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« Reply #25 on: April 04, 2012, 02:51:55 PM » |
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I use 3/8". It's bent in a square to match the bottom of the pot. The ends are welded. 1/2" with 2 zinc's makes the pot to heavy for me.
Why you run two zincs? How long does 1 last down there? |
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« Reply #26 on: April 04, 2012, 03:36:13 PM » |
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Why you run two zincs? How long does 1 last down there?
Cause eveyone else does....  |
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« Reply #27 on: April 04, 2012, 04:55:07 PM » |
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Hmmm.....I know guys who have 4 zincs but thats cause they replace every year, or every other, but I don't know of anyone who puts two new ones on.
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« Reply #28 on: April 04, 2012, 08:31:31 PM » |
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Ok I'll bite====what's a zinc?
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« Reply #29 on: April 04, 2012, 08:36:05 PM » |
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Ok I'll bite====what's a zinc?
Do we gotta teach you LA guys everything?!   A zinc is a sacrificial anode like on your outboard. Keeps the pot from getting ate up by electrolysis. |
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« Reply #30 on: April 04, 2012, 09:01:59 PM » |
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Don't have that problem in Lk Pontchartrain. I'm fishing traps that are 6 years old now. Pretty soon I'll be calling them patches instead of traps.  Ronnie |
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« Reply #31 on: April 04, 2012, 09:09:41 PM » |
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A zinc is that thing in the kitchen where you wash dishes. At least that's how my Grandma used to pronounce it.
Ronnie, Do you make your own traps or buy them already made?
I can't get any coated 1X1 mesh anywhere around here.
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« Reply #32 on: April 04, 2012, 09:45:47 PM » |
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Use to make my own years ago. Got all the gatchets needed. Just not worth it. Only save $3 a trap. Takes 15 minutes to make one. Sore thumbs the next day from bending the funnel wire. No Not any more. I do modify mine once I get them home. About time to buy another 100 to replace the old ones. Have some repairs to the boat first. How many rolls of 1 x 1 do ya need? What color? Riverdale ofcourse. Strange ya can't get any around there. Isn't Shepard wire in Tx. Closest place might be Lk Charles. If ya still want the wire after the first let me know. Maybe we can meet somewhere halfway, Beaumont/Lk Charles, Tx. border. Y'all might consider me an alien. Have to show my red card. Ronnie |
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« Reply #33 on: April 19, 2012, 04:44:27 PM » |
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Went to Crisfield today. Won't be going back. Don't like the place, the people, or the prices.  They were a 100 bucks higher for all the stuff I wanted. Left there and went to Marshall's. Dropped 300 clams and it was a pleasure doing business....  |
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« Reply #34 on: April 19, 2012, 07:38:51 PM » |
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Went to Crisfield today. Won't be going back. Don't like the place, the people, or the prices. They were a 100 bucks higher for all the stuff I wanted. Left there and went to Marshall's. Dropped 300 clams and it was a pleasure doing business.... Bwhahahahahaha. Eddie Heath can smell a rec. |
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« Reply #35 on: April 19, 2012, 08:01:40 PM » |
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Bwhahahahahaha. Eddie Heath can smell a rec.
Yeah, he's a great business man... Lost a 300 dollar sale. I've spent 600 bucks in gear this year alone... Maybe not much by commercial standards. But then again, you mentioned his name.... It is the internet you know....  |
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« Reply #36 on: April 19, 2012, 08:06:57 PM » |
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Never been down there, is he cheaper then miller island?
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« Reply #37 on: April 19, 2012, 08:10:19 PM » |
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Marshall's in Atlantic is much cheaper then Eddie Heath. For eample same gloves... 10 bucks at Heath. 8 bucks at Marshall's.
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« Reply #38 on: April 19, 2012, 10:23:54 PM » |
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Never been down there, is he cheaper then miller island?
Eddie Heath's wire prices are tuff to beat. He use to have good prices on lead core line too...And Osprey rope... |
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« Reply #39 on: April 20, 2012, 11:15:48 AM » |
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Never been down there, is he cheaper then miller island?
I was told Eddie sells wire to Miller's Island....if that tells ya anything. |
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« Reply #40 on: April 29, 2012, 07:30:40 PM » |
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Ok I'll bite====what's a zinc?
Here's one almost gone... And a new one... |
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« Reply #41 on: April 29, 2012, 08:22:01 PM » |
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Eddie Heath's wire prices are tuff to beat. He use to have good prices on lead core line too...And Osprey rope... Also marchalls zincs are smaller then Heath's. Heath used to sell Marchall's zincs until he started making his own. |
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« Reply #42 on: April 30, 2012, 08:26:15 AM » |
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Dick has the bigger ones but I don't like them. To heavy when you use 2. Don't use them anymore. Still have a couple laying around in the boat house. |
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« Reply #43 on: April 30, 2012, 11:57:33 AM » |
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Dick has the bigger ones but I don't like them. To heavy when you use 2. Don't use them anymore. Still have a couple laying around in the boat house. There are different sizes of zincs.... |
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« Reply #44 on: April 30, 2012, 12:13:01 PM » |
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There are different sizes of zincs....
That pic is the largest and smallest that Marshall's carries. There is a mid size too. |
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« Reply #45 on: April 30, 2012, 05:54:48 PM » |
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Jack. when you talk about electrolysis are you talking about the trap rusting out sooned than one with an anode?
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« Reply #46 on: April 30, 2012, 06:00:11 PM » |
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Jack. when you talk about electrolysis are you talking about the trap rusting out sooned than one with an anode?
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« Reply #47 on: April 30, 2012, 06:01:38 PM » |
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how long does a trap usually last?
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« Reply #48 on: April 30, 2012, 06:14:49 PM » |
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I was told Eddie sells wire to Miller's Island....if that tells ya anything.
Says a lot. |
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« Reply #49 on: April 30, 2012, 08:10:09 PM » |
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how long does a trap usually last?
I get about 2-3 seasons depending on how I take care of them. |
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