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Originally Posted by swamp snorkler
I am, this a good report.
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thanks, I found this is a great system that works well but it has a learning curve to it like with everything.
by the way, for reference as to the things im doing:
im fishing all by myself using a 17x52 flatboat with side console steering and the pick stick is about 2 inches above the water attached to the transom so this puts the crabs about 3-4" under water at the point where im dipping them about 24" in front of the pick stick.
if the float gets hung on the pick stick, trying to go either under or over it, it pulls slack in your anchor so you need reposition and reset your anchor to stretch it back out again which often makes any crabs on the line let go so its a real PITA when that happens.
about the only times my float gets stuck on the pick stick is where I come in to start raising and im too close for the float to pass on the outside of the pick stick and it gets caught under it and dragged a little as I am concentrating on catching the line and putting it into the pick stick