snagged cray pots
Submitted by Paul_86 on Thu, 2010-12-09 16:14
Hey everyone,
Well i went to pull 1 of my pots the other day and it wasnt quite in the sand where i left it but found it 50m away over the reef. So after 15mins of trying to pull it up and in all different directions i come to the conclusion that its snagged pretty good. So does anybody know any little tricks to unsnag it or do i need to make friends with a diver? Pot is in about 12 to 13 meters of water.
Cheers, Paul
till
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You need to make friends
You need to make friends with a diver ;)
carnarvonite
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Look
Put a set of goggles on so you can see what direction you need to pull it from. Or get directly over it and give the rope a strong jerk and release a few times, sometimes its enough to get it free.
Paul_86
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Haha yeah i was thinking
Haha yeah i was thinking that mite be the easiest option. Was considering jumping over and pulling myself down the pot rope to try get a better look and then pull it in whatever direction is needed. cheers for the advice.
jarradb
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try this
couple seasons ago my father in law show me how he use to unsnagg his pots. What he did was try the rope off to the bollard with about double the depth of rope out and slowley drive forward till the rope is tight then turn a little and apply a bit more throttle, the boat will start to go round and a a circle and each 1/4 to 1/2 circle he put a bit more throttle till the pot came free every time. Im not so sure how good for the reef this is but it workede!!
carnarvonite
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Swamped
Wonder how many times he has come close to being swamped from doing it!
Bodie
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big boats dont swamp :)
big boats dont swamp on crap pots, ropes usually snap :)
Paul_86
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cheers man, thats a pretty
cheers man, thats a pretty good idea aslong as u dont over do it with the throttle and do damage to the boat. Also the surrounding reef if reletivly rugged so it mite just end up snagged again.
Thanks for the suggestion tho!
GrahamM
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Did you get your pots
Did you get your pots free?
when are you going to try to free it i might be available to dive on it for you
eziliving
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all my pots that have been
all my pots that have been snagged i have extended the rope to lessen teh angle so im not pulling it up so much. i generally head in a south westerly direction as that is generally the way the swell comes in and the wind
Get busy living, or get busy dying!
Bodie
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googles is a good idea,
googles is a good idea, unles you know a diver.
If pulling yourself down the rope in 12 metres of water, should be able to get atleast 4 or so metres down for a good look. Some times you can free it yourself by just being in the water.
How much extra rope did you have out on top of the water?
I generally try keep mine to about 2-3 metres more than the depth im in.
But has been bigger than normal tides, anyone seen woodies lately with the bigger tides???? Jettys under water!
Paul_86
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yeah
Yeah im gonna try and free it myself but if i cant ive organised someone to dive on it for me. Thanks for the feed back!