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« on: September 15, 2011, 11:49:51 PM » |
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Does anyone use topless traps in the Gulf? I am in Mississippi and have not seen anyone using them here. Are they superior to ring nets and if so why are they not used here?
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« Reply #1 on: September 19, 2011, 10:15:42 PM » |
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i tried 3 brand new 10x10 traps in lake ponchatrain weekend before last along with 8 $2 ring nets from Wallyworld
Full moon and fishing on rising tide and the next falling tide
4PM to 4AM
ring nets out-caught Traps 10 to 1 or more
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« Reply #2 on: September 19, 2011, 10:34:27 PM » |
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i tried 3 brand new 10x10 traps in lake ponchatrain weekend before last along with 8 $2 ring nets from Wallyworld
Full moon and fishing on rising tide and the next falling tide
4PM to 4AM
ring nets out-caught Traps 10 to 1 or more
I'd like to talk to some NC guys using topless traps. I check my traps every other day unless hitting my RCGL limit, then come back the next day. Have seen tourists with one now and then, but no one serious. Surely there are some, I'd like to learn and maybe switch. Until then, mine stay in for 3 tide changes.... |
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« Reply #3 on: September 19, 2011, 11:03:20 PM » |
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ring nets out-caught Traps 10 to 1 or more
Then you weren't doing something right when pulling the topless traps. |
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« Reply #4 on: September 20, 2011, 12:44:33 PM » |
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Then you weren't doing something right when pulling the topless traps.
Come on Ron. It's a southern thing. Crabs down here are to smart to crawl into a topless trap.  Ronnie |
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« Reply #5 on: September 23, 2011, 12:17:56 AM » |
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weren't doing something right when pulling the topless traps.
Whaaaat? It ain't exactly brain surgery |
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« Reply #6 on: September 23, 2011, 09:00:51 AM » |
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You gotta pull those topless traps up real fast.  |
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« Reply #7 on: September 23, 2011, 01:04:31 PM » |
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You gotta pull those topless traps up real fast. Can't be pulled any faster than a net. Ronnie |
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« Reply #8 on: September 24, 2011, 10:03:27 PM » |
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Whaaaat?
It ain't exactly brain surgery
Exactly. There's no way a ring trap should out catch a topless trap 2:1 let alone 10:1. |
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« Reply #9 on: September 25, 2011, 09:15:20 AM » |
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Come on Ron. It's a southern thing. Crabs down here are to smart to crawl into a topless trap. Ronnie Y'all might have to move up to the Bull Moose trap - crabs might be too big for regular sized ones  |
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« Reply #10 on: September 26, 2011, 06:54:18 PM » |
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Y'all might have to move up to the Bull Moose trap - crabs might be too big for regular sized ones Wow- they actually catch moose down there? |
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« Reply #11 on: October 05, 2011, 10:15:09 PM » |
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Only in bars after a few drinks. |
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« Reply #12 on: October 05, 2011, 11:24:34 PM » |
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Just for clarification define FEW
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« Reply #13 on: October 06, 2011, 02:54:43 PM » |
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In your case, two. |
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