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CAPTS LOG : HOW MANY POTS & SPACING??
When you set out for your first KING CRAB season you need to decide a few things otherwise you may wish you had decided to go another way.I am not gonna say my way is golden but after playing so many hrs on my 360 and now the hrs of the PC game.If you are new to the game DO NOT!! Start out with 200 pots and space them out so far apart where ya spend more time going from string to string.Start out small 120 pots is a good start and keep them in a pattern that can be gotten to without traveling 100 miles. I started a KING CRAB season on 12-12 with a 120 pots and i never use 120 pots mine is usually 200-225 pots but for some reason i decided to go with 120 pots. Being new to the game starting out small is something you should do or it could be game over before you get passed the first season.Here is what you should do.
1) START OUT WITH 100-120 POTS(KING SEASON) THEN IN OPIE SEASON 100 POTS IS A GOOD START
2) SPACING IS A BIG THING TO CLOSE AND YOU WILL CONSTANTLY BE STARTING AND STOPPING ALL THE TIME .
3) 0.1 IS TOO CLOSE WHEN SETTING THE GEAR WHEN YOU GO TO RETRIEVING, THE GEAR YOU WILL BE STARTING THEN STOPPING DOING THIS YOUR CREWS MORAL WILL BE EFFECTED.
4) 0.2 IS A GREAT SPACING BECAUSE YOU CAN RUN FULL THROTTLE WHEN SETTING GEAR AND ABOUT 7.5-8.0 KNOTS WHEN PICKING THE GEAR BACK UP .
5) WHEN THE GEAR HAS SOAKED ENOUGH I WOULD SAY 44-48 HRS IS GREAT ANY SOONER AND YA MIGHT NOT GET AS MANY LBS AS IF YA WOULD ON A 48 HR SOAK.
6) AFTER PULLING AND RESETTING THE GEAR ONCE ON A 120 POT STRING YOU CAN DECIDE TO STACK OR STORE AT LEAST 40 POTS THIS STILL WILL LEAVE YOU 80 POTS TO FISH WITH.OF COURSE THIS DEPENDS ON A LOT OF ISSUES: 1) CREW INJURIES 2) BOAT BREAKDOWNS 3) THE BIGGEST ISSUE WHICH YOU DON'T HAVE ANY CONTROL OVER THAT IS THE WEATHER.
These tips that i have given are not a sure winner each and every capt is different on how they do things but the ways that i have tried have worked very well for me as i have hammered the crab in both king and opie seasons.But the most important is EXPERIENCE the more seasons you get under you belt the better.
1) START OUT WITH 100-120 POTS(KING SEASON) THEN IN OPIE SEASON 100 POTS IS A GOOD START
2) SPACING IS A BIG THING TO CLOSE AND YOU WILL CONSTANTLY BE STARTING AND STOPPING ALL THE TIME .
3) 0.1 IS TOO CLOSE WHEN SETTING THE GEAR WHEN YOU GO TO RETRIEVING, THE GEAR YOU WILL BE STARTING THEN STOPPING DOING THIS YOUR CREWS MORAL WILL BE EFFECTED.
4) 0.2 IS A GREAT SPACING BECAUSE YOU CAN RUN FULL THROTTLE WHEN SETTING GEAR AND ABOUT 7.5-8.0 KNOTS WHEN PICKING THE GEAR BACK UP .
5) WHEN THE GEAR HAS SOAKED ENOUGH I WOULD SAY 44-48 HRS IS GREAT ANY SOONER AND YA MIGHT NOT GET AS MANY LBS AS IF YA WOULD ON A 48 HR SOAK.
6) AFTER PULLING AND RESETTING THE GEAR ONCE ON A 120 POT STRING YOU CAN DECIDE TO STACK OR STORE AT LEAST 40 POTS THIS STILL WILL LEAVE YOU 80 POTS TO FISH WITH.OF COURSE THIS DEPENDS ON A LOT OF ISSUES: 1) CREW INJURIES 2) BOAT BREAKDOWNS 3) THE BIGGEST ISSUE WHICH YOU DON'T HAVE ANY CONTROL OVER THAT IS THE WEATHER.
These tips that i have given are not a sure winner each and every capt is different on how they do things but the ways that i have tried have worked very well for me as i have hammered the crab in both king and opie seasons.But the most important is EXPERIENCE the more seasons you get under you belt the better.
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