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« Reply #1 on: August 07, 2012, 07:44:03 PM » |
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Anything is possible. But I don't throw traps, because 9 times out of 10 you get a tangled mess.
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« Reply #2 on: August 07, 2012, 08:35:14 PM » |
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I call that a star trap and have crabbed them from shore with good success. I find that if you put some weight on the bottom and keep tension to keep the trap closed until it lands then release the line the tangling is minimal. I have better luck from shore with these than with box traps. Good luck
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« Reply #3 on: August 07, 2012, 10:01:16 PM » |
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Tossing those may make a twisted mess when trying to retrieve. Let us know how you make out.
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« Reply #4 on: August 07, 2012, 11:38:27 PM » |
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MHO retrieving them is the major problem as they will come in at an angle. At some point they will drag bottom and find every thing on it on the way in.
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« Reply #5 on: August 08, 2012, 12:47:42 AM » |
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MHO retrieving them is the major problem as they will come in at an angle. At some point they will drag bottom and find every thing on it on the way in.
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« Reply #6 on: August 09, 2012, 03:44:43 PM » |
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or a sky hook
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« Reply #7 on: August 09, 2012, 04:21:50 PM » |
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or a sky hook
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« Reply #8 on: August 10, 2012, 09:10:26 AM » |
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Do they rent boats there?
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« Reply #9 on: August 10, 2012, 09:41:00 AM » |
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Can definitely be done but like these guys said sometimes it comes back tangled up. I used to do it all the time when I was younger without a boat. If you get the art of throwing it and getting it to land flat down it will work most of the time.
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« Reply #10 on: August 10, 2012, 01:59:49 PM » |
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I wonder if throwing it with the doors open and a swivel on the main line, like a frisbee would work?
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« Reply #11 on: August 10, 2012, 02:04:05 PM » |
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I wonder if throwing it with the doors open and a swivel on the main line, like a frisbee would work?
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« Reply #12 on: August 10, 2012, 02:06:20 PM » |
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Idea - go out in your yard and try it - That's how I learn to fly cast. My guess is no - prove me wrong From past experience throwing a trap, I always tangle it up. That's why I try to drop them straight down. |
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« Reply #13 on: August 10, 2012, 03:55:20 PM » |
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Throw that muthur like a lasso......yea-haw!!  |
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