Thanks Kaelc Santa is getting me a puller my old one (my fifty year old son) quit what one did you get?
Haha, quiter. I went with Prawn Star out of Nanaimo.
Go deeper-- try 375- 425.
Are you fishing commercial? Was that recent?
No-- just quite a few years prawning. Prawns do move up and down-- at times (when molting they seem to disappear into the mud) . I have found prawns from as little depth as 175ft. In one area.. but the best producing depth consistently where I go ( not Sooke), is 300-425 ft. As far as rope and weights... give yourself LOTs of slack and use line weights. For the 425 depth my lines are 525ft long. For 300ft ---- around 450 ft of line. and again-and a 20oz line weight 60 ft from the surface if you are not using lead core line. My traps are the stainless circular 30 in round traps. I weight each trap with 2 flat 5lb diving weights . Zap strap them on each inside of the trap. AND.... approx 10-15 feet above the trap when you are dropping it, attach another 5 lb weight. This prevents line slap at the trap if the surface waters are choppy and bouncing your line. And as other here have stated.... dropping the traps on a rocky slope is most important. If the sounder says its flat, keep looking for a slope . That will make a big difference in my experience. As far as bait- anything from old socks soaked in Stink Bait, ( really !) to catfood , dry or canned etc-All the regular prawn guys here have their favorite bait.. One final thing-- if you are getting squat lobsters or slime eels ( hagfish) move---- ! Hope this helps. Its just one fishermans opinion. Its not the only way to catch prawns...experiment. And use a large float if the current is strong. Its easier to chase a visible float than a sunken one !
X2 on the trailer. Makes it way easier to boat hook the line. I use a couple gill net floats on the trailer.
