Crab

Crab Pot - Also known as a crab trap, a crab pot is a large metal cage, usually with a wire mesh box for bait and a one way door that crabs can get in but not back out through. A typical crab pot for personal use is about 2 feet wide by 2 feet long and about one foot tall. The bait is secured in a wire bait box which is secured somewhere inside the pot. On one or two sides there is usually a door that swings inward but not outward. The crab is lured by the bait and crawls in through the door, then is trapped inside the cage until the lucky fisherman comes to retrieve his crab pot. A long rope is attached to the crab pot which is attached to a buoy at the other end. Crab pots are ideally dropped off the side of a dock or dropped off in the ocean and left for an hour or so.Read more: