Let's talk shrimp pots

[EJ Swanny]

I think it is obvious at this point.....the bigger the pot, the more bait it can hold, the larger your take. Are bigger pots, that take up more space worth it, life comes down to cost/benefit analysis???????? That's up to said shrimper. This done?

 

[Tomictime]

I think it is obvious at this point.....the bigger the pot, the more bait it can hold, the larger your take. Are bigger pots, that take up more space worth it, life comes down to cost/benefit analysis???????? That's up to said shrimper. This done?

pre game warm up, till the bar opens.....

 

[bobberdoggin]

I switched from McKay pots to large Ladner pots. At first I was disappointed, but soon realized that Ladner pots just need to soak a bit longer between pulls. Since making that change, I’m a firm believer in Ladner pots.

 

[Hewes OP]

I'm a Ladner guy as well. They just store so much better. They fish good enough for me

 

[Siv]

The McKay octagons do ok
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Do they sell these anywhere other than their store on Hood Canal?

 

[Crittercountry]

I think Johns sporting goods have them

 

[FHisherman]

I think this is way over thought. They all catch prawns. Set where there's prawns, weight heavy, bait heavy and don't let your pots drift on a heavy tide.

 

[The Peddler]

I think this is way over thought. They all catch prawns. Set where there's prawns, weight heavy, bait heavy and don't let your pots drift on a heavy tide.

On rigid pots, the biggest difference between cheap and better traps is the entrances. The funnel/tunnel type are slower to catch, vs rectangle/ramp entrances. With our 4-hour derby openers, it’s more critical to make it easier for shrimp to get in than It is to keep them in the pot for a longer time.

 

[Barracuda1]

I thought BD was resurrecting old threads again

 

[Chasin' Tail]

I switched from McKay pots to large Ladner pots. At first I was disappointed, but soon realized that Ladner pots just need to soak a bit longer between pulls. Since making that change, I’m a firm believer in Ladner pots.

Where we shrimp we only get 4 hours of open shrimp time.. So its the faster the better in getting shrimp into the pots. If I had all day to let pots soak, I'd probably go ladners to save storage space.

Luckily i have a pretty big Deck too. that helps as well with the big Octagons.

 

[FHisherman]

Understood about the need to put as many prawns in as possible in four hour windows. Makes the most optimum pots important, Just fyi I fish the big hexagon pots, but have limited on prawns using everything, That's probably got more to do with the area I can prawn, but the big pots help. We've got long seasons and there's been a big uptick in prawn beds in my local area. So not a derby style fishery where it's as important.

 

[Drop tine]

Dungeness Gear Works pots and Electra Dyne hauler. Six tunnels and good bait. Pots fish fast.

 

[NWfishaman]

We have two of the stealth pots from Dungeness gear works, other two are ladners. Starting to wish we would have got those 6 tunnels. Do think this is more about good bait that will disperse and actually dropping them in a good population of shrimp.

 

[ttcustomz]

Do they sell these anywhere other than their store on Hood Canal?

Performance Marine in Everett and LFS in Ballard has McKay’s I think they are the only places selling them on this side from what the guy told me in hood canal.