plastic cray pots
Submitted by redfin on Wed, 2013-10-16 12:32
has any one tried out the plastic cray pots mad by finn kayaks in perth. they look like they may be bit kinder on the boat. sorry couldn't upload photos for some reason
D_d_001
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don't really have a lot of
don't really have a lot of experience with this but have heard that the Crays don't like the plastic as much....(will sometimes stay away).
would like to know what others think though
Scotte
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not really ideal.if your on
not really ideal.if your on a honey hole youll still get them but nowhere near as much as wooden pots. you'll need to add heaps of weight to them also so they dont drag.mate was using small wooden pots next to my big commercial pots and mine outfished his every day for month. just there bloody heavy to pull by hand and gotta keep them off the side of the boat. I use a wet towel on the gunnel and down the outside of boat.can be done but not easy.
Shark B8
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A plastic pot set up and set
A plastic pot set up and set right will give the small wooden ones a run for there money.
Go big or go home..
meglodon
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I have to agree with that
I have not notice a great deal of difference between wooden and plastic pots with the following qualifier, the plastic pots must have enough weight added to them to make sure they do not move around there is enough rope on the pot to ensure that it doesn't lift the pot of the bottom with the swell and high tide
lame
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????
heard from an old timer they have trouble climbing up the plastic (slippery for their legs ) , not sure on legalities but shade cloth wrapped around with the excape and entrance ect cut out supposedly made a world of difference
C.P
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Plastic Pots
I have used both Plastic & wooden. I reckon the wooden pots catch more crays but I have caught plenty in plastic pots.
As maggot says. you need to put plenty of weight in them.
shortfuse
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As said above plenty of
As said above plenty of weight in the plastic pots and there is little between them, they tend to get a bad rap because they are under weighted and move around in the surge and then they won't catch crays. Minimum of 2 railway fish plates required I think.
More important is putting them on the right ground
Paul H
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As above weight is the key as
As above weight is the key as the plastic pots tend to roll due to the hexagonal shape if too light- I do have some shade cloth tied on mine as well but well clear of the escape hatches
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