Shrimping Puget Sound 2011

[starcrafttom]

lets not kid ourselves this is Washington, when was the last time you saw a bikini without the use of the internet??

 

[localboy]

The major problem with the hose reel idea is that it doesn't work very well if you are working solo. You need one person to crank the line in while the other person tends the pot puller. Warren

...and the problem with a bikini clad wench is.......?.... :roll:

She works full time and goes to school part time, so free time is limited. I may be soloing it.

And I know she has a bikini somewhere. :wink:

 

[rogerbum]

The major problem with the hose reel idea is that it doesn't work very well if you are working solo. You need one person to crank the line in while the other person tends the pot puller. Warren

...and the problem with a bikini clad wench is.......?.... :roll:

She works full time and goes to school part time, so free time is limited. I may be soloing it.

And I know she has a bikini somewhere. :wink:

I think you might lower your odds of getting her on the boat when she sees you've got laundry baskets on board. :smileo

 

[localboy]

:lol: Nice Roger...that made me laugh! :lol: :lol:






Although I am a "modern man"; I help w/ just about everything around the house. I learned from being a single dad for >9 yrs...ya' gotto do whatcha gotto do.

 

[DaveS]

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[Captains Cat]

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Now that's gotta set the record for the shortest and most succinct post in a long time!

Charlie

 

[Capn Jack]

Leaded line is for crab pots when you're only handling it in 75' coils.
I just use 5/16 3 braid polyprope clipped together in 200' lengths and
clip a 2lb sinker on the last 100' to sink it.

I store it , on hose reels, but when I'm pulling it lays in the bottom of the boat. Wear gloves and long pants....Jellyfish on the line are a bi@ch! :wink

Jack... :smiled

 

[starcrafttom]

I also dont use lead for the whole 400ft. I like a 300ft run of the yellow topped off this 100 ft of lead core to keep the line under water. I also like to clip in a 2 to 4 lbs weight ten ft from my pot to keep the bouy from bonceing the pot. this is the most important tip for catching shrimp. If your pot moves the shrimp will not enter or will leave. either weight the pot down, 20lbs at least, or 10 lbs in the pot and more on the line. in high tide/ current movement you want 40 lbs in the pot.

 

[localboy]

My pots weigh about 30 lbs each; commercial pots from Dungeness Crab Works in Everett. How do you deal w/ one line to another when it's run through the puller? :? I would imagine the shackle or knot would create a stop in the line as it runs through the pulley.

 

[C-Dawg]

There's enough clearance around the pulleys of my puller to allow the knot or carabiner to pass through.

 

[localboy]

Hmmm...I'm using an Ace Brutus one and as soon as I get it installed, I"ll see how it works.