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I hear a lot of talk about pinfish. I have had good luck with them on the few occasions I've used them. I'm thinking about getting a pinfish trap and putting it out the evening before the big day. Will I have much luck with it? I wonder if the crab trap guys will steal it. How those Sabiki lures? What's the trick?

Sabikis work great for pins as long as you tip them with the smallest pieces of gulp you can fit on the hooks. Never used a trap and always manage to load up the live well with enough pins in an hour or so.

If you go with the sabiki rigs, depending on what size pins you want you might want to target different depths. This time of year we're getting little pins (great for trout and reds) in waters 6' and under and considerably bigger pins in water 7' to 10' deep.

Traps must be where the bait is save your used gulp it will get them in there they do get stolen.

If you're using your trap and leaving it for 12-24 hours, you should't have any problems. I am pretty sure the commercial guys can only use and take certain color buoys. Each color representing a different operator.

I've done the pinfish route, traps and castnets. I'm too old and lazy for that now, I want to hit the water and get going. I use shinners. Yep fresh water shinners. They work fine, live about 10- 15 min in the water, easy to keep alive and they get eaten which is the most important thing.

If you don't think the commercial crabbers won't take your trap, just let it out over night.

They don't want private traps near theirs. I have had several stolen.