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cculotta@iamerica.net

Wed, Dec 8, 1999 2:56 PM

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Bob asks for experience with these devices.
They appear to wrk fine on small line. Large is another question. Sunday
past I got a 3 inch line in a wheel on CCRIDER . This is a common size
line on the ICW.
Spurs just dont, in my experience , cut these loose. I have donned
scuba several times to remove these lg lines fr friend's boats with Spurs.
I do not have them. I cut the lines for them and me using a hack saw and
Scuba.
CCC
Chas C Culotta
Patterson, La

<!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en"> Bob asks for experience with these devices. They appear to wrk fine on small line. Large is another question. Sunday past I got a 3 inch line in a wheel on CCRIDER . This is a common size line on the ICW. Spurs just dont, in my experience , cut these loose. I have donned scuba several times to remove these lg lines fr friend's boats with Spurs. I do not have them. I cut the lines for them and me using a hack saw and Scuba. CCC Chas C Culotta Patterson, La

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nh2f@abs.net

Wed, Dec 8, 1999 11:29 PM

We are pretty clogged up with crab pots on the Chesapeake but I've resisted
Spurs, preferring careful navigation and attention to boat handling.

After all, what you are doing when you cut a line is dropping a perpetual
killing machine to the bottom--crabs die, attracts other crabs to the pot,
which die, which attracts other crabs. Same for lobsters. We can make all
kinds of arguments about whether the crabber should this or shouldn't that,
but we're in it for the recreation, he's trying to feed mouths. And we're
the one who ultimately drop these killing machines to the bottom.

Just a different point of view.

Rick
Annapolis

We are pretty clogged up with crab pots on the Chesapeake but I've resisted Spurs, preferring careful navigation and attention to boat handling. After all, what you are doing when you cut a line is dropping a perpetual killing machine to the bottom--crabs die, attracts other crabs to the pot, which die, which attracts other crabs. Same for lobsters. We can make all kinds of arguments about whether the crabber should this or shouldn't that, but we're in it for the recreation, he's trying to feed mouths. And we're the one who ultimately drop these killing machines to the bottom. Just a different point of view. Rick Annapolis

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cculotta@iamerica.net

Fri, Dec 10, 1999 10:51 PM

Rick,
We not only have crab traps but GILL NETS they are set under water and
are sev hundred feet long. You dodge what appears to be a crab trap
buoy and hit the hidden gill net. Not a pleasant event. Not only line in
your wheel but also a net.
I know of no one who would deliberately hit a crab trap line and risk
fouling the wheel but at nt you more often than not cant see them.
Of course crossing a bay there is , generally no channel
CCC

Rick Kennerly wrote:

We are pretty clogged up with crab pots on the Chesapeake but I've
resisted Spurs, preferring careful navigation and attention to boat
handling. After all, what you are doing when you cut a line is
dropping a perpetual killing machine to the bottom--crabs die,
attracts other crabs to the pot, which die, which attracts other
crabs. Same for lobsters. We can make all kinds of arguments about
whether the crabber should this or shouldn't that, but we're in it for
the recreation, he's trying to feed mouths. And we're the one who
ultimately drop these killing machines to the bottom. Just a different
point of view. Rick Annapolis

Rick, We not only have crab traps but GILL NETS they are set under water and are sev hundred feet long. You dodge what appears to be a crab trap buoy and hit the hidden gill net. Not a pleasant event. Not only line in your wheel but also a net. I know of no one who would deliberately hit a crab trap line and risk fouling the wheel but at nt you more often than not cant see them. Of course crossing a bay there is , generally no channel CCC Rick Kennerly wrote: > We are pretty clogged up with crab pots on the Chesapeake but I've > resisted Spurs, preferring careful navigation and attention to boat > handling. After all, what you are doing when you cut a line is > dropping a perpetual killing machine to the bottom--crabs die, > attracts other crabs to the pot, which die, which attracts other > crabs. Same for lobsters. We can make all kinds of arguments about > whether the crabber should this or shouldn't that, but we're in it for > the recreation, he's trying to feed mouths. And we're the one who > ultimately drop these killing machines to the bottom. Just a different > point of view. Rick Annapolis

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