Shrimp on the Sound, yes yaking it

Wife wanted to get out and do something this afternoon. When I told her it was still shrimp season for a few hours she said 'let's get some'. Don't argue with the wife, right lads? We got the pot in at 1:45 pulled it about 2:30. Season closed at 3:00. Count was 35, 1/2 mile north of Golden Gardens. And she made a few new friends along the way.

Nice, that's pretty awesome!

That looks like a seriously yummy haul!!!  Gotta wonder wonder what the caloric return on investment is though.   

-Spot-

I got 22 last year.  I'd do it again, if I had a partner in another kayak.  It was a major bitch hauling the pot by hand from 280ft.  Figured if I could get a partner we'd tie the rope to one kayak, use the other as a fulcrum, and have the kayak tied to the rope paddle away from the fulcrum kayak to haul up the pot.

Tonight it's seafood platter prawns and Koke

Just had some pan fried kokanee in bacon grease and eggs for breakfast. Oh my so good. The 2 yr old told me he loved it, and can we have it again.

Hi....I'm new and I couldn't believe that you catch shrimp in pots/traps like we catch crabs here...I am wondering if that would work here or if it would even be legal, I've seen nothing that it is illegal here.. I know the shrimp are here because I have seen them swimming around while I was wade fishing...

How do you make your shrimp pots? I googled here and couldn't find any place that sells them here.

Our water that you would put them in is at the most 10 feet deep...

If I can find out if it is legal and I can make a pot I might give it a try here..We use cast nets in shallow water to catch them, which works but it's a hit or miss most of the time...And you can't keep to many of them..

Interesting site and I look forward to reading all of the stories here...

Thanks, Frank

Shrimping in the Puget Sound is a very different game to what you're talking about.  We're dropping pots in 250-300', and they have to be weighted to about 30lbs or the currents will steal your pot.  The spot shrimp are also very different from what you'd get in the Gulf. Not sure that our methods would translate.  Maybe.

You can't use a cast net in Texas?

We can but your way looks like it would be fun to try out here  to see if it would work here...

We can but your way looks like it would be fun to try out here  to see if it would work here...

I've worked with a lot of east coast shrimpers and west coast Spot Prawn commercial fishermen as part of my job. I've asked the same question: why not trap white shrimp like the spot prawn? They told me they won't go into a trap, trawling is the best method for white shrimp (actually 4 species found on east coast and gulf waters).

Some shrimp/prawn trivia: Spot Prawns were once harvested by trawl on the west coast but when they took all they could from the sandy or muddy bottoms with trawl gear, then long-lining traps became the norm. Commercial Prawn licenses are very limited on the west coast, I think California has about 15 or so licenses these days and the fishermen work out their territories. In short, Spot Prawn aren't tough to catch and we'd wipe them out quickly if left unregulated. By comparison trawlers for east coast shrimp have to put in a lot more effort per pound of product, but they grow faster and over a much wider range of environments than Spot Prawns.