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Prawn Fishing in British Columbia
Prawn fishing in British Columbia is backbreaking, occasionally dangerous, frustrating and extremely expensive but one of the most thrilling, satisfying types of fishing I can imagine. There are many types of traps to purchase, depending on your price range and commitment to prawn fishing. We buy the largest round stainless and webbing traps which are tapered so will fit one inside the other for easier storage when not in use. The large traps seem to entice and keep higher numbers of praws. Having said that, next time the big trap will be empty and one of our small, square folding traps will have 100 big fat juicey prawn! We use 400 feet of rope with an anchor on one end and a red buoy on the other. The buoy has our name, boat name and phone number written in black permanent marker, as required by the Department of Fisheries. Yes, you must have a licence to fish, prawn, dig clams or pick oysters. We drop the anchor in 300 to 340 feet of water (this is where it gets expensive, as you need a boat with a motor and a depth sounder). The first trap (baited with 'prawn' food is attached about 30 feet from the anchor, then the second trap is 20 feet further up the line. The traps quickly sink to the bottom of the ocean and the anchor prevents them from dragging (hopefully). We put a 2 pound weight 50 feet from the buoy to keep the rope from lying on the top of the water where an unwary boater may snag it in his prop. The red buoy should be warning enough to stay his distance. We are allowed 4 traps each and find it much simpler to put 2 traps per buoy line, resulting in 4 sets for the 2 of us. Setting out the traps is a fairly simple matter with a good boat operator, good sounder and strong, agile trap setter. We find the perfect spot, stop the boat and usually Kent sets out the traps as I put the boat in and out of gear, following his directions carefully. He's on the swimgrid with the anchors, traps, lines and not much to hold onto, especially if the water is rough. Our set is complete and we'll be back tomorrow afternoon to pull the traps, hoping for a big feed of juicy, sweet prawn!
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