Rain City
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Thanks Oly but these guys just learned me good on the perils of used traps
. The search for new traps continues. Appreciate the offer though man that's awesome.
ISO Prawn Traps
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. The search for new traps continues. Appreciate the offer though man that's awesome.Cookie's Cutter
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https://www.harbourchandler.ca/shop...n-traps/sea-king-rigid-ss-prawn-trap-28-quot/
Why would you not just buy new? I very rarely read the used ads anymore because people want nearly as much as it costs to buy brand new.
Rain City
Crew Member
That's the plan. Just looking for the right traps. I want as robust as possible. The ones in that CL add are only 12 lbs. The HC ones are only 5lbs. I'm not into adding weight. Been there.
Rain City
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I did something like that on my old ones and it just became a pain in the butt. Cane loose, wore out the mesh prematurely. I don't mind paying more for quality this time around. I'm dialed in
Rain City
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I asked highwater and they said their ladners are only 8lbs. Doesn't seem right. I can't get ahold of anyone at PNT.
Reeltime
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I’m old school buy old and fix it up, before the season starts i tighten up the mesh, adjust the prawn entrance holes, change out the rubber and some other modifications, all my ladners i bought each for 15-30$ here and there over the years, they do very well... biggest thing if they get ripped off I’m not gonna sweat it..
Rain City
Crew Member
Yeah but you're retired.
or you sure as hell act like it lol.
Corey_lax
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There’s smaller versions out there as well that might be 8 pounds. Maybe that’s what they are talking about? Small ones work good apparently
Reeltime
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I wish last year of UBC for my last kid then relax a bit maybe.. go stainless steel for your boat, most of mine are heavy steel rubber coatedYeah but you're retired.
which in time get banged up and rust in spots, i remove it from my boat, if you store it on your boat it will stain the fibre glass...
but i much prefer the 28" heavy rubber coated steel ones...
fishin solo
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Call your cuz steely he will hook you up with the ladnersRUST! Not on my princess
Rain City
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Said he got his from Highwater.
I think I’m using the smaller Ladner pots that I bought from PNT and added 6lbs weight to one of them. Seems to be working Ok but then I’m fairly new to the prawning business. What issues were you having with adding weight?
Rain City
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It's just not neccessary with the right traps. Call me OCD. I've done the mickey mouse thing and now that I'm good at it I want to fully trust my gear.
Buckethead905
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The Father-in-law and I came up with a way to weight the traps up to 25lbs and keep them stackable.. we took a 2x4 and dadoed out a channel in the middle, poured long strips of molten lead, let them cool, knocked them out of the mould and cut them to length. Lastly we formed them around the base of the trap and attached them with heavy duty zip-ties. They have been going strong for 5+ years. With such heavy perimeter weighting the traps are incredibly accurate on the drop, land properly on the bottom, and fish amazing as they don’t move whatsoever being 25lbs. They were actually over 30lbs to start so we placed two strips of lead on opposite sides of the trap.
Yeah, my buddy tried that last year but the guy wasn’t in a good mode and didn’t sell him the smaller pots. He went next day and he had them ready for for sale
The price diff. Between the factory and PNT/high water is only a few bucks. For me, it wasn’t worth driving all the way down to River Rd.
Dogbreath
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Yeah it can be an adventure dealing with that place.
