--- Quote from: E Kayaker on November 06, 2024, 06:20:09 PM --- --- Quote from: Dankayak on November 06, 2024, 03:41:12 PM --- --- Quote from: AlsHobieOutback on November 05, 2024, 04:56:22 PM --- --- Quote from: Dankayak on November 04, 2024, 06:59:04 PM ---Nice limit! Thanks for sharing. I want to try crabbing from the kayak, do you think starting with 2 pots is reasonable? Do you also fish while soaking the traps?
--- End quote --- So do you know what the regulations are for crabbing? The wording of your question has me wondering if you know what the gear restrictions are?
--- End quote --- I知 planning on using hoop nets, Promar Ambush (5lbs), so check at most every 2h and buoy with my GO ID on it. I hope I知 not forgetting something important 😅
--- End quote --- Maximum time between checks is 2 hours. Does anybody know why they care how long a hoop net sits on the bottom?
--- End quote --- My understanding is that the time limit is what allows them to keep hoop net season open while there are whales in the area -- the idea being that you are close enough to see whales in the area and mitigate risk or immediately report an entanglement. Why 2 hours? I imagine that's arbitrary. I don't know for sure, though.
SpeedyStein:
--- Quote from: tedski on November 06, 2024, 07:53:54 PM --- --- Quote from: E Kayaker on November 06, 2024, 06:20:09 PM --- --- Quote from: Dankayak on November 06, 2024, 03:41:12 PM --- --- Quote from: AlsHobieOutback on November 05, 2024, 04:56:22 PM --- --- Quote from: Dankayak on November 04, 2024, 06:59:04 PM ---Nice limit! Thanks for sharing. I want to try crabbing from the kayak, do you think starting with 2 pots is reasonable? Do you also fish while soaking the traps?
--- End quote --- So do you know what the regulations are for crabbing? The wording of your question has me wondering if you know what the gear restrictions are?
--- End quote --- I知 planning on using hoop nets, Promar Ambush (5lbs), so check at most every 2h and buoy with my GO ID on it. I hope I知 not forgetting something important 😅
--- End quote --- Maximum time between checks is 2 hours. Does anybody know why they care how long a hoop net sits on the bottom?
--- End quote --- My understanding is that the time limit is what allows them to keep hoop net season open while there are whales in the area -- the idea being that you are close enough to see whales in the area and mitigate risk or immediately report an entanglement. Why 2 hours? I imagine that's arbitrary. I don't know for sure, though.
--- End quote ---
I think two hours is probably to give you just enough time to drop hoops, then zip over to a reef, catch a ling cod or couple rockfish, then go check hoops.... I mean, that's my strategy anyway, haha.
E Kayaker:
If I知 not mistaken that has been in place before they made these changes. When I started kayak crabbing you could leave a pot down all day but had to check hoop nets every two hours.