Steve Cramer 26 February 2006 02:35:01 [ permanent link ]
Matthew Martin wrote:
Has any one here tired crabbing form a touring kayak with any success. > What type of equipment was used?
I haven't tried it, but I would think dropping a star trap on a hand line would work if you could keep the boat from drifting. How to deal with the buggers when you bring them up might get interesting.
John Fereira wrote:> Matthew Martin <mlmartinet@nothere.net> wrote in news:fG0Mf.30503$Ug4.14829> @dukeread12:>
Has any one here tired crabbing form a touring kayak with any success. >>What type of equipment was used?>
You might consider some form of "protection" if you catch any and think > about storing them in the cockpit.>
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Crabbing from a SOT kayak works fine, I use a collapsible round trap, and as noted below, never had trouble with retrieval. I crab in protected waters, mostly.
I am thinking about trying the small traps used on a fishing line. They're a mesh pyramid about 5 inches high. Bait is placed inside and the crab tangles its legs gettting at the bait. I would like to lay out a series on my longline.
<ads@crittermap.com> wrote in message news:1141168811.786934.136030@i40g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...> Yes.>
I posted about this a few years ago.>
Last time I crabbed, it was in recreational kayaks, but touring kayaks> have more rigging and are better for waves, so they should do even> better. I was in Tillamook Bay on the Oregon Coast.>
Here, people are looking for Dungeness or maybe red rock crab.>
There are several traps for crabs: rings, pots, and cages. Rings aren't> really appropriate; you won't be able to guarantee pulling them up fast> enough. Crab pots captivate the crabs but are a bit heavy and bulky.> Crab cages are available in collapsable 18x24 shapes, which fit with> bungee cord on deck rigging. You can drop them down and come back to> check them in an hour.>
I thought the process of pulling traps up would tend to flip me, but it> didn't, although I tipped when I tried a crab pot which was too big. I> would go to the nearby beach to actually sort them out since I didn't> want to do this in an open cockpit.>
There are also angling hooks used to catch crab on a fishing line, and> nets for catching crabs in shallow water. Either of these would work> fine with a kayak.>
If you are not in a protected bay, this all gets harder, but you could> raft kayaks together for more stability.>
Richard Adams wrote:> Crabbing from a SOT kayak works fine, I use a collapsible round trap, and as > noted below, never had trouble with retrieval. I crab in protected waters, > mostly.>
I am thinking about trying the small traps used on a fishing line. They're a > mesh pyramid about 5 inches high. Bait is placed inside and the crab tangles > its legs gettting at the bait. I would like to lay out a series on my > longline.>
<ads@crittermap.com> wrote in message > news:1141168811.786934.136030@i40g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...>> Yes.>>
I posted about this a few years ago.>>
Last time I crabbed, it was in recreational kayaks, but touring kayaks>> have more rigging and are better for waves, so they should do even>> better. I was in Tillamook Bay on the Oregon Coast.>>
Here, people are looking for Dungeness or maybe red rock crab.>>
There are several traps for crabs: rings, pots, and cages. Rings aren't>> really appropriate; you won't be able to guarantee pulling them up fast>> enough. Crab pots captivate the crabs but are a bit heavy and bulky.>> Crab cages are available in collapsable 18x24 shapes, which fit with>> bungee cord on deck rigging. You can drop them down and come back to>> check them in an hour.>>
I thought the process of pulling traps up would tend to flip me, but it>> didn't, although I tipped when I tried a crab pot which was too big. I>> would go to the nearby beach to actually sort them out since I didn't>> want to do this in an open cockpit.>>
There are also angling hooks used to catch crab on a fishing line, and>> nets for catching crabs in shallow water. Either of these would work>> fine with a kayak.>>
If you are not in a protected bay, this all gets harder, but you could>> raft kayaks together for more stability.>>
Nathan>>
I figured I could strap a milk crate or something to the back of the kayak and put the crabs in there and use a small trap of some sort I have had luck in the past from a small boat with just some bunker, string, and a net. just gotta be slow.
