quote:Originally posted by Concerned Angler
Hummm-- dont know what happened to your trap-- but heres the rest of the story
A week or so ago, I was running into Comox harbour -- the area has been effectively stripped of crabs by the commercials in the last three years, but a few are still available, so you can expect bouys and lines.
I saw a buoy ahead of me so I steered approx 100ft away from it In the chop I didnt notice that I was running directly into some line just barely under the surface. Wham! Right into a whole mess of poly --it was attached to the float 100ft away!!! No damn line weight attached. The idiot who set his trap in 125ft of water had approx 300ft of line attached to it. He had feebly bundled it up and let it float away from the float.
Well- I was dead in the water-- I had to chug into Comox on the kicker. I pulled all the line I could into the boat and found that I had cut the trap off.
Well- I am now the owner of a new buoy and a whole bunch of line in pieces of up to 170ft. The owner is NOT getting anything back--
Its the most the idiot can expect-- but I am sure he is whining about someone stealing his trap-- tough!