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Posted 10/28/2008 12:19:53 AM


Ruby Red Lip

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Ok, about a month ago, i posted a question about what kind of bait to use in my pinfish trap.  Thank you to those of you that replied.  Decided to go with chicken because it was the easiest to get.  The first time I used Boneless thighs (on sale).  When I pulled my trap up it was crammed with perfect sized pinfish.  

This past weekend, I went fishing with my father-in-law and I insisted on using chicken in our trap.  Only this time, along with the chicken, he decided to throw in some shrimp heads from dinner the night before.  So the menu consisted of Chicken thighs with bones topped with shrimp heads.  Notice, "with bones."  Let the trap soak about 3 hours.  Come back to check it and it has about 20-30 pinfish in it and all the shrimp heads are gone. Took the fish and threw the trap back in with just the bone-in chicken.  Let it soak overnight.  Come back in the morning and there is 2, count 'em 2 pinfish and all the chicken is left untouched. 

Can anyone speculate what happened. 

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Posted 10/28/2008 1:44:56 AM


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Someone STOLE your Bait!

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Posted 10/28/2008 5:05:41 AM
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Pin-fish can't see in the dark??

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Posted 10/28/2008 7:05:32 AM
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something more helpless than a chicken leg swam by?  maybe auburn's offense?
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Posted 10/28/2008 7:24:55 AM


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Hell with the cost of food these days sounds like the pins are eating good "Shrimp and Chicken", by the way where EXACTLY is this trap at ??????? LOL

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Posted 10/28/2008 8:17:54 AM


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Matt J.......Check the openings in your trap. Pinfish left in a trap to long. With the openings to wide, will find their way out!!! Happens to us quite a bit.

 Pull it up 30 PF in it, leave em in there and come back in an hour..............2 in it.  



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Posted 10/28/2008 8:42:13 AM


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Maybe you got them all the first time!!

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Posted 10/28/2008 9:31:26 AM


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try one of richies traps. i think he  is now the trap guy on here. they will not get out. they will start eating each other if you dont get them out.

the people that steal the bait are very fast and dump everything out including  the bait and fish. the reason i  no is because they always leave my trap (thanks) just tke  the bait and they always leave the door open! if you  still had bait and the  door was closed it was not robbed.

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