Crab pot questions

[goatguns]

Hello All, I am looking for some commercial crab pots. Ill post pics of the two options i am looking for. I found some in California but only looking for 2 or 4 pots so shipping is not worth it. Any places around newport or close that sell these? My buddy fishes the 42" square ones and another friend fishes the round ones and I think he said they were 38". Thanks for the help.

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[Meridian7750]

A couple of random thoughts…
-Commercial pots are HEAVY. If you don't have a hydraulic or electric puller, you're going to want one, specially if you're targeting offshore or deeper water.
-look for a design with at least 3 entry gates (as opposed to only 2). 4 is even better.

Might be worthwhile to take a drive to the docks in Newport…talk to a few crabbers on the boats. They are often trading out older gear for new stuff.
Good luck…sounds fun.

 

[Bigbaddude]

Lester's Crab Pots

Lester’s Crab Pots offers 100% American made crab traps, crab pots, and other crustacean catchers for recreational and commercial fishing.

lesterscrabpots.com

I have had good luck with this shop.
It's a mom & pop shop in Oregon City.

 

[goatguns]

Lester's Crab Pots

Lester’s Crab Pots offers 100% American made crab traps, crab pots, and other crustacean catchers for recreational and commercial fishing.

lesterscrabpots.com

I have had good luck with this shop.
It's a mom & pop shop in Oregon City.

Ill check them out thank you

 

[goatguns]

A couple of random thoughts…
-Commercial pots are HEAVY. If you don't have a hydraulic or electric puller, you're going to want one, specially if you're targeting offshore or deeper water.
-look for a design with at least 3 entry gates (as opposed to only 2). 4 is even better.

Might be worthwhile to take a drive to the docks in Newport…talk to a few crabbers on the boats. They are often trading out older gear for new stuff.
Good luck…sounds fun.

I do have a puller on my boat. I'm to old and out of shape to pull them by hand haha. I have looked around at used equipment and they were fairly rough.

 

[goatguns]

Lester's Crab Pots

Lester’s Crab Pots offers 100% American made crab traps, crab pots, and other crustacean catchers for recreational and commercial fishing.

lesterscrabpots.com

I have had good luck with this shop.
It's a mom & pop shop in Oregon City.

Ill give them a ring. I am looking for bigger pots than what they have on thier web site. I have pics of the ones in California that I like but my phone won't let me upload them. Ill have to do it on a desk computer tomorrow.

 

[Meridian7750]

Ill give them a ring. I am looking for bigger pots than what they have on thier web site. I have pics of the ones in California that I like but my phone won't let me upload them. Ill have to do it on a desk computer tomorrow.

There's a place called "Pacific Crab Gear", just outside Seaside. Maybe check them out?

Pacific Crab Gear

All of our quality 38" and 36" 90 lbs-120 lbs crabpots are $325-$350.

pacificcrabpots.com

 

[Buddy1211]

Englund marine on the Newport bay front might have what you need.

 

[kanak-attack]

Get the round ones you will get more. Reason crab climb on trap and will continue walking on sides of trap till they can get in. On square traps they will fall of at the corners. Another thing is weight, depending on current your trap will be sucked out to sea or move away and cause other problems for boaters.

 

[jbett98]

Don't forget to buy leaded line.
Too many folks use floating line and it greatly increases it getting wrapped up in somebody's prop and then cut into pieces.

 

[jbett98]

Also, Oregon State has recently enacted a new law that makes you mark your crab trap buoy floats with your ID.

https://myodfw.com/sites/default/files/2019-12/Buoy%20sign_1.pdf

 

[thorborg]

Since Jeff has already shifted the thread; My brother in law in the early 70's first time out rented six crab traps from a little Mariana in Tillamook bay. He place them inline a couple hundred yards apart as he drifted towards the channel. Last one in he turned around and headed back to the first one and set anchor to do a little fishing while he waited. Paying no attention that it was just past high tide. Bait in the water he looked up to the last buoy and couldn't find it, nor the next one, then he saw the third one disappear, before he could get his anchor up, one by one the last three disappeared,. all SUCKED OUT TO SEA! or who knows where. He was way too close to the channel where the water moves extremely fast at the peak of Ebb tide. He never said what the deposit amount was he forfeited, to embarrassed I guess. Today he might have been put in jail for environmental pollution.

 

[eurodub82]

Did you end up getting some pots?

 

[goatguns]

I did not get any yet. I had the boat only out a couple times this year.

 

[orygun]

My friend uses a specific style of pot and they work really well. It has a framework similar to the ones shown in the Pacific Crab Gear link, but the sides completely drop down and are pulled up when pulling the line. Similar to the crab rings some people use, but with a lid. Once you start pulling, they can't get out.

 

[jbett98]

When using crab rings, don't grab the buoy float(s) and rope while motoring up against the current and start yanking the rope before you get over the top of the ring.
The larger crabs will feel the movement and scoot sideways off the ring and all you'll get is the small ones.

A better way is to run up to the float(s) and rope, and once you have a grasp of the rope, throw the boat motor in reverse so it can suddenly yank the crab ring right off the bottom while you're pulling the ring up to the surface.
It takes two people for this to work, but it's very effective.

 

[CodeSeren]

Why shell out for a commercial pot when regular ones are so cheap and easy to use?

 

[teflon6string]

Those square boxes are inexpensive, available everywhere and handy to stack (8 of 'em) in a smallish boat. Weighted lines are the deluxe option. Deer scraps make killer bait and/or the cheapest chicken you can find.

 

[37foxtrot]

Hello All, I am looking for some commercial crab pots. Ill post pics of the two options i am looking for. I found some in California but only looking for 2 or 4 pots so shipping is not worth it. Any places around newport or close that sell these? My buddy fishes the 42" square ones and another friend fishes the round ones and I think he said they were 38". Thanks for the help.

You ever get those crabpots, I'm interested in getting some for fall this year

 

[goatguns]

You ever get those crabpots, I'm interested in getting some for fall this year

I have not yet. I know englund marine sells them for $399 now. I have friends that fish them and love them. I have heard ace in Newport has them but I am not sure.