disposal crab pots

[jungles]

After reading all the posts on crab pot loss I thought I would let you all know what we use to do in the NT. #Made our own disposal crab post out of chook wire. #Just made a cylinder out of the wire about two feet diameter and folded the ends inwards. #Then used some strong green cord and used milk bottles as floats. #Never lossed a pot except when it got snagged. #Lost a few crabs though. #But the look on a thiefs face when he saw just the netting is one of dissapointment. Over heard a couple of blokes in the Berrimah pub about lifting other blokes post and they were really pi$%ed off. # Very cheap and also very easy to stow in your boat. #Bit hard to explain to a fishing inspector what the wire was for but anything is explainable if you have a good story, (keeping the pigs out of your camp, etc) #Catch ya, #Jungles

[Fiji_fish_head]

mate give us a photo of this great invention!!!!!!! ;D

[fundi]

If your loosing pots or having them pulled try one float one rope a large block of concrete and half a dozen hooks tied up the rope

they lift that and jam a hook in there hand then the concrete takes over


yeeehaaaa!!!!!!

[griz066]

If your loosing pots or having them pulled try one float one rope a large block of concrete and half a dozen hooks tied up the rope

they lift that and jam a hook in there hand then the concrete takes over


yeeehaaaa!!!!!!


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[rcfisher]

Sounds like a good plan.

[sooty66]

Breaqt idea, may have to try that one out....

I suppose you could call that the "Catch of the Day"

No need to remove the barb either, crab pot thieves deserve everything they get, including septuseamia!!!

[Dirtysanchez]

No need to remove the barb either, crab pot thieves deserve everything they get, including septuseamia!!![/quote]

LoL, Septuseamia, aren't they a grunge band out of seattle ?

;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

[sooty66]

Don't know about the band - #I'll ask my 16 year goth son!!!

but you'd reckon that you'd definitely see the bastards coming with a nasty infection that shit causes

Like those thieves over in the middle east who have their hand cut off and head tarred. #Everyone knows what they've been doing. #

So if the bastard come down to the boat ramp with a nasty infection, give em a gob full and I dare say they might think twice about stealing your pots...

We can only dream

[Geoff_Atkinson]

Mates,

I reckon the infection would set in quicker if you use some of those rusty old hooks you find in the bottom of your tackle box

[Dirtysanchez]

Searaider, thats just downright mean and nasty...

Well done mate, I like it :D

[Reef_fisher]

I think I am going to have a busy weekend. How long does concrete take to set. ;D ;D ;D

[Sea-Dog]

Here's a link to a US site with details on how to build your own mesh pots.

They may need to be adapted a bit, but worth a look.

http://www.blue-crab.org/crabpot/

Cheers, Sea-Dog