I would stop posting all your questions here. It doesn't get any looks...Put it all on the Northwest fishing board. Star traps are cheap man. The are like made out of mesh and clothesline....They are only used on piers...Just go to a tackle shop. They all have reasonable prices (theres not going to be a lot of fluctuation) and if your crabbing off a dock/pier, then by ring nets, but if your crabbing off a boat, buy traps.