Crab pots for the swan (question about the rope & floats)
Submitted by Sway on Sun, 2013-01-27 12:30
Hey guys,
Because of the variance in depth when hunting crabs around the lower reaches of the swan river do you use one length of rope attached permanently to a float / bouy? If so how long is the optimal length? I've heard of people using different configurations of floats / ropes so that you can take the floats off while transporting the pots and/or change the length of rope whilst crabbing so you dont have massive ammounts of surface line.
Cheers in advance!
bitten
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if you ask me you want a
if you ask me you want a resonable amount of line on the surface so you dont have to drive over your pot and scare the crabs out
tot
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dont think thats a big issue
dont think thats a big issue in deep water . you want to be lifting straight up so none can escape.
extensions are good - loop to loop . have some 5 and 12 meter lenghts to add to the 5 on the pot
works for me anyway
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Sway
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yeah whenever we go crabbing
yeah whenever we go crabbing i tend to atleast try and lift the pots vertical so that the little bastards dont scuttle out the sides of the pot as its coming up
with the loop to loop, how do you have the float fixed to the other end ?
tot
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the loop on the float rope is
the loop on the float rope is big enough to go over the float . you dont need big floats so the loop isnt that big .
as snapper says cable ties are a good option as well.
EDIT - loop on float rope not pot rope
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cable ties
when fishing shallow water simply coil the rope up and fix it with a cable tie! then when heading back out deeper just cut the cable tie
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tim-o
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I got the spool floats and
I got the spool floats and have 20m of rope wound on them. Drop the pots, they spin on the surface unwinding till the pot hits the bottom then slip the cut of wheel barrow tube back over it to stop any more unwinding
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Spool float
any ideas on where I can buy some of these spool floats?
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I use 2litre milk bottles
I use 2litre milk bottles filled with expanda foam as the floats. Have a short length of tied to a shark clip to attach the floats to the loop on the rope.
I also have a box of rope extensions that i tie to the ropes on the crab nets. Have a loop one end straight (melted ) other end.
Just use a crayfishermans knot to tie them on.
Sway
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how does it work with the
how does it work with the spool floats ? what do you use to stop the rope uncoiling after the pot hits the river bed?
tim-o
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I cut up an old or cheap
I cut up an old or cheap wheel barrow tube like squid rings and use them as lacky bands over the coiled up rope on the spool.
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Spool float
Any ideas on where I can buy these spool floats in Perth?
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Oracle
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Spool floats also
Just do a loop over itself at the length you want. Two or three loops stops slippage. I run about 24 meters in total length. This way I can drop in 5 meters in the sound or go to 20 meters in the deep sections of the swam.
My other advice, buy thicker rope. Pulling 10 pots for a few hours will have you wishing for thicker rope. At least my girlie hands love it ;)
Sway
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haha how thick would you
haha how thick would you recomend ? i was thinking 6 or 8mm, depends how much the floats can hold i guess. i wanted to load them up with about 25m a pop.
when you say a loop over itself you mean the float yeah ?
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correct
7mm rope and looped around the float.
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Anyone know where to get
Anyone know where to get these spool floats?
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Oceanside have them
Oceanside have them as I saw them in there the other day.