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Topic: Does anyone have pictures of there Crab traps set up  (Read 4673 times)

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KayakJames

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Hello I know there is some more crabers out there and I have a few questions.
  First do you tie riging to all 4 corners of a colapsable or just the end
  second do you add any sort of weight to the bottom of the trap
  Next do you hang a bait hook from the bottom or the top and does this interfere when in collapsed mode
  do you ese those bait balls with holes in them
Thanks for the input I have caught crabs a lot in the past but alway from a boat and never a collapseable trap
Where did he go george


dwwestesq

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I have set and been successful with hoop nets for crab in the Tomales Bay area, but have never used any kind of trap.  Once set up, i assume the "collapsible" traps stay set up until you want to collapse them for transport and  storage.  But are there any tips, tricks, best practices for using them - especially as opposed to hoop nets?  Thanks.

BTW there is a great article on kayak crabbing in general:

http://www.topkayaker.net/Articles/FishDive/KayakCrabbing.htm


Bill

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That is an article by our very own ChuckE, you can find the original here:

http://www.norcalkayakanglers.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=22&Itemid=42


dwwestesq

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Well, silly me, I hadn't gotten around to checking the articles section here.  Props to ChuckE and NorCal Kayak re crabbing article.