Copper?

[Adam F]

How will copper react underwater (saltwater) ??

 

Thanks

[britboard]

turns a nasty green as it oxidises, and its murder to get the stains out of your hull, if you are doing some plumbing on-board let me know as i have some lengths of 15mm 316 stainless pipe if you need it.

 

Simon L

[Wedger]

Good call with the 316 and the action of copper in the brine.

 

If it's plumbing ya need Iva catalogue bursting with every affordable sorta pipe and fittings you could dream of .

 

500 pages of it

 

Wedge

[Adam F]

I work for Plumb Center so no probs in getting the gear.

 

The reason I ask is that I thought it would make a great frame for a Parlour Pot for lobsters. A selection of fittings, a few lengths of 22mm copper tube and fill the lower sections with lead - cover in nylon mesh and bingo.

 

Is this not a good idea then?

[Wedger]

Unless coated, personally I'd say not........... but then again I've seen a few bait tanks with copper fittings, so worth dropping some 'scrap' down to see how long it lasts. Not my first choice....... personally.

 

If electrolysis is not an issue, in this instance , you may fair better .

 

I've every chance of being wrong.

 

Go on then Mike, I dare you............

Wedge

[Afishionado]

As they used to use copper to sheathe the old sailing clippers you can rest assured that it is inert in sea water. However the poisons in copper that made it resistant to fouling and marine growth might do the lobsters a bit of no good.

 

Mad Mike

[Newboy]

If it's only for lobster pot, it's not gonna be left down there for long (not with the lobster anyway), so it couldn't poison the lobsters.

[britboard]

if its for a lobster pot why not make it out of Osma and loose fit some of the joints, then tailor the net to hold it all together and it will pack down to next to nothing when not in use. you can chuck sand, stones, lead or anything into the pipe to weight it down and its completly inert, no scent, no corrosion, no nothing.

 

just a thought

 

Simon L

[Adam F]

More research shows that this is not cost effective, even me buying at cost, is more than a new traditional pot.

 

Anyway - what do you think of these: http://www.panelpot.com/dp.html

 

Plastic, so they wont damage the boat - worth a try?

[Seamouse]

The plastic ones are for prawns/velvet swimmers. Maybe a bit small??

 

Steve

 

As encouragement though, a friend in Cornwall dropped his first pot last weekend and had three edibles. It DOES work!

[Adam F]

570x310mm - is this too small? - how big are yours Steve?

 

They say that wil the door opening widened that crabs and lobsters will use it?

[Seamouse]

570x310mm - is this too small? - how big are yours Steve?

 

They say that wil the door opening widened that crabs and lobsters will use it?

57cm by 31cm ain't huge, but a standard lobster pot isn't much more than 1m? My 'shark cage' trap is ridiculously large so no good as a benchmark. Way I see it, the bigger the pot the less chance the crabs can find the exit.

Next job for me is to try the top entry pot made from the washing machine drum. That one will be going onto quite shallow reef, see if it will pick up a few prawns.

 

Steve

[jack]

Good on Yer Adam.!! If you do anywhere near as well with crab pots as you do with Bass and Cod...God help the Shellfish population.... jack

[Newboy]

How about scallops and oysters?

[Fugazi]

How about scallops and oysters?

 

Only two ways of catching these, dredging or diving for them.

 

Regarding the issue of space that pots take up, have a look at the folding ones advertised in BFM. I bought one earlier this year for prawns and its brilliant, just looking forward to trying it out asap.

 

Gordon H