Lobster Trap Buoy Alternatives?

[Saba Slayer]

I use one 5" x 11" commercial style float in shallow water but when I hoop the deeper water or a steep drop off I'll double up my floats so that if the current is ripping and the nets get pulled into deep water, the double floats will suspend the net and allow me to start my Easter egg hunt and start looking down stream for them. With a couple of crabs or bugs in the nets they were getting pulled under and until the critters crawled out they'd stay submerged....I've Lost a few nets this way...but since I've doubled em up they float pretty well and the loss ratio has gone down.
You guys down in SD see a lot of water moving when that big bay starts to empty...a lot of hoopers will add weight to the nets to keep them from moving around and scaring the bugs out. The old Portuguese hoopers used rebar to make their heavy nets.
Jim / Saba Slayer

[Fiskadoro]

Originally Posted by Saba Slayer

I use one 5" x 11" commercial style float in shallow water but when I hoop the deeper water or a steep drop off I'll double up my floats so that if the current is ripping and the nets get pulled into deep water, the double floats will suspend the net and allow me to start my Easter egg hunt and start looking down stream for them.

Don't get crabby with me!!! Yes when your hooping deep on the drop offs for those dinner plate sized crabs I can totally understand why you'd want more floatation. More then one way to skin a catfish