Indian Arm crabbing and prawning help!!

[orion91]

Hi
I went out yesterday Crabbing and Prawning. and all we cought was 9 prawns on no crab so i would like to know some pacific locations up the indian arm, is up by the falls or just by a island?

thanks alot [8D]

 

[Mongoose]

how deep were you prawning at? and what type of trap and bait were u using?

 

[orion91]

it was around 210ft and the trap a rectangle trap that can fold up but it was fine ..

 

[Mongoose]

and for bait?

 

[orion91]

can of cat food and a salmon head

 

[orion91]

so is this good?

 

[Mongoose]

NOPE, use prawn bait pellets, they work way better. you will catch more with them

 

[orion91]

How much do you put in your trap each time??

 

[Mongoose]

well first, get your bait cup and drill lots of 5/16 holes in it. LOTS more the better. then put 1 inch of prawn bait pellets. do you have some prawn bait pellets right?

 

[orion91]

Well i dont have any but i guess i could go buy some.
how much is it?
and is that all that i use?

 

[Mongoose]

you can get it at Trotac marine but there closed today and tomarrow, ive got a whole 5.5lb bucket, that i bought last week for my trap, but i lost my trap and the bucket is still full and has lots of juices. you can take it off my hands if you want

 

[scott craven]

he's fishing Indian arm on north shore vancouver...
probly some bait/tackle stores over there that have
the pellets in stock ?

 

[Mongoose]

orion are u on the island or mainland???

 

[orion91]

Mainland, east vancouver

 

[Mongoose]

ah. im on the island

 

[orion91]

o to bad
how much was it in the store?

 

[Mongoose]

was what in the store?

 

[orion91]

How much is the bait in the store?

 

[Mongoose]

9.99 for one 5.5 lb bucket or you can buy a 55lb bag. its made by a company in abbsoford and its called unifeed and comes in a 55lb bag. its made from fish parts.. pellits are roughly 1/2" long and 3/8" round.

 

[Mongoose]

http://www.unifeed.com/unifeed/chilliwack/aquaculture.html
thats what we use for prawn bait and the commercial guys use that too. works exclent. give those guys a call its worth getting ahold of it.