Metal Craypots
Submitted by Piggy on Sun, 2015-11-22 22:03
Just out of curiosity is anyone using metal / steel cray pots? There are some on Gumtree for $130. Not looking at buying them just wondering if anyone is using them and what the catch rate is like? Cheers
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Bodie
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not on my boat, would suck on
Walfootrot
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Not to good for the whites
Not to good for the whites but would be ok for the reds
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Rob H
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Steel frame or complete
Steel frame or complete steel?
Plenty of pros use steel frames year round successfully but i have never seen a full steel cray pot?
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Paul_86
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I've been wondering how they
I've been wondering how they would perform as well.
abrohlosorbust
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Metal pots
Metal works on the resident crays.. Used to pot straight off shore years ago up at Green and they would catch well.
Added bonus seemed to be less Wobbies in the pots. Not sure whether this was luck or not.
Definitely not kind on glass boats however nor is a steel bottomed pot.
Added bonus was also less weight required due to the reduced surface area to be effected by surge and currents.
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petermac
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i have 1
I have had a steel 1 in for a week of rocky hasn't caught 1 cray yet also have a wooden in (not catching) my mate I pot with has 2 placy pots they are the only 1s catching for us so far
Piggy
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Cheers
Thanks for the feedback guys!
They look pretty sturdy!!
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sea-kem
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I'm very keen to know as
I'm very keen to know as well. I will knock up a few if they perfom.
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scottnofish
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bait basket is to close to the edge
They will just pick the he bait from outside the pot
meglodon
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Good point
That's the way I see it too, bait box would be better placed in the centre of the top next to the neck.
hezzy
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yep agree imo if your
yep agree
imo if your looking at it from a north to south , the red neck should be moved to the north centreline midway up that pot and left about a third inwards west with the bait basket directly west of that again ,
make the crays walk up onto the top of it and once inside they cant easily walk back up where the red neck is to escape out again
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I agree
The "funnel" is on the side and surely crays would just walk up the side and out. If it was in the middle they couldnt do that as easy -right?
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Piggy
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Photos Added
Ive added a few photos at the top.... If you design them like a conventional cray pot then wouldnt have an issue with crays getting the bait from the outside....
I rekon I could knock a few of them up in a couple of hours for bugger all so was keen to know if they performed
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sea-kem
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I might make one up for a
I might make one up for a trial and see how it goes. If it works would probably make stainless one's that would last for years.
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sunshine
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Now Andy that is going "overboard" - literally
But I do like your thinking
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I've always got plenty of
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scottnofish
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another thing with these is
Whithout any balast are the always going to land the rightway up when they hit the bottom