Doing the trot line
Delaware Fishing
Jun 19, 2023 14:30:23 #
JKM
Loc: Delaware
Purchased a trot line this year and used it for the first time. We got 30 and had fun doing it.
Jun 19, 2023 14:32:54 #
JKM wrote:
Purchased a trot line this year and used it for the first time. We got 30 and had fun doing it.
How do you catch crab on a trot line?
Jun 19, 2023 14:56:29 #
saw1 wrote:
Inquiring minds want to know……How do you catch crab on a trot line?
Jun 19, 2023 14:59:48 #
Jun 19, 2023 15:23:17 #
Yep...I'm stumped as well! Very cool that you caught those delicious crabs using a set up like that!
Jun 19, 2023 15:49:41 #
Ditto. However, found this in Wiki: "As used for crabbing, a trotline is nothing more than a long line, resting on the bottom and anchored at both ends, to which a series of baits are attached at intervals of two to six feet. The baits are attached to the main line by simple slipknots or by shorter lines called dropper lines (known as trots or snoods.) Crab trotlines are usually baited with chicken necks, chicken livers, bull lips, eels or other inexpensive baits. Maryland blue crabs are harvested by waterman on small workboats using trotlines and crab pots. When caught by trotlines, the line is set and the workboat moves slowly end to end, bringing the line to the surface where the waterman catches the crab. Crabs on a trotline are not hooked, they are simply netted by the waterman at the surface, with the workboat moving slowly enough through the water that the crab does not discern movement as it eats the bait. The crab having been netted at the surface, the trotline moves back to or toward the bottom with the same bait intact to attract another crab." https://youtu.be/VHuiopwh-6g
Jun 19, 2023 16:41:10 #
Jun 19, 2023 16:46:05 #
JKM wrote:
That is a perfect way of explaining a crabbing trot line DCGravity.
So they are just holdin onto the bait and you net them before they let go, right?
Jun 19, 2023 16:52:59 #
JKM
Loc: Delaware
That's exactly right, crabs are scavengers and are reluctant to let go. As the line comes close to the surface you use a metal basket net to scoop them up.
Jun 19, 2023 16:56:11 #
JKM wrote:
That's exactly right, crabs are scavengers and are reluctant to let go. As the line comes close to the surface you use a metal basket net to scoop them up.
Hmmm. I guess it must work pretty good from the looks of the pics. Congrats buddy.
Jun 19, 2023 17:03:31 #
saw1 wrote:
I’m just sitting here wondering how well that would work for crawdads?? Hmmmmm🤔🤔Hmmm. I guess it must work pretty good from the looks of the pics. Congrats buddy.
Jun 19, 2023 17:05:58 #
Graywulff wrote:
I’m just sitting here wondering how well that would work for crawdads?? Hmmmmm🤔🤔
We use to catch big crawdads with a string and a piece of bacon tied to the end of it.
Jun 19, 2023 17:07:09 #
saw1 wrote:
😁😁😁We use to catch big crawdads with a string and a piece of bacon tied to the end of it.
Jun 19, 2023 17:16:03 #
JKM
Loc: Delaware
I have to believe it would work with crawdads too. We use hand lines with chicken necks to catch blue claws.
Jun 19, 2023 17:23:31 #
Graywulff wrote:
I’m just sitting here wondering how well that would work for crawdads?? Hmmmmm🤔🤔
It DOES work for Crayfish. The reason I know it does is because a buddy and I used to do it that way after we went searun cutthroat trout fishing few times every summer. 🦀 Crab Pots with one way doors work very well in this part of the world though and Trot line type fishing is far from legal here.
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