Crab traps

To the South Edisto
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I’ve now had 2 traps vanish after one night in the water. Neither were placed around other traps though some were within about 50 yards. Are they likely to have been stolen. Is that a “thing.” Is there any unwritten rules or etiquette among the commercial guys that I don’t know about? The equipment losses make my per-crab cost around $10.

Spartanburg/Edisto
Sea Hunt 27 “Saltwater Gospel”
Maverick 18 HPX-V

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Please go back check you tide charts and see if you were crabbing during a period of high tides, a buddy petty well told me same thing I had been out fishing an notice his name on crab float set where one would not set up, go towards the ocean at low tide and look for your traps

scott butler