Crab Max Traps for Rent or Purchase …. Newport … Depoe Bay … Lincoln City

Rental Crab Max Traps can only be picked up from 8 AM to dark in Lincoln City. All other locations are purchase only.

Rental Options

Rent Three Trap Option Set of (3) Crab Traps, a bucket, and a crab gauge @$50/set. .  Call 541-272-8221 Reservations. No deposit or obligation online. Crab Traps can be picked up at 8 AM – Dark with reservations.

Rent One Trap Option Set of  (1) Crab Traps, a bucket, and a crab gauge @$40/set  Crab Traps can be picked up at 8 AM

Price to Purchase at Lincoln City .. we sell our existing inventory at a $10 educed price and include bucket and gauge. New Crab Max $160 no extra

PURCHASE Three Trap Option   Three (3) Crab Trappers, a bucket, and crab gauge @$150/set.

PURCHASE Three Trap Option  One (1) Crab Trapper, a bucket, and a crab gauge @$40.  

Crab License … must-have.  Available at our Siletz River Location. Instate @$10/year….  Out of State @$20/3 days.

Crab Bait is available, but it is not provided. Raw dark-meat chicken is used for bait; seals do not like chicken, but crabs do.

You rent crab traps, catch the crab, and we will teach you how to clean and cook it for your dinner for $2.50/Crab. There is no limit on the number of crabs cooked.

Quick Pull …. Crab Trapper

Try (rent) before you Buy … Crap Traps for Rent

50% of your rental fee and be used to reduce the purchase price

Bait & Bait Bags

Any bait will works. A lot of people use chicken. Fish guts are a good one. Things that are natural to crabs seem to do better. This includes using fish carcasses, squid, clams and the like. Using these natural baits also have a downside in that seals seem to love them as much as the crab the Crabs. Trapper Traps uses a bait bag to keep the seals at bay. It will also help to keep the crab on your bait longer.

If a crab pulls off a nice piece of your bait, more than likely it’ll crawl off and eat it. So something to stop them from tearing off chunks will improve your odds when using the Crab Trapper.

The bait bag is the key. For starters, this eliminates tying bait to the bottom of the trap, which never seemed to work very well anyway. This is especially nice if you are dealing with some rancid bait like fish parts. Just toss them in and clip it shut.

Bait bags prevent the crabs from completely devouring the bait all at once. They are open enough to allow for little bites here and there to keep the crabs happy but closed enough to keep your bait working all day long. It is more effective to stand the bait bags upright, as this maximizes floor space.

Regulations

The minimum size for Dungeness crab is 5 ¾ inches. Size is measured in a straight line across the back immediately in front of, but NOT including the widest points; therefore, a crab gauge is important.

Crabs may be taken using crab rings, pots or baited line (limited to 3 rings, pots or lines per licenses) by hand; dip net; or rake. Pots may be left overnight.

Bays, estuaries, beaches, tide pools, piers, and jetties are open all year. The ocean is closed for Dungeness crab October 16 through November 30.

No more than 1 daily catch limit per day may be taken per person. No more than 2 daily catch limits per person may be in possession.

Office Personnel Available …. noon – 9 pm … Everyday … 541-765-2109 

• Main Office – Depoe Bay, OR 97341
  541-765-2109
  info@siletzrentals.com