witches hats versus crab traps.

[leonardgid]

hello there,I was wondering if you have used both and what do you think about them , what are the good and the bad points ? do the crabs take longer to get into the traps? thank you all.

[Day's Fishin]

Witches hats will out fish crab traps weather it be the rectangle or square ones. They don't have to find there way into a hat to gat tangled. If the rectangle one has it's opening facing into the current then the crab will be trying to get into that side as that's where the smell is coming out.

Jeff

[boattart]

In NSW you can have 5 witches hats as opposed to only 1 trap per person so on numbers and area covered alone the hats would be my pick unless you're targetting mud crabs.

[leonardgid]

Boattart , I rang fisheries and they said that we can use 5 witches and a crab trap at the same time,

[Day's Fishin]

Be careful Leonardgrid as what is told to you over the phone ( by any government dept ) can not be used as an excuse if you run foul of the rules. I have been told face to face that its a grey area and would be up to the inspector at the time

( Bu-ls-it) My understanding of the way it reads is you can have 5 and 1 but I would not like to leave it up to a fisheries inspector to give his or hers interpretation of the rule and maybe costing me dollars just because they are having a bad day

and see an opportunity of ruining mine.

Jeff

[leonardgid]

thanks Jeff, it was a nice fisheries inspector that told me that i could use both if.. but as you said its better t be safe then sorry ,