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The round stackable pots with small openings fish slower which is not what you want when the seasons get shorter and shorter. For the commercially available pots, the square ones with max openings are the best. I've fished every style available including home built. You won't get more shrimp in the pot faster than with the square pot with larger openings.Bait and location are obviously important, but pot design makes a big difference as well.If you have all day, most any pot will work but if you are in one of the competitive areas only open for a few hours one or two days a year and have several licenses on board you need a system that gets them in the pot quickly.
Mondos work well, but I don't think they make them anymore. Space does become a concern with big pots, sticks, trailer buoy and whatever else. I wouldn't be surprised to see the pot/boat limit of 4 dropping in some areas, there aren't many levers for WDFW to pull on given the massive numbers of boats out there.
Quote from: Stein on April 25, 2022, 11:26:28 AMMondos work well, but I don't think they make them anymore. Space does become a concern with big pots, sticks, trailer buoy and whatever else. I wouldn't be surprised to see the pot/boat limit of 4 dropping in some areas, there aren't many levers for WDFW to pull on given the massive numbers of boats out there.dont come out here and give them any ideas
Thanks for the info guys. I like the Ladners, but we shall see.
I've had best luck with round ones with the metal mesh ramp openings. I've used square with plastic funnels and they don't seem to work as well.I made a mold for pouring lead bars, 2X11 and pour about 5/16" deep. I use two under each ramp for a total of 15# in each pot. Thicker than 5/16 they are too hard to bend.
:yike:That's a secret ingredient!It works well, but I haven't used it for a few years.
i dont think the pot matters as much as the location and bait.i run ladner and on the opener in an undisclosed spot my first two pots came up with over 200 in each...so we had our 5 limits in first two pots.everyone says they only fish well on long soaks, that was after 50-60 min soaks, so do with that what you will.
If you are using pellets you can buy a 50# bag at LFS in Bellingham for about what you get one of those little buckets for.
Quote from: blackpowderhunter on June 02, 2022, 03:22:57 PMi dont think the pot matters as much as the location and bait.i run ladner and on the opener in an undisclosed spot my first two pots came up with over 200 in each...so we had our 5 limits in first two pots.everyone says they only fish well on long soaks, that was after 50-60 min soaks, so do with that what you will.Just curious how deep you were fishing? Our best pots were in 240 feet of water. The ones at 320 had like 4 shrimp in them.