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Ah Ha! Commercial Crabbers Thwarted!

Van T

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Way to show them who's boss. How long are you in those pots soak for ? Think I might get a couple pots this year because I live near one of the rivers right off the Chesapeake Bay that's where all the Big Jimmy's go.
 
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It depend what time of the year and where your traps are located (if it’s a fertile crabbing area).

Typically 48 hour minimum. No longer than 7 days max. Any longer and you start to have leakage (crabs escaping) or the bait will be extinguished and you’ll start to experience dead loss.
 
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Joatmon

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ClemsonTiger said:
Removed my standard floats/buoys and replaced them with XXXXX XXXX XXXXXXX. Now my traps are hidden/unrecognizable!

They were delish for dinner tonight!
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Great catch. I have not had any issues with anyone bothering my traps so far but I am curious to know what the XXXXX device is you are using. You are required by FWC to have a marker buoy with the "R" inscribed. Keeping it under water?
 
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Joatmon said:
Great catch. I have not had any issues with anyone bothering my traps so far but I am curious to know what the XXXXX device is you are using. You are required by FWC to have a marker buoy with the "R" inscribed. Keeping it under water?
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Clemsontiger is no longer a member. I think what he was saying is that the crabbers in his area all use XXXXX's on their buoys, so he just made his look similar (more like a commercial buoy).
 
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