Crafty Crab Trap

[Eelman]

I've just purchased, but have not received yet, two crafty crab traps. These are the little crab traps that you attach to your rod and line and cast. The manufacturer recommends casting out and checking every 5 mins or so.
Does anyone have any of these or used them? I'm curious about how these will go.

[URAGANGI]

Something new sounds good. Could you tell me the site from where you've come across these new gizmoes? I'd like to have a look.
Cheers Gavin.

[Eelman]

Hey Gavin,
The website is pretty ordinary, but you'll get the idea . It is www craftycrabtrap com. I just thought that it could be nice and small to keep in the boat and when I'm fishing I could throw it in and try my luck. I've never caught a legal buck, so I'm willing to give anything a try, and it definitely won't be raided by sharefarmers.
Cheers,
Ross

[tunaticer]

My brother bought a few of these two years ago for times when you cant keep a bait on your line. Work very effectively on sandies off the shore, although they can be hard work as they weigh quite heavily in the water with a good crab inside. You should be using 6kg minimum lines and preferably ten if there is a decent current working. Not every cast lands the right way up though.

[Eelman]

Thanks Jack. I'm hoping they will be very heavy when I wind them in. I'm going to dedicate one or two old rods with heavy line for their use. I'll flick some lures around while they're deployed and hope for the best.
Cheers,
Ross

[iqarus]

it would be interesting to compare one of these to the "crab snares" you see around with the 6 loops and the bait cage side by side.

eelman, make sure to let us know how you go !, ill certainly pick one or two up if they work as they say.

[bondy99]

I'm always on the look out for something new to try. I'll be interested to see if they work.

Peter

[Eelman]

I will even take pics as it will be quite a big event for me! I'll probable get the on Monday and hopefully I'll be able to get out on Wednesday and have a go. I'll be torn between drifting for flatties and staying put for crabs!

[TheGurn]

A long time ago I was told that a pair of womens stockings tied to the swivel would snare any crabs mauling my baits.

I don't chase crabs, and I've never tried it. But it sounds like it'd work.

Someone else also told me the method would be illegal.

Anyone else heard this or tried it out?

[groverwa]

A long time ago I was told that a pair of womens stockings tied to the swivel would snare any crabs mauling my baits.

Dunno - might attract even bigger fish though - act as berley ::) :-X

[tunaticer]

A long time ago I was told that a pair of womens stockings .....

Might be a different set of crabs you are attracting me thinks.....

[TheGurn]

Might be a different set of crabs you are attracting me thinks.....
Jack.

Yeah, you're right Jack. I didn't give the idea too much thought.
Got to be a better way to trap crabs that are nibbling on your pillies.

I can imagine the wife finding a pair of pantyhose in the boat. She'd have all her mates in stitches searching for the makeup bag.

Come to think of it, fish net stockings with a pilly stuffed in each leg does bring back scary memories of a very brief and troubling blind date that my mates set up for me once.


Cheers

[HeadBanger]

Might be a different set of crabs you are attracting me thinks.....
Jack.

Yeah, you're right Jack. I didn't give the idea too much thought.
Got to be a better way to trap crabs that are nibbling on your pillies.

I can imagine the wife finding a pair of pantyhose in the boat. She'd have all her mates in stitches searching for the makeup bag.

Come to think of it, fish net stockings with a pilly stuffed in each leg does bring back scary memories of a very brief and troubling blind date that my mates set up for me once.


Cheers



I think it's best if you keep that one to yourself mate;D

Cheers,
Kaidon

[samsnap]

Me think this thread is getting way too scary
You will be "blinging" up ya lures next :)
Sammy xx

[mittykneale]

Lol Smells Good

[URAGANGI]

Thank's Ross for the site location.:D

Now that's thinking outside the square. Not bad for kiwi.... sorry all black's I couldn't hold that one in.Well done. They remind me of the good old spring loaded dog and rabbit trap:o. With out getting a closer look, I guess they work on the same principle. Thinking like a chinaman It's time to hit the shed and do a little reverse engineering;D . I guess if casting out is a problem, how's about this for a solution. Try throwing the trap out like a frizbie, that way the trap might land right way up?

Getting back to the stocking trick. Try adding a piece of dowel loaded up with 4/0's. Cut the dowel to length, say 150mil then drill a few holes down the dowel shaft. make the hole's to accomodate the eyelet of the hooks. Pass the hooks through your drilled point's, stagger the hook arrangement as you go. Make sure the hooks are faceing away from the dowel. So far this should start to look like a narsty tool.

Place the dowel inside the stocking then bait up. The hooks give the crab a little extra hold while you are winding in. Cause have you ever noticed how the crab always seem's to flounder it's legs around while it's trying to swim away from you, this keep's them a tid bit calmer before netting.

P.S Iv'e never been out with woman that wear's stocking's. Have I Missed out on something in life?:-/ Yeah ok back in the shed I go.

Man's weekend start's in the shed then to the water then to the xxxx fridge then off too bed.....::):D .........after sometime..............8-)

Cheer's Gavin.

[bondy99]

they even attract hermaphrodite crabs

[ozbee]

stockings were widely used to catch crabs in the 50 , before pots

[URAGANGI]

Bondy99 see you learn something everyday.

Even crabs are caught on the wire fence.....Maybe it's not such a mixed up world after all.

[URAGANGI]

Mod5 God I tried hard to keep that clean....Trust me??

[myangle]

I have had one of these crab traps for ages and never caught a thing. That probably says more about me than the crab trap. I find I can only get it to stay on the bottom if I am anchored up and there is no current. Otherwise it just runs with the current. Probably not a bad idea for a slow days fishing

[TheGurn]

Hi guys,

Once again, I don't target crabs at all, so it's just curiosity, but I'm wondering how inventive you can get before Fisheries interfere.

I mean, if I catch a legal crab on my line while I'm fishing, I don't reckon I'm breaking any rules, and it'd take a lot of talking and a big man to convince me to throw it back.

But if I'm using a line -- lets say for the sake of argument it's a bloody big handline -- to lower some sort of apparatus (no hooks) to the bottom to specifically trap or snare crabs??

Is there a difference between a 'crab trap' or a 'crab snare' and a 'crab 'pot' ?

I know there's some design limits on pots.

Like I said, It doesn't affect me one way or the other, just curious.

[BaysideDrew]

There was a whole stand selling these at the Tinnie & Tackle show on the weekend. The bloke was using rubber crabs to demonstrate but they were a lot smaller than a legal crab and with the metal mecanism in the centre I question how easy it would be to get a large crab to centre itself enough in the trap to keep it in there. A large crab would be the length of the trap and quite heavy to pull in on a light line. Also, as it sits flat on the sea floor it would have to keep completely still or those crabbies wont stay sitting on it. I would love to hear about anyone who has actually used them though...