quote:Originally posted by fishinfool
Thanks for the info. I'll keep a look out for traps in that area and maybe see if I can't give it a try. I'll have to look up more info on trap sizes and types and where to put them but it would be fun to try.
Go to Trotac marine, and just get the good traps. There is plenty of crap going around, folding traps suck, so do the Can Tire round ones. Get the big white bait cups, and drill a million holes in them. Get the prawn bait in the silver bag with a pic of a crab on it, Crappy Tire or Outfitters (This stuff is OILY and STINKS, do not drop it in your bilge!). Get the small size ground line, 1/4" to reduce current drag, NOTHING BIGGER. You can get a 600 foot spool at Outfitters, that's where I got mine. Setup so your anchor is 300 feet down, this will give you plenty of scope for up to around 250 feet of water. Get a bag of standard issue prawn bait.
Get a $15 5 pound anchor, and 10 feet of chain, Set this ahead of your traps. Space your traps every 60 feet. You will probably need to pull the anchor off the bottom with the boat, it is possible to pull that mess up by hand, but off the waterfront we have a lot of hermit crabs, when they get in your traps, they get heavy quickly.
While you are getting the hang of things, do it on days with light currents (Look at Current tables, not tide tables). If the current starts to move, it will be next to impossible to get these things up by hand, my puller REALLY grunts some days. Maybe start with two traps per string. If you don't want the anchor and current BS, Saanich Inlet is the place to be but the commercial boys are pounding it really hard.
Find 200-250 feet of water and go. I never got a chance to try by the Clover Point sh*t pipe, but I"ll bet the prawns there are 16" long LOL.