anyone heard of "lure traps"? beware there are sneaky theives around...

[topwater]

anyone heard of "lure traps"? beware there are sneaky theives around...

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G'day all, Ive been meaning to post up this as a warning to all the other lure fisho's for a long time but only just remembered yesterday as i bought my 1st crab pot...

there are scumbags out there who are too tight to buy their own lures and create "lure traps"!!!
i know it sounds weird but the sneaky buggers weigh down crab traps with bricks etc and add some fine mesh/material to the outside and hey presto they have made a snag'

the buggers scout out spots where all the fisho's flick lures the most and deploy their artificial snag.
they leave it for a fortnight and come back and fish it out with a long gaff or grapnel, covered in 20-30 hardbodies

How do I know this you may ask?
well I fished a creek landbased last summer and lost a few lures in a spot where there was no snags before, very strange i thought... didnt feel like the lures clunked into rock or bumped timber...
I was retrieving the lures then they would just, well snag!
needless to say we didnt throw at that spot anymore as we lost a decent amount of money to the 'snag'.

approx 2 weeks later I was fishing the spot with a mate and he says: that snags gone... some bast@rd pulled up in an old heapa junk car threw out a grapnel and pulled in a funky crab trap covered in lures, chucked it in the car and he was off..."


makes me so godamn mad, i really hope the bugger dosent show himself pulling in a luretrap in broad daylight in front of me, I dont know what I would do to the scum!
This is a warning to all fisho's that there is A-holes out there simply pinching 20-30 lures each time they set their trap in heavily fished areas off hard working folks like you and I.
Be Warned

[jgarner447]

Thanks for the warning mate, im amazed how far some people go to get something for nothing , thats crazy, what a scumbag, hope he gets caught one day ,If i ever come across this while swimming for my lures ill definitely be removing it myself

Thanks for the heads up

[topwater]

no worries jase, something for nothing allright $20 lure x 30 = $600...
just hope the word gets out to the masses about these slack lure theives

+carefull swimming for lures dude! bullsharks about, one ate half this guys flathead at his feet at the spot im talkin 'bout! thrashed around like nobodies buisness, was pretty crazy stuff!

[jgarner447]

Originally Posted by topwater

no worries jase, something for nothing allright $20 lure x 30 = $600...
just hope the word gets out to the masses about these slack lure theives

+carefull swimming for lures dude! bullsharks about, one ate half this guys flathead at his feet at the spot im talkin 'bout! thrashed around like nobodies buisness, was pretty crazy stuff!

Yeah im a bit crazy like that, just this weekend I had to go for a few swims to get my lure back, we walked past the same area 2 hours later and I spotted 2 bull sharks swimming around lol but there was that much mullet around doubt they would wanna take a bite out of me.. Id rather risk a bull shark over a croc lol no way id be swimming for my lure in croc country

[chasenash]

Yeah mate, there are a few spots around here that I know of where numbnuts set lure traps.

[oldbarboy]

Thats when u need one of those Wilsons lure poles or a 3 pronged anchor and pull the trap up.

There are some true a holes out there and as you say if you catch them in the act you would give them a piece of your mind.

Thanks for the share.

Just a bit of a plug for those Wilson extendable poles, they are about $45.00 and worth every cent. Last trip out it saved me to 2 hardbodies.

[jgarner447]

Originally Posted by oldbarboy

Thats when u need one of those Wilsons lure poles or a 3 pronged anchor and pull the trap up.

There are some true a holes out there and as you say if you catch them in the act you would give them a piece of your mind.

Thanks for the share.

Just a bit of a plug for those Wilson extendable poles, they are about $45.00 and worth every cent. Last trip out it saved me to 2 hardbodies.

post up a link ive never seen them

[chasenash]

Originally Posted by oldbarboy

Thats when u need one of those Wilsons lure poles or a 3 pronged anchor and pull the trap up.

There are some true a holes out there and as you say if you catch them in the act you would give them a piece of your mind.

Thanks for the share.

Just a bit of a plug for those Wilson extendable poles, they are about $45.00 and worth every cent. Last trip out it saved me to 2 hardbodies.

Hmmmm......... I do have a 14ft 3 piece wilson gaff, might have to take it for a little trip one night.

[Dodgy back]

You really think some one will set a crab pot just to catch lures ???

[jgarner447]

Originally Posted by Dodgy back

You really think some one will set a crab pot just to catch lures ???

yep , by the sounds of it they arnt setting the trap to catch crabs + lures, they are just using the crab pot as a frame to hold the mesh material that your lure hooks in to

[FishoStu]

Is it that hard to imagine in a world where people kill people for the change in their pockets?

Originally Posted by Dodgy back

You really think some one will set a crab pot just to catch lures ???

[kottonmouth]

yep heard of them on the goldy too- I'm sure we've all lost a lure to one somewhere down the line

[stella fella]

If I ever catch someone doing that I'll break their legs.

[Dell]

They'd wana check them pretty often then. Cause the hooks would rust and lures most likely float off?

[nereus]

As you say the lures seem to come off snags pretty easily when not attached to the line,i've lost lures that i've thought were well and truly snagged,gone back on low tide and goneski
cheers nereus