Danielson 24" Fold-Up Pacific Coast Crab Trap | Vinyl-Coated Steel Wire, Foldable, Easy Storage & Transport | 4 Entrance Doors & 2 Escape Rings | Blue

This Danielson FTC Fold-up Crab Trap is 24-inches square and made of coated thick gage wire. The corners of the side panels latch with loops of wire to the top and bottom. The top, sides and bottom are made of heavy metal plastic coated and are quality made to last. My trap did not come with a bait cage, so I will use a piece of stainless steel wire to thread bait on to and make it latch closed. I applied some hog rings where necessary. It has two escape rings for small crabs with one being designed for Crab removal. It has a fall-away rot-cord system to disable the trap should it not be retrievable, and this can be made more effective with one stainless steel hog ring. This coated trap will last for years and provide many crabs for the pot.I am just a recreational crabber and will only have a few traps and this one will last. For about $20 it is a good bargain delivered by Amazon Prime for free. Constructed of vinyl-coated steel wire. This trap measures 24-inches L x 24-inches W x 13-inches H and it folds flat for transport and storage, if you want to disassemble it down to shipping size. It has four entrance doors, which are 9.5" x 4.5", that close after the crab enters.When I received the trap, the plastic split cylinder hinges were not placed so the door would remain centered. The cylinders of split plastic were placed on the wires so the doors would slide to one side and leave an opening for escape. About 5 minutes of removing and replacing the split cylinders, solved this problem. This is an issue for Danielson's quality control of assembly to address, if they want their products to be better received by the buying customer. I still plan to buy a couple more of these Danielson crab traps as they seem to be the best I've found, for the price paid, $21.77, delivered from Amazon Prime.Since purchasing this trap and one of the Danielson Pacific Crab trap, I feel the Pacific is the better deal, basically the same trap with a glow bait cage and the top has a hinged opening for removal and baiting, also the doors are Glow coated also. Best deal and a better looking trap.

I recently bought several of these because I have a smaller sized boat and needed to conserve space. These are good quality and fold up flat nicely. I stack 9 of them up against the wall of my boat and bungee cord them to keep them in place. Light weight, sturdy, quick to use, and more importantly... they caught me some crabs yesterday. Used in Oregon state and fish and wildlife officer checked them when I was coming in and confirmed they were good. Not sure about other states but I'm all set with these here in Oregon.

Once I figured out where to set the trap and how to bait it, this trap worked great and was made from vinyl coated wire mesh. I did have to buy a separate bait cage from Amazon (not sure why it doesn't come with one - otherwise the trapped crabs eat up all your bait in a short time.) I took off one star for that.I bought a buoy and line at a local fishing store - caught a bucket of pinfish off the beach (you can use chicken necks and gizzards in lieu of fish) and loaded the separately purchased bait cage with the fish. Only a couple of small crabs the first few days so I kept moving the trap around until I found a hot spot and the right depth (~6 feet at mid-tide in this case.) I did put my name and information on a piece of paper and laminated it in plastic and zip tied it to the trap so nobody would "accidently" pick up my trap. I have attached a photo of my first three "keepers" in my boat's bait well. Crab salad tonight!

I have used several different crab pots over the years and these by far are the best for the money. I have spent hundreds of dollars on fancy heavy pots and I have had better luck with these.

I got these thinking they were a higher end trap, but after putting them together, I found that they were quite floppy. You can cinch down the hooks at the edges, but it only does so much, and makes it really hard to collapse them for storage. Plus, there is no separate door. To sort crabs you must either open an end (hard to do after cinching down the hooks) or reach through the small doors. These will catch crabs, I know guys that run them, but I sent them back and got nicer ones from bi-mart.

Bad design. Tried using this on the coast of South Carolina for blue crab where the minimum is 5 inches. A 5 inch plus crab can easily slide back through these large squares. I went to a local hardware store and bought a wire type and it consistently out performed this thing for 6 days now. I've averaged around 10 keepers per day in my wire trap and 1 in this one. This one doesn't have a bait basket or well so you have to have some wire to hold the bait in and the it's still easily pulled free by blue crabs. This might work elsewhere but if you're crabbing SC, find a different trap. You will pay $50 plus for a decent trap but it's worth it when you're catching and not just feeding the crab.

Crab trap worked great. I added a little weight and cut the clips on one side of the door so I could use the breakaway string to make it legal in California.

We bought two of these to go crabbing while on the Oregon Coast. We had looked to purchase some in various towns as we travelled, but the price was always so high. This is the same quality trap we found in the shops, but for much less money!At first we were concerned about the ropes that held the escape hole together (for tiny undersized crabs to escape), but we learned from a local that they're intentional. If a rope broke and the pot was left on the ocean floor, the ropes would eventually deteriorate to humanely let the trapped crabs out.This is a great purchase, and much cheaper than renting in town if you're planing on crabbing for more than a day.