shrimping questions

anchorout · Posted: Sat May 16, 2015 3:31 pm Post subject: shrimping questions

I see so many articles on the forum concerning shrimp traps in the PNW. Down here in the Gulf, there are only two ways I know of to catch shrimp, drag a trawl or throw a cast net. My question to Doc, Cat O Mine, or other locals is why wouldn't traps work down here? You wouldn't need a puller as twenty feet would be a deep set on this coast. Has anyone tried this type shrimping in the Gulf of Mexico?

I see many foldup traps for sale on Amazon. It would be pretty neat to set out several nets and have fresh shrimp for dinner or for bait the next day.

thataway · Posted: Sat May 16, 2015 7:25 pm Post subject:

We don't use them in Florida--yet folks troll for them with nets just a few hundred yards from my house. I have "pots" for the PNW, and AK, but have never used them in FL.

Here is the Fl. reg:

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BrentB · Posted: Sat May 16, 2015 7:53 pm Post subject:

I have not shrimped in Charlotte Harbor, FL but plan to purchase a dip net soon

Here is a good site
http://leenoga.com/

Florida's Premier "Academy Of Shrimping".

anchorout · Posted: Mon May 18, 2015 9:52 pm Post subject: shrimp

Thanks Bob. As usual, you are a wealth of information. Think I'll skip the shrimp trap idea.

I have pulled recreational shrimp trawls in the past. It's a grueling, nasty business on a boat not equipped with winches and proper gear.

As long as there are super markets and bait stands, I'll be ok.

anchorout · Posted: Mon May 18, 2015 10:59 pm Post subject: shrimp

BrentB: Good info, thanks. I had forgotten one could use a headlight and dip net to harvest shrimp. When I lived on the water near New Orleans, we use to net them along the seawall at night. Also use to bait them by tossing rabbit feed off of the wharf and returning a little later to throw cast nets. On an incoming tide we could sometimes fill an ice chest in a couple hours.