RE: [Paddlewise] Trolling and crabbing?

From: James H Ley <leyj_at_juno.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1999 10:40:43 +0000
Phillip,
	In ref. to your question about crab traps, I have used both the folding
side and the ring type from small boats in local bays.  The way we used
then was to bait the traps and attach a float to the pull-up rope and
drop several traps in different locations. After 15 min. to a half hour
we'd go back, pull up the trap, sort out the under sized and females,
andrebait and reset them. Give it a try it works preety well. As to
space, you could make a ring style trap that used a fiberglass rod with
hooks on the end for the rings so that when not in use all of the trap
could be rolled up into a small bundle. P.S. Remember when you attach the
float and line to take into account for tides and current, there's
nothing so frustrating as watching your float sitting about 15 feet under
your boat :-).

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