Rigging cray pots
Submitted by gilligan on Sat, 2012-10-06 19:05
Hi all...
Wondering if anyone has a pic of their rigged craypots? I'm about to get some, and obviously want to rig them correctly, but first timer, I'm open to suggestions through others learnings...
Not much in the topic on google, other than put a float a few meters up from the pot to keep the line up off the pot. Where are best attach points etc, pots are jarrah slat with steel mesh base...
Thanks for any assistance in advance...
gilligan
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Hmmm. No-one?
Hmmm. No-one?
Rob H
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what sort of craypots do you
what sort of craypots do you have? All it needs is a bridle on the opposite end to an escape gap, some rope long enough plus a couple of floats. Theres no mystery to it.
Rope length depends alot but roughly water depth plus maybe 30% give or take.
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gilligan
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Thanks rob...grin. I didn't
Thanks rob...
grin. I usually dive for crays, so pots are a mystery to me... I never took much notice of em underwater... I didn't know that the bridle was to the other side of the escape hatch, so you've helped there... :-)
they are the normal jarrah slat, steel mesh base pots, I'm just about the get them, but I've not had pots before and couldn't find pics, so figured I'd ask...
Thanks again
Dreamtime
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be carefull wich ones you
be carefull wich ones you buy as most of the hardwood pots are almost impossible to pull up by yourself. hope its not just me lol
carnarvonite
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Bridle
Attatch your bridle on the end with no escape gap, it needs to be at least 75cm long, then a strop of heavier rope [to avoid it chaffing through] then the main line that has to be equal to 1.5 times the depth of water you are setting them in otherwise they are going to go under with the tide or current. Best to put two floats on to make picking it up easier because of the extra line there to grab between them.