Can you attach bouys to crab traps and tend them from a boat?

[Hempfieldhunter]

Been searching for this answer for a long time. I was wondering if you can attach crab traps to bouys, and set them in different areas, and then tend them every few minutes from a boat? I was planning on dooing this from my kayak, to cover a little more water, is this legal?

[overbite]

No problem as long as it is not Navigational Buoys. I used the small water bottles. plus it gives you something to wind up the Line on at days end. I don't know where you plan on this just say out of the channels and avoid areas that have Sea Nettles, when I did it I up the Navisink by ? Bridges RD. and had a problem with them up there, Hint place a 12in board out board to rest the traps on, also I used a small laundry basket with pool noodles wired to the sides for flotation, Good luck its fun from a Yak. Bill 

[fellinger]

I assume if they're not 'commercial' you can use as many as you wish but, not really too sure. I am sure someone like Luna will know the real answer.

[BigAl13]

Just dont leave them too long or they may not be there when you return Aslo put a brick or a sash weight in them so the tides dont pull them out. Make sure your pots have the turtle blockers and the bio panel in  t^case the GW visits you.

[fellinger]

Just dont leave them too long or they may not be there when you return Aslo put a brick or a sash weight in them so the tides dont pull them out. Make sure your pots have the turtle blockers and the bio panel in  t^case the GW visits you.

Now you're talking commercial traps so, you need a license and can only have 2 traps. By the way he described the question I figured he was talking baskets and putting a float on them so he can put many of them in and tend to them from his yak.

[BigAl13]

Commercial  I've never seen a crab trap on T.V.

[fellinger]

Commercial  I've never seen a crab trap on T.V.

I guess you've never been up at the hours I have. LOL

[Offshore Madness]

deadliest catch is on now! ch 120!lololol

[FishOn]

We used to set out dozens of collapsible traps with a piece of wacky noodle for a float. We would work down the line in a little skiff and when finished run back up to the first trap and start again. Chicken, bunker, bluefish chunks, dogfish heads, fluke racks- it didnt matter. These were the little fold up traps not the Maryland style crab pots that have restrictions like stated above. We would fill the boat with jumbos (tossing back anything less than 5" and all females) and cover a ton of ground but burnt up some fuel.

[fellinger]

We used to set out dozens of collapsible traps with a piece of wacky noodle for a float. We would work down the line in a little skiff and when finished run back up to the first trap and start again. Chicken, bunker, bluefish chunks, dogfish heads, fluke racks- it didnt matter. These were the little fold up traps not the Maryland style crab pots that have restrictions like stated above. We would fill the boat with jumbos (tossing back anything less than 5" and all females) and cover a ton of ground but burnt up some fuel.

This is a great idea. I just found places selling 12 of the net ring traps for $25. Looks like I might get 2 dozen and start cutting up the kids pool noodles. As I see it the trip might go like this. Trap, beer, drop trap. Trap, beer, drop trap....... 

[BigAl13]

We used to set out dozens of collapsible traps with a piece of wacky noodle for a float. We would work down the line in a little skiff and when finished run back up to the first trap and start again. Chicken, bunker, bluefish chunks, dogfish heads, fluke racks- it didnt matter. These were the little fold up traps not the Maryland style crab pots that have restrictions like stated above. We would fill the boat with jumbos (tossing back anything less than 5" and all females) and cover a ton of ground but burnt up some fuel.

This is a great idea. I just found places selling 12 of the net ring traps for $25. Looks like I might get 2 dozen and start cutting up the kids pool noodles. As I see it the trip might go like this. Trap, beer, drop trap. Trap, beer, drop trap....... 

Trap, beer, drop trap. Trap, beer, drop trap, fall in water


easy on the beers pal

[overbite]

Wheres this 12 for $25 place at. And all for me the beer thing works since I only drink Non Alcohol beer the Dutch one and I love it.

[Hempfieldhunter]

Hey guys thanks for the responses! I have those net style traps, just 2 metal rings with net inside, I did pretty well just with 4 of them attached to my kayak while i was anchored, but I could really only to 4 that way and was thinking about putting out 6-8 in a small area off the channel (out of the way) and then going to each one every few minutes... maybe just use a piece of these noodles I have in my garage, think this is legal and will work? Gunna use bunker and not leaving over night or anything, I'll be out there the whole time. (Btw prob gunna be under the oceanic bridge like friday evening doing this so, if you see a yellow yak and some moron in it having the time of his life, yup its me!)

[IKAT]

Hey guys thanks for the responses! I have those net style traps, just 2 metal rings with net inside, I did pretty well just with 4 of them attached to my kayak while i was anchored, but I could really only to 4 that way and was thinking about putting out 6-8 in a small area off the channel (out of the way) and then going to each one every few minutes... maybe just use a piece of these noodles I have in my garage, think this is legal and will work? Gunna use bunker and not leaving over night or anything, I'll be out there the whole time. (Btw prob gunna be under the oceanic bridge like friday evening doing this so, if you see a yellow yak and some moron in it having the time of his life, yup its me!)

Get as many as you can carry--Go shallow as you can --West of the bridge and as close to the bank-as possible-(weeded area where the killies live)--you will do fine   

[FishOn]

  .  Mud bottom not sand or gravel. And shallow. We used to work an area just off a salt marsh in 3-5'. Any deeper and our trap system didn't work well

[overbite]

Hot spot for me anyway is in front of the park just east of the O Bridge on your left 15 feet of water to 8 . and between pulling lines and traps I would dip net them off the pilings and bulk heads at the Marinas in the area just stay out of their way, I will be scouting another very hot spot today low tide checking to see if the Crabs have that brown growth under their shells. can't steam or boil them with it. the water turns to MUD I have once removed the claws first then scrubbed them. not worth it.