Stuck crab trap, update 11-30

One of my crab traps got stuck at Anchor Bay. I think it got hooked up on a rock. I am hoping if anyone is up there fishing or diving they can give it a yank. It is attached to a red and white float with my name, NCKA handle and phone number on it. It is 50-100 yards or so out from the rock straight out from the ramp in about 50 ft of water.

Ken Dye, Traildad written on the float.

Thanks

PS: you can keep any crab in it.

WE had a commercial one that became stuck in the sand when we rented the slip. Everyone said I couldn't get it because guys three times my size has tried. I waited till low tide. tied the short rope off to the slip. It came about a foot. I kept doing this until we had it up. It was a big commercial trap. that was under the sand.

Crab pots left out, in water under 80-100 feet, are subject to "sanding in". As the tides and surge come and go, so does the sand; the pot ends up stuck in sand. Depends on how stuck it is, as to wet her you'll be able to retrieve it.

I had a pot sanded in last year, that I just couldn't get out.  I shortened the rope as much as I could and let the waves do the work.  3 weeks later, it was free ...

-Allen

Hey Ken,
When I go up the last week of December i will try to pull it if it's still there.

Hey Ken,
When I go up the last week of December i will try to pull it if it's still there.

Thanks

I had a pot sanded in last year, that I just couldn't get out.  I shortened the rope as much as I could and let the waves do the work.  3 weeks later, it was free ...

-Allen

I thought about doing that, but not until it was too late. It was only out a few hours before it was stuck. Do they sand in that fast?

I had a pot sanded in last year, that I just couldn't get out.  I shortened the rope as much as I could and let the waves do the work.  3 weeks later, it was free ...

-Allen

I thought about doing that, but not until it was too late. It was only out a few hours before it was stuck. Do they sand in that fast?

I don't think they sand in that fast.  I think you snagged bottom.

-Allen

I had a pot sanded in last year, that I just couldn't get out.  I shortened the rope as much as I could and let the waves do the work.  3 weeks later, it was free ...

-Allen

I thought about doing that, but not until it was too late. It was only out a few hours before it was stuck. Do they sand in that fast?

I don't think they sand in that fast.  I think you snagged bottom.

-Allen

Wouldnt recommend using a kayak to "bob" a stuck pot in a swell; if its anchored in good, youre asking for serious trouble. We tried that with a 20' power boat tied to the bow cleat and took on a lot of water over the bow.

Youre best bet is get a power boater to tie it off to there transom cleat and drive in a wide circle around the pot; and keep widen the circle until the you can drag the pot a few hundred yard, then you know its free...

Hey Ken,
I'm gonna dive next weekend.
I'll take look.

Hey Ken,
I'm gonna dive next weekend.
I'll take look.

Thanks

Hey Ken,

I'm going to try and make it back up to AB for one last trip. What are the GPS #'s?

Mike

Hey Ken,

I'm going to try and make it back up to AB for one last trip. What are the GPS #'s?

Mike

I'll pull the data from my FF. It's 50-100 yards out from the rock that is straight out from the ramp.

Google Earth shows it to be about 80 yards from the rock at a heading of about 195. N38°47.922' W123°34.940' Thanks

Mike it's just outside the wash rock center of the bay. Can't miss it