy ---------- 18lbs cannon ball-------------- trap #1 with 2lb --------------- trap#2 with 6lb
Now this set was good for loads of around 50 prawns off bowen but I can't seem to get into anything over on the North side of Tumbo/Saturna. People are saying the commercial guys vacuum it up but I am not even seeing the commercial floats when I have been over the last little while.
When you guys drop traps, do you ONLY look for ledges or will 280ft on bottom suffice? If you have a sec, take a look at the charts and give me a little advice!!!!
If you have a look at the attachment, you can see that no drops are around that go deeper than 300. 300 seems to be the bottom.