Stone Crab Traps

[redcodefsu]

Is there anywhere locally you buy stone crab traps?

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[fishinfool]

Check with AMS Marine Supply. https://www.facebook.com/AMS-Marine-Sup ... 114658317/

[Greenbone]

Crook and Crook in Coconut Grove or Cudjoe Sales in Keys is where I bought mine. Best pricing I could find.

[redcodefsu]

Thanks to you both!

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[ropeman]

Here's an answer with a question. About a year ago I bought two crab traps at the Wal-Mart in Crawfordville. Back in the fall I had them out near the light house and caught 3 stone crabs, they weren't in season so I put them back. What makes stone crab traps different from blue crab traps? They seem to catch either species.

[redcodefsu]

In North Carolina, I caught stone crabs in a blue crab trap. So I really don't know the answer of why stone crab traps are special.

[Juan]

Stone crab traps have the entry hole on top of the trap and they're usually weighted where I believe the entry holes for blue crab traps are on the sides.
I bet I built a couple thousand stone crab traps years ago.. got a missing finger for my efforts

[Mckayaker]

A legal stone crab trap in Florida must have a degradable panel and an escape hole for smaller crabs. The requirements seem designed to prevent bykill of small crabs and allow larger crabs to escape lost or abandoned traps.
https://myfwc.com/fishing/saltwater/rec ... tone-crab/
Is the link to the FWC requirements.


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[ropeman]

A legal stone crab trap in Florida must have a degradable panel and an escape hole for smaller crabs.

Almost the same for blue crab traps, but blue traps need to have 3 escape rings.
https://myfwc.com/fishing/saltwater/rec ... blue-crab/

[ropeman]

I bet I built a couple thousand stone crab traps years ago.. got a missing finger for my efforts

Was the missing finger from the trap construction or from a stone crab?

[Juan]

Trap construction and I wasn't alone. There were others who lost digits too.