Crab trap marker buoys

Retrofit your current traps to be legal with the new 2021 marker buoy requirements!  This initial pilot is intended to gauge community interest.  If interest is high, I will order supplies to make more and continue to make these.  For now, there are 15 total for sale.

These 3"x5" red marker buoys are spliced onto yellow, floating, 3-strand polypropylene line with a longline clip at the end for attaching to your main line.  The buoy is retained on the running end by a wall & crown knot and back splice for a friction fit with a stopper.  The longline clip is spliced on via an eye splice.  The longline clips are stainless steel and the float & polypropylene line are UV resistant.

$10 each with $2 of each sale being donated to Heroes on the Water NorCal Chapter.

Pick-up in San Francisco or arrange NCKA Express or USPS Flat Rate.



Attached to main line:


PM me or reply in this thread.  If the initial 15 run out, I'll update with plans to make more.

Very nice.  So this clips onto the end of my main buoy in a box trap?  If I’m using conical ambush traps I do not think the main line needs the additional marker?  Better do my homework ...

Very nice.  So this clips onto the end of my main buoy in a box trap?  If I’m using conical ambush traps I do not think the main line needs the additional marker?  Better do my homework ...

Correct.  Only required for non-hoop traps.  However, as LoletaEric noted, he likes these even for his hoops so he can get a quick indicator for current direction.  The longline clip would conveniently clip right above or below the main buoy on the existing line.

Nice work!  You saved me from a last minute trip to West Marine I'd probably be making the day before opener.

I'll take 4 (2 for me and 2 for NolanDuke).  We are heading down to Palm Springs area next week, so I will have to arrange pickup after the 17th.  Can pay sooner.
Kind of crossing over threads now, but we chartered a boat out of Oceanside to chase some big BFTs down there too...

Only 4 left!  (7 via PM and 4 to gtnotte/NolanDuke)

Wow. Nicely done. That's pro gear 

I'll take a pair if you still have some available.

All buoys are now claimed.  Continue to note interest in this thread and I'll order supplies for more.

wow, nice work on those! looks super pro.

I had already ordered my marker buoys, now I'm questioning, put them in the line permanently or only for crab.

now I'm questioning, put them in the line permanently or only for crab.

I'm thinking someone might steal them if not permanently attached.

wow, nice work on those! looks super pro.

Thanks for the compliment! 

now I'm questioning, put them in the line permanently or only for crab.

I'm thinking someone might steal them if not permanently attached.

You could easily splice them directly into your main line for the same "super pro look" without the temporary attachment.  That'd also reduce the cost by not buying longline clips.  I figure shitheads be shitheads and they'll steal anything; if they want your marker buoy, they can just cut the line.  Using the longline clips allows you to break down your gear separately for stowage ashore.  At least that was the idea when I made these.  Dealing with shithead thieves is always a balance of how much you want to inconvenience yourself on their behalf.