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Originally Posted by keakar
more questions, I see lots of variations on the prop sticks as far as how high the outside post goes. I figure the line will always stay tight against it because its under pressure from forward motion so I "assume" all that is needed is 2-3" at the most to keep the line from sliding off the end correct?
also I see some have skirts on them. I "assume" the skirt is there only to spook the crab into letting go before it goes over the prop stick correct?
I saw one guy had it set up to catch the crabs for him by putting the net right under the prop stick and it seamed to work, sorta. have you ever seen or done it that way with some form of net or a box you just empty at the end of the line?
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those that have nets built into the system under the prop stick are considered to be "auto" dippers... im not really a big fan of em... seems like they loose a lot of crabs... but a lot of commercial guys use the heck outa them.
make your line using slip knots and you wont have to worry about the flaps (they are there for people using snoods on their line (dangle lines of the main line which are a royal pain in the *****)).
the "posts" only need to be maybe an two inches tall on each side... anything more is a personal choice.... just dont make them so tall that its hard to get the line off them quickly... a lot of time you have to put the line on and off real quick... so you dont want it to be difficult.