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Title: Lost crab pot at possession?????
Post by: dkhtr on July 07, 2013, 11:22:44 AM: Had a great day crabbing possession yesterday (14 keepers for 4 of us). If you lost your pot we saw a bit of what we thought was trash on water, went over to pick it up and a couple seals popped up. As we got closer you could see the "trash" was actually buoys that the seals had chewed up. Looked to be more than a couple!!!! Sorry bout your pots if you we're missing them!!
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Post by: Mfowl on July 07, 2013, 09:20:00 PM: They don't just steal fish off your line? Now they chew crab pot buoys too? Dang furbags! >:(
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Post by: Button Nubbs on July 07, 2013, 09:39:44 PM: Hmmm.. buddy had a couple that he thought were stolen...
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Post by: Ripper on July 08, 2013, 06:16:45 AM: I lost one on opening day, I just assumed someone stole it. It was in an area with 3 others of mine and that was the only one that came up missing.
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Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on July 08, 2013, 06:37:15 AM: :DOH: Should of took some pictures !
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Post by: CP on July 08, 2013, 06:42:59 AM: I have seen a lot of "stolen" pots drifting in 500+ feet of water. If your buoy can float your pot the current can and will drag it off. :hello:
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Post by: Alchase on July 08, 2013, 08:46:00 AM: Boat propellers do a good job on the foam buoys as well
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Post by: FC on July 08, 2013, 10:20:31 AM: lmao, someone pulled one of my pots opening morning too...with their prop! That will teach people to pay frikking attention!
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Post by: klickman on July 08, 2013, 10:54:21 PM: Quote from: CP on July 08, 2013, 06:42:59 AM
I have seen a lot of "stolen" pots drifting in 500+ feet of water. If your buoy can float your pot the current can and will drag it off. :hello:

Yep the commercial crabbers find these "stolen" pots all winter long that get tangled up in their gear.

KLICKMAN
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Post by: seth30 on July 09, 2013, 08:51:23 AM: Quote from: Alchase on July 08, 2013, 08:46:00 AM
Boat propellers do a good job on the foam buoys as well
seen lots of guys going through a string of buoys at a fast speed, never understood why they would just bypass them vs driving through them :dunno: