help with shrimp

[Ratdog]

hello again!

well last night fishing trip sucked with fog etc. soooooooo.
looking for shrimp this weekend. i hear a guy can put a 12 foot trawl on his boat and hit shrimp in s.w.pass. soooo my q's partain to where is best to put in and at what point in pass can i put my drag out.

mama likes shrimp and this is all for her ....lol me to cuz i ant never done it.
my new 12 footer i am positive will work good but just don't know where to start it how long to drag it and what i can keep that winds up in it.
i hear you can sometimes get crabs flounder etc.

so please if u know any insight it would help.
mama wants a shrimp poorboy!

[Ratdog]

no ideas?
guess i will call w&f in the morning. but shore thought u guys would know.

[SULPHITE]

Had a guy on here that shrimped. Catdaddy but dat dude is AWOL. Sure someone will chime in soon enough

[duckfreak]

Originally Posted by Ratdog

hello again!

well last night fishing trip sucked with fog etc. soooooooo.
looking for shrimp this weekend. i hear a guy can put a 12 foot trawl on his boat and hit shrimp in s.w.pass. soooo my q's partain to where is best to put in and at what point in pass can i put my drag out.

mama likes shrimp and this is all for her ....lol me to cuz i ant never done it.
my new 12 footer i am positive will work good but just don't know where to start it how long to drag it and what i can keep that winds up in it.
i hear you can sometimes get crabs flounder etc.

so please if u know any insight it would help.
mama wants a shrimp poorboy!

Are you talking about SW Pass out of the Point? If so that is considered inside waters, and to my knowledge inside trawling is closed at this time. It will open back some in Mid-Late May for the spring season. The only thing that can be kept is shrimp and crabs, all other game fish must be released. Hope this helps.

[Ratdog]

thanks guys
went to roll over and out to gulf
inside of line to beach from fresh water to tx. is still open.
my first time to drag a net in the "titanic" and boy what a cluster#$%$
should of filmed it for u tube as to what not to do.
got it right drug for 10-15 min as sun was going down and it took most of the day on phone with w&f but in that 15 min i got about a lb.
will try in morning and let u know.
thanks again.

[swamp snorkler]

Don't pull it straight, when you pulling a trawl I. Shallow water you have to go side to side to keep the prop wash out of it. Whoever said you can only keep crabs and shrimp was correct

[huggybro]

Delcambre Direct Seafood
Buy straight from the boats.

http://www.portofdelcambre.com/index...id=4&Itemid=30

[Gottogo49]

You can buy a lot of shrimp poboys for the cost and trouble of catching shrimp with a 12 foot trawl. Just wait until fall and cast net them. $3 a pound is a good deal.

[weedeater]

Lake Charles Poultry Inc

(337) 433-6818

2808 Fruge St
Lake Charles, LA 70615

They sell fresh shrimp that have been headed, peeled and then frozen in a 5lb block for not much more then you will buy shrimp off a boat

[Ratdog]

thanks guys it works fine no trouble
I will try the side to side. And thanks I kept only swimp and cwabs
Did get a stingray and worried all day about dolphins getting in net.Lol........... And the story continues

[Bluechip]

Nice catch.

[simplepeddler]

I pull at around seven MPH right to left............zig zag and pull for 20 minutes or so at a time. It's a ton of work but really enjoyable to me.

I pull for less time when I want to catch for live bait.

[Ratdog]

no ice

3 pulls @ 15 min each........3 ' seas got a upset tummy real fast could not stay out for much longer

keep the good ideas comming guys thanks alot

oh! at 3.2-2.8 MPH speed

[Bluechip]

Those crabs have a pretty color. I like the color of the pinchers.

[Marshrat]

Originally Posted by Ratdog

no ice

3 pulls @ 15 min each........3 ' seas got a upset tummy real fast could not stay out for much longer

keep the good ideas comming guys thanks alot

oh! at 3.2-2.8 MPH speed

You may be pulling a little to quick for a 12' net. You may be pulling the net off the bottom at that speed. When I was shrimping with a 40' trawl, I would pull about the speed you posted. On the bigger boats pulling for white shrimp they pull about 3-4 knots and about 2.5-3 knots for brownies.

Also, if you use a tickle chain on your net it may improve your catch.

Warren

[Montauk17]

Originally Posted by Bluechip

Those crabs have a pretty color. I like the color of the pinchers.

All females....if you didn't know the females are the only ones with the red "lipstick" on their claws.

[Bluechip]

Originally Posted by Montauk17

All females....if you didn't know the females are the only ones with the red "lipstick" on their claws.

I never knew that. Thanks, I just learned something. That's what I love about this site.

[Ratdog]

what a great thread thanks guys!
went again same just more crabs

"me and the gulf had a fight today i got beat up purty good but i got away with crabs and shrimp"

[T and F fishing]

I know we pull a 25 ft net out of intracoastal during the may and june shrimp season and we have a commercial shrimp license so we get to keep all the flounders but we don't pull our net very fast either about 2 knts but we'll shrimp from 7 am to about 2 pm and we'll manage 100-150 lbs roughly and about 10-16 dozen crabs.

[Ratdog]

mama thanks u too for the help

1/9/11 8:am
went again same results