Looking for some input on gas or electric pot pullers, pro/cons, Looking to purchase one, are electric to slow allowing shrimp to excape? Thank's Doug

I have been using gas for years and if it blew up I would do it the same way again. It is fast.

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I've got the little Scotty electric. Plenty fast for the shrimps, but I haven't tried a gas puller before so don't have a basis for comparison. Only downside I can think of is the boom is a touch on the short side. Upside is it's very small and compact for storage, and fits my DR base for an easy deployment when needed. Not a long track record on these in terms of longevity since they just hit the market 1.5 yrs ago.

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Honda!

All pot puller owners are future Honda owners they just don't know it yet

Sure; and a luxury car is great for long trips but overkill for trips to the local grocery.

For two of us shrimping a couple times a year my electric is a reasonable choice price, functionality and storage considered.

Now, if you are shrimping more days and with more folks in the boat (given the max 4 pots per boat) you will need to pull and re-set a lot faster so a gas unit might make sense.

One additional thought; with an electric you don't have to worry about ethanol in the gas......

Been using an Ace Line (Brutus) for 8 years now. Not the fastest, but quiet, attaches onto a Scotty DR mount, uses a Scotty plug and pulls up pots just fine. Also breaks down into a nice little storable size. No complaints about my older one but I hear the newer ones are significantly faster.

I wasn't going to cite a brand name but that is what I am using. Not sure about needing the faster unit as my deckhand (older son) is already complaining. Have to wonder what would happen if the mechanical hauler pooped out....and he had to pull by hand.

Bring that one friend that does not tend to chip in for gas and bait to pull the pots up.

Being that the deckhand is the older son you missed one factor for consideration: free food.

But it does make for a great day together on the water; last year a couple of gray whales slipped past us followed shortly thereafter by the Victoria Express which ran in through all of the buoys hoping for a look at whales. Too bad; twenty minutes too late.

I have a 15yo pot puller who gives up about half way up on the first pull. But we have been lucky at 150 ish ft we limit quickly.

Mine is gas & the Honda engine is great.

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I like the commercial kind…. as in the kind used by the guy selling the LIVE spot prawns at Westport.

I walk up to the dock nice and clean, hand the guy my money, and walk away with a pile of prime eats (LIVE so I can eat 'em heads and all) for WAY less money and work than it takes to go "sport" shrimpin'

Oh yeah… whatever kind of puller fp uses is GREAT too… as long as he drops off a few prawns on the way home.

When I was young and lived on the water on Camano Island the commercial boat would pull up on the beach out front and the neighbors would walk down and buy them live or cooked. $100.00 per lb. for all you want.

A Benjamin for a pound of prawns seems a bit steep… $10 or $100?

Typo, $1.00

The guys out there now are paying more than $100.00 per lb though.

Here's my nephew pulling with my 15 year old Briggs and Stratton that I paid 50 bucks for. Still on the second spark plug and running great.

http://youtu.be/T1dC8M67pbI

fp

Just used the scotty pot puller this weekend. Works good but not the fastest. Its still way easier then pulling by hand. I do like it for its portability. Have to agree with fishbadgers assessment.

I used to use a Gas puller and it was quick. The downsides to a gas puller, fuel ( best to drain every season) spark .... Goes away sometimes when wet, rust....must remember to use salt away and spray it down with wd 40 or better and of course , storage of motor and davit during the off season. I now use an electric with the auto pull and rope coiler, slower, yes, but just as efficient. Still rinse and spray with anti corrosion , but I use far less. Fishing was excellent in the canal on the opener with limits for six by 11 am.

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Smiles all around

FishNg, you definitely had better shrimping than I had in MA10. Worst year I ever had- averaged only about 20-30/ pot/ 60 minute soak. Seemed like the 100+ boats near me had similar stories.