March 18, 2010, 05:14:19 AM
 
*
Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.
Did you miss your activation email?
 
 
 
Total time logged in: 0 minutes.
 
   Home   Help Login Register  

     
 
Pages: [1]   Go Down
« previous next »
  Print  
Author Topic: Crabbing POTS (not collapsible traps) for recs??  (Read 651 times)
0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.
Crabaholic
Registered User

Offline Offline

Gender: Male
Posts: 47
Location: Bel Air, MD.




Ignore
« on: September 16, 2009, 01:08:19 PM »
I'm pretty sure I already know the answer to this one.  A friend asked me why I don't use a couple of those great big box traps where you load up the bait in the middle and let it soak.  You know...the crabs can get in, but not out.  I told him that I don't use them because they are illegal for a rec. crabber.  I have always known or believed this true.  But when I looked over the rules and regs. in the DNR handbook, I couldn't find anything addressing those types of crab pots specifically.  So, can someone just back me up on this?  It is in fact illegal for a rec. crabber to use one of the pots I described heren...right?? 
Logged
DOMNIKDYL
Lifetime Member
*
Offline Offline

Gender: Male
Posts: 1082
Location: Ellicott City,MD


Tag! your it!




Ignore
« Reply #1 on: September 16, 2009, 01:36:10 PM »
Unless you are a water front property owner, they are illegal for recs.  Waterfront owners may use 2 pots within 100 yards of their pier/property.
Logged
You can lead a horse to water, but before you push him in, think how a wet horse smells.
csbooher
Supporting Member
*
Offline Offline

Gender: Male
Posts: 43
Location: Elkton, MD




Ignore
« Reply #2 on: September 16, 2009, 01:47:42 PM »
http://www.dnr.state.md.us/fisheries/crab/2007recreationalcrabsummary.html

INDIVIDUAL CRABBING
A license is required of an individual who uses the following gear or takes the following quantity of crabs:
Trotline (1200 feet of baited line maximum allowed) floats must be the same size, color and shape
11 to 30 traps or rings
Up to 10 eel pots for own bait
More than 2 dozen with a limit of 1 bushel of hard crabs
More than 1 dozen with a limit of 2 dozen soft crabs or peelers
A license is NOT required of an individual who uses only the following gear and takes the following quantity of crabs:
10 or fewer traps and rings
dipnets
handlines
No more than 2 dozen hard crabs
No more than 1 dozen soft crabs or peelers
OWNER OF PRIVATE SHORELINE PROPERTY
Creel limits vary depending on whether the crabber is licensed or not - see Individual Crabbing information above.
2 crab pots from a private propoerty or pier or within 100 yds of shore and attached by line
Two cull rings required in upper chamber
One measuring at least 2 3/16"
One measuring at least 2 5/16"
Turtle Reduction Device no larger than 1¾" x 4¾"
CRABBING FROM A BOAT
A recreational crabbing boat may be licensed
The fee for a Recreational Crabbing Boat License is $15
The owner of the licensed recreational crabbing boat is also issued a complementary statewide Individual Recreational Crabbing License
The Chesapeake Bay Special Pleasure Boat Sport Fishing License (fee of $50) is valid as a Recreational Crabbing Boat License.
CRABBING GEAR
If the boat is licensed for recreational crabbing by either the Recreational Crabbing Boat License (new at a $15 fee) or the Chesapeake Bay Special Pleasure Boat License or at least one person in the boat possesses an individual recreational crabbing license:
1200 feet of trotline (baited portion)
Maximum 30 crab traps or rings
Handlines
Dipnets



http://www.dsd.state.md.us/comar/comarhtml/08/08.02.03.01.htm


B. Recreational Gear—Definitions.

(1) The gear defined in this section may be used to catch crabs for recreational purposes.

(2) "Collapsible crab trap" means a manually operated, portable device:

(a) Having a flat bottom not more than 20 inches by 15 inches, and not more than four articulated sides; and

(b) Designed so that failure to apply manually exerted tension on the closing mechanism allows the crabs to escape.

(3) "Crab net ring" means netting supported by a ring-shaped rim less than or equal to 30 inches in diameter.

(4) "Crab pot" means a cube-shaped or rectangular shaped device with openings toward the inside for the entrance of crabs.

(5) "Dip net" means a mesh bag of netting or wire which is suspended from a circular, oval, or a rectangular frame attached to a handle.

(6) "Handline" means a fishing line managed primarily by hand.

(7) "Trotline" means a length of rope or line, buoyed at both ends with one or more anchors, which is baited without hooks or snares at intervals for the purpose of catching crabs.

(Cool "Seine" means an encircling type of net which is not more than 50 feet long and 5 feet wide
Logged
25' Privateer
Crabaholic
Registered User

Offline Offline

Gender: Male
Posts: 47
Location: Bel Air, MD.




Ignore
« Reply #3 on: September 17, 2009, 09:56:15 AM »
That's what I thought, and as a result I have never used the crabbing "pots".  I just couldn't seem to find the language anywhere.  Thanks for the help guys! 
Logged
krackycrab
Supporting Member
*
Offline Offline

Gender: Male
Posts: 84
Location: on the hard





Ignore
« Reply #4 on: September 17, 2009, 09:55:15 PM »
I would assume an LCC is necessary  if a property owner intends on putting out more than two pots. I see people (recs in rivers)putting  pots out esp on weekends. doubt they get much
Logged
crabs is good, ok
DOMNIKDYL
Lifetime Member
*
Offline Offline

Gender: Male
Posts: 1082
Location: Ellicott City,MD


Tag! your it!




Ignore
« Reply #5 on: September 18, 2009, 12:24:02 AM »
Other than 2 pots at a private pier, it is illegal to pot in the rivers, mainstem only no matter what license you have.
Logged
You can lead a horse to water, but before you push him in, think how a wet horse smells.
Pages: [1]   Go Up
  Print  
Blue Crab Forum > Regional Crabbing > Maryland Crabbing > MD Rules & Regs > Topic: Crabbing POTS (not collapsible traps) for recs??
 « previous next »
 
Jump to:  

 
 
Home
  
Powered by SMF 1.1.11 | SMF © 2006-2008, Simple Machines LLC


Google visited last this page March 12, 2010, 06:28:52 AM