Seems that at least 5 recreational boaters were cited for pulling the SAME crab trap that was under observation last Saturday! Tampering with a commercial trap is a big fine. They also arrested a commercial crabber for tampering as well. So you see it is not all commercial crabbers pulling your traps.
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NMFS = No More Fishing Season
“Back home we got a taxidermy man. He gonna have a heart attack when he see what I brung him”
Good!
I think it would be the same thing as stealing something out of my yard when I wasn’t home.
The people that do it know, (or think) that no one can see them so they can get away with it. Scumbags, I hope this makes it to the news!(if it hasn’t already.)
Show us these guys ugly mugs!
Stealing from some hard working people, it just despicable. Crabbers have a hard job, why make it worse.
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Originally posted by penfishn around every bend theres the promise of a treasure that can only be caught and seen in a blink.. and in your minds eye..and sometimes if youre lucky..in a picture..its there for just a minute...then gone..but hopefully once youve seen it it will remain in your heart forever. Theres nothing like the "Smell" and sounds of the creek. Its not just one thing that makes it familiar..its all of it.
Wow. Just wow…
2000 SeaPro 180CC w/ Yammy 115 2 stroke
1966 13’ Boston Whaler w/ Merc 25 4 stroke “Flatty”
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taking money out of the pockets of crabbers or food off the table of families. I say maintain honeypot crab traps full time and put the photos in the P+C
Guys running these crab traps are not making much money and stealing their pots is about as low as a bottom sucking lawyer. Shame on them.
However, I do wish the line from float to trap was much shorter as I have loss several lures on those extra long line from float to trap. I forever worry about getting a trap line in my propeller.
01 Hewes Redfisher, 90 Yam 2 Strk
Amazing and pathetic.
“Sire, it belongs in truth to the Church of God, in whose name I speak, to endure blows and not to inflict them. But it will also please your Majesty to remember that she is an anvil that has worn out many hammers.”…Theodore Beza
Terrible…
I’ve had more than my fair share of crabbers turn down $$ for a couple crabs for bait, and even had them go out of their way to tow me back to the boat ramp when the welfare motor remembers what it’s name is. Let’s help keep these guys in business, not steal from 'em!
14’ Tin Can
18hp welfare motor / black anchor
5 on one trap is ridiculous. Hope they watch different traps each week.
10% of the people catch 90% of the fish.
Mako 1901 Inshore-Honda 130
What if we put a 10 spot in a sammich baggie in the trap in return for some bait…ha ha…jk…what about raiding abandoned ones…??..those things litter Mud Bay in Winyah…had a many of them in my prop.
[quote]Originally posted by Redstripe
What if we put a 10 spot in a sammich baggie in the trap in return for some bait…ha ha…jk…what about raiding abandoned ones…??..those things litter Mud Bay in Winyah…had a many of them in my prop.
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I agree we need to have a “pot free” weekend, and would participate in a waterway clean up. They do this in texas and La, once a year to get all the ghost traps up. Until then, don’t pull a pot that does not belong to you, unless you are willing to pay the fine.
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NMFS = No More Fishing Season
“Back home we got a taxidermy man. He gonna have a heart attack when he see what I brung him”
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Originally posted by sellsfish[quote]Originally posted by Redstripe
What if we put a 10 spot in a sammich baggie in the trap in return for some bait…ha ha…jk…what about raiding abandoned ones…??..those things litter Mud Bay in Winyah…had a many of them in my prop.
[/quoteI agree we need to have a “pot free” weekend, and would participate in a waterway clean up. They do this in texas and La, once a year to get all the ghost traps up. Until then, don’t pull a pot that does not belong to you, unless you are willing to pay the fine.
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NMFS = No More Fishing Season
“Back home we got a taxidermy man. He gonna have a heart attack when he see what I brung him”
I would be more than willing to donate my time and boat for this as well…
Key West 19’6" CC 115hp Merc
14’ Fast Craft w/ 60hp Merc
quote:I would too!
Originally posted by pitviper0404quote:
Originally posted by sellsfish[quote]Originally posted by Redstripe
What if we put a 10 spot in a sammich baggie in the trap in return for some bait…ha ha…jk…what about raiding abandoned ones…??..those things litter Mud Bay in Winyah…had a many of them in my prop.
[/quoteI agree we need to have a “pot free” weekend, and would participate in a waterway clean up. They do this in texas and La, once a year to get all the ghost traps up. Until then, don’t pull a pot that does not belong to you, unless you are willing to pay the fine.
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NMFS = No More Fishing Season
“Back home we got a taxidermy man. He gonna have a heart attack when he see what I brung him”
I would be more than willing to donate my time and boat for this as well…
Key West 19’6" CC 115hp Merc
14’ Fast Craft w/ 60hp Merc
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Originally posted by penfishn around every bend theres the promise of a treasure that can only be caught and seen in a blink.. and in your minds eye..and sometimes if youre lucky..in a picture..its there for just a minute...then gone..but hopefully once youve seen it it will remain in your heart forever. Theres nothing like the "Smell" and sounds of the creek. Its not just one thing that makes it familiar..its all of it.
I will get with my contacts at DNR and inquire about this. I am aways up for cleaning the enviroment. I even stop to pick up trash I see floating left by others… Maybe we could get a CF Waterway clean up event going. Pick a river and hit it.
Key West 19’6" CC 115hp Merc
14’ Fast Craft w/ 60hp Merc
tell them I will take the old traps off their hands for the irons and rope:) you;d have to be pretty careful on what you think is a old pot. this time year we have to scrape daddys floats and ropes of barnacles and hair every week! we did pick upa pot offshore barely bouncing last week and brought it in with us …big tide and marsh had it ocean bound…and the marsh and double float was the only thing that still had it where you could see it. was a long way from the jetties out dead center in the channel… didnt know what to do when i first saw it mostly submerged and drifting in channel… but on way in it was even deeper and barely showing when wakes would lift it slightly…so i pulled it and brought it back to harbor in hopes owner would get it back. knew a crabber wouldnt drop a pot way out there and it WAS a commercial one…and all I could thinnk of was…thats a 65.00 loss for someone like my daddy and was a pretty new pot too…left it all as it was except scraped some "hair " off of it. was a dilema as I dont pull others pots…but didnt want this one lost for the crabber… or to become a prop “trap” in the channel. Daddy spent the day moving his even closer into the drains to keep them safe from people running out shrimping.
we still are pulling lots of empties…definate visitors as they dont even bothe r to latch them back…you know…dump and jump.
He has found pots with a soda botle or plastic bag with a few dollars in it before…but like someone said…usually if you ask a crabber they will give you a few crabs…esp females as the price on them is usually lower.
Thanks to all who understand that there are hard working crabbers out there like my daddy and who try ot show respect for what they do and their propety. penn
miss’n fish’n
212 SEAHUNT CC
Sea Squirt 16
Penny , that is why we do this on a “pot free” week. Tx has the crabbers pull ALL pots out for 1 week like in February, and anything left in the water is taken for recycling. I think we could get a huge number of people involved if DNR OK’s it
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NMFS = No More Fishing Season
“Back home we got a taxidermy man. He gonna have a heart attack when he see what I brung him”
we will help too. its a good idea
miss’n fish’n
212 SEAHUNT CC
Sea Squirt 16
Keep us updated, if they start a petition or if there’s a number to call, we can light up the lines.
I could offer to help pull the traps as well but I have a small boat, so only a few traps would have me loaded up lol.
“Sire, it belongs in truth to the Church of God, in whose name I speak, to endure blows and not to inflict them. But it will also please your Majesty to remember that she is an anvil that has worn out many hammers.”…Theodore Beza
Matt, you could ride with me. I wouldn’t mind helping out, too
it is easier to beg forgiveness than ask permission
14’’ McKee/30 'rude
“Shenanigans”
too bad recycle yards dont buy plastic
Shenanigans, if this happens, send me a PM , I’ll definitely ride with you. I can see this being a two man job anyhow, not sure I could do it safely alone in my boat lol, and if I have two people, won’t have room for empty traps.
“Sire, it belongs in truth to the Church of God, in whose name I speak, to endure blows and not to inflict them. But it will also please your Majesty to remember that she is an anvil that has worn out many hammers.”…Theodore Beza