Perfectionist
Crab Ring Nets
Beware of the copycats out there trying to duplicate my rings.
There are resons why I use certain things instead of others and why I make them my way instead of another way.
I've been making these for 35 years and experimenting along the way to come up with these rings.
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nets made with #12 tarred nylon seine twine |
8" crabs caught in
ring nets |
1
complete ring setup - $30.00
1
net only, along with #12 and #21 tarred lines to finish ring - $15.00
carrying net, holds 30 rings made with #21 tarred line with top and
bottom rows doubled - $30.00
$150.00 minimum order
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| main line unwrapped |
main line wrapped up |
main line set for
water depth |
top row of net is
doubled |
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| top ring should not
cross bottom ring |
top ring pulled all
the way to the side |
the 3 strings tied
18" up for dowel |
main line tied 24'"
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float is cut out and
slit and supports trap
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extra line wrapped
up and held in place with slits
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color coded line for
water depth
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line wrapped up for
depth of water
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| carrying net wrapped
up |
carrying net
unwrapped |
ready for the rings |
30 rings in carrying
net |
Materials
needed for making a ring net
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9 gauge galvanized
wire
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tension pins
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tarred nylon seine
twine
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2" x 7/8" dowels
dipped twice in polyurethane
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2 ounce egg sinkers
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5' x 11" float makes
4 floats around 5" by 1 7/8"
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#5 loktite main line
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sheetrock joint tape
for measuring rings
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18" Ring materials
1 - 9 gauge galvanized utility wire 56 5/8" for 18" top ring
1 - 9 gauge galvanized utility wire 34 5/8" for 11" bottom ring
1 - tension pin - 1/4" by 1 1/4" for bottom ring
1 - tension pin -
1/4" by 1 1/2" for top ring
1 - 7/8" by 2" wooden dowel 11/64" hole
1 - # 12 black tarred nylon seine twine 6' to wrap top ring
1 - # 12 black tarred nylon seine twine 4' to wrap bottom ring
3 - # 21 black tarred nylon seine twine 42" for the 3 strings
1 - egg sinker 2 ounce
1 - float around 5" by 1 7/8" supports around 21 ounces
1 - # 5 loktite main line
1 - roll of electrical tape |
20" Ring materials
1 - 9 gauge galvanized utility wire 62 7/8" for 20" top ring
1 - 9 gauge galvanized utility wire 40 7/8" for 13" bottom ring
1 - tension pin -
1/4" by 1 1/2" for bottom ring
1 - tension pin - 1/4" by 2" for top ring
1 - 7/8" by 2" wooden dowel 11/64" hole
1 - # 12 black tarred nylon seine twine 7' to wrap top ring
1 - # 12 black tarred nylon seine twine 5' to wrap bottom ring
3 - # 21 black tarred nylon seine twine 42" for the 3 strings
1 - egg sinker 2 ounce
1 - float around 5" by 1 7/8" supports around 21 ounces
1 - # 5 loktite main line
1 - roll of electrical tape |
Crabbing Trips
on the bluecrab.info/forum/
Eastern
Shore big crabs July 22, 2014 - rings vs stackables
Eastern
Shore big crabs trip 5 July 29, 2014 - crabbing after someone
left one of my spots
Eastern
Shore big crabs trip 6 August 5, 2014 - new shiny rings vs
old weathered rings
Eastern
Shore big crabs trip 7 August 11, 2014 - crabbing
after someone left two of my spots
Choptank
Bridge August 15, 2014 ring vs stackable - rings vs stackables
Eastern
Shore big crabs trip 8 August 18, 2014 pics and video -
crabbing after someone left two of my spots
Eastern
Shore big crabs trip 9 August 26, 2014 pics and video - water
depth test
Eastern
Shore big crabs trip 10 September 7, 2014 - water depth test
Eastern
Shore big crabs gone trip 11 September 16, 2014 - rings vs
stackables
Eastern
Shore trip 12 September 23, 2014 water depth test - water
depth test
Eastern
Shore big crabs trip 14 October 9, 2014 - rings vs stackables
Eastern
Shore trip 15 last one October 28, 2014 - rings vs stackables
Eastern
Shore Mid Bay 6-25-2015
Eastern
Shore Mid Bay 7-9-2015
Eastern
Shore Mid Bay 7-16-2015
Eastern
Shore Mid Bay 7-21-2015
Eastern
Shore Mid Bay 7-28-2015
Eastern
Shore Mid Bay 8-4-2015
Eastern
Shore Mid Bay 8-13-2015
Eastern
Shore Mid Bay 8-18-2015 another great wye day
Eastern
Shore Mid Bay 8-23-2015 another fun day
Eastern
Shore Mid Bay 8-30-2015
Eastern
Shore Mid Bay 9-13-2015
Eastern
Shore Mid Bay 9-19-2015
Eastern
Shore Mid Bay 10-10-2015
Eastern
Shore Mid Bay 6-20-2016
Eastern Shore Mid Bay 6-28-2016
Eastern Shore Mid Bay 7-7-2016
Eastern Shore Mid Bay 7-21-2016
Eastern Shore Mid Bay 7-26-2016
Eastern Shore Mid Bay 8-2-2016
Eastern Shore Mid Bay 8-5-2016
Eastern Shore Mid Bay 8-11-2016
Eastern Shore Mid Bay 8-15-2016
Eastern Shore Mid Bay 8-18-2016
Eastern Shore Mid Bay 8-22-2016
Eastern Shore Mid Bay 8-27-2016
Eastern Shore Mid Bay 9-10-2016
Eastern Shore Mid Bay 9-17-2016
Eastern Shore Mid Bay 10-6-2016
Eastern Shore Mid Bay 10-13- 2016
Eastern Shore Mid Bay 10-25- 2016
Eastern Shore Mid Bay 11-1- 2016
Eastern Shore Mid Bay 11-8- 2016
CUSTOMERS FEEDBACK
Wanted to let you know how much we really
liked using the Perfectionist Ring Traps. We went to Crab Alley Creek
yesterday and found them to be ideal in so many ways.
Easy to transport, lightweight, takes up
less space in the van and boat and they functioned great. No problem
with crabs getting caught in the netting and baiting and rebating
chicken necks was a snap. Really liked the
option to adjust the line length on the float, making it great to pull
with less slack. May be reaching out to you soon for more but
for now wanted to send along an update from a very satisfied customer.
I
am totally sold on the rings. I also have my neighbor sold on them as
well. Him and I went out last weekend. I took 16 rings and he had 14
topless box traps.
We were catching
8 or 9 crabs in the rings to 1 or 2 in the box traps.
Just another
testimony. Ran a line of
ring nets today in a place everyone says is good late season, but no
crabs summer or spring.
We nearly filled a bushel in 4 runs. Nice heavy crab. Ran 4
top
less as well just for kicks. 0 keepers!
You'll be happy to know
that your 10 ring
traps out-fished my 1000' trot line by a factor of exactly 2 to 1.
12 brand new Perfectionist
Traps. Traps in
the water at 8:30am and immediately started catching. The catch was on
with some traps holding 2 & 3 crabs.
The Perfectionist traps are so easy to use and caught
crabs. Should have bought them years ago. I will
now give
away my box traps.
Your nets BY FAR
outperformed the cheap ones.
I
did my first trip of the year yesterday with the rings. This spot is
known for lots of crabs but not terribly big ones.Anyway and average
catch on a good day is a half bushel of #2.
Yesterday with
20
rings i packed a bushel in three hours, a dozen crabs over 7" and the
biggest at 7-3/4". Unbelievable for an early season run.
Your traps are the best
hands down and ive
used them all. Light, compact, efficeint. Just thought youd like to know
The rings have
been great! My son said they were much easier than the topless traps.
Caught
a bushel of 6" plus crabs today, the crabs were all rock solid. A guy
at the ramp said i see your using them perfectionist traps, how are
they working, I said they suck. Haha!!!
He said that's
what we used and they work great. People know you bro.
I'm ready for
somemore traps if you have any ready. I'd like to get 10 more.
I just bought 12
Perfectionist traps and
used them for the first time 6/24. Will never go back to box traps.
They are easier to use and caught a ton of crabs. Some pulls,
2
& 3 at a time.
Last time
we went out most people had a dozen +/- that we talked to, one guy had
a line and had been out all morning (we launched at 1 pm) he only had
1/2 bush.
We had
15 "Foxy
topless" versus 15 "Perfectionist rings", same bait ,same
area.
We had traps/rings in the water by 1:30, finished at 6.
We ended with 3/4 bushel of
big
boys...easily 75% or more caught in the rings. I wish I knew why....
It’s almost like
the crabs fall asleep when they are in the net.
well, looks like im gonna
need some more
purrfecto traps. The space savns n easier to pull has my boss won
over,,,,,,,,, oh, and she caught crabs
I've used the cheap rings years ago,
and they
suck. Topless traps are much better. But Jims traps are WAY
different than a cheap ring.
So much so other
than the shape, there is not much in common with them
Those Perfectionist nets
are very well
designed, made from long-lasting material, and they catch really well.
They want you to
say your traps out catch a trot line so bad they can taste it.
I
have been leaving the topless traps in the truck, not even sure why I
have been packing them... I make a run on the trot line and pick up the
rings on the way back.
The 1st 2 runs I
got got 16 keepers on just
10 rings last time! I have gotten plenty of M/F doubles over the years,
but I am getting 2 keeper male crabs in the same net from time to time.
That never
happened for me before.
I'm reaching for
Perfectionist's first. The handmade Perfectionist traps are far
superior.
Bottom
line is the rings work perfectly for me and the storage aspect is my
favorite part. I prefer them over my topless and the more i
use
them the less I miss my topless.
I for one appreciate
everything Jim the
Perfectionist has done and I'm glad to have him as a friend on the
forum.
He
has shared his secrets developed over 30 years with everyone. That
would have never happened without Jim sharing what works for him!
Sorta the
purpose of this forum, right?
The rings did
real good and clearly outperformed the traps.
Best ring trap
out there!! I love em', and they sure have caught me some big boys.
Regrettably
my wife purchased me similar tar dipped nets from Louisiana for Xmas.
Alario brothers nets. I think I'm stuck with them.
Your traps
worked
great. My buddy complained about the secret baitholder,
"we're
not going to catch any with those." I told him to shut up that the
traps will work.. and they did.
My other ring
traps proved to not
work as well. Either they are too heavy or the line across is flipping
the crab out of the trap. Anyway, I'm cutting those lines
this
week.
I loved the ease of use and
how easy they
stowed in my small boat. They are perfect for me and I would
like
to get 8 more 18 inchers.
Perfectionist
traps were well worth the effort, and I was very happy to have
purchased them.
jim, I finally got the
chance to se my new
rings and I am impressed. They catch crabs very well, are
lighter
to pull in, easy to get crab out and I can store them neatly in my bow
hatch.
Going to use
them
along with my box traps for rest of season but will probably convert to
all rings next season. My buddy, long time crabber was very impressed
too.
New traps worked
great
I
was now running 20 box traps and 10 rings. I would put 2 box
traps and 1 ring and so on. From that point on, I was
catching
6-7 crabs in the rings to 1 in a box trap.
9 Perfectionist Ring nets 6
topless traps.
Got keepers on every run on the ring nets, only got 2 keepers with the
box traps.
For
me the Perfectionist rings have simply worked better than my topless
traps and save a ton of space on my small boat. They're helping me
catch more crabs.
I'll take any
edge I can get... So far this year
I have caught nearly 5 bushels in 6 trips and that's better than all of
last year for me!
Yep, chicken and
the rings working great.
ran your traps
in between our lines..6 traps...14 mumbos..
Well we were very happy
with the way they
worked. They caught crabs all day long like you said.
To
prove the point a little more....on October 30 my neighbor and I went
crabbing on his boat. He was VERY skeptical of the
rings.
He
told me to bring them so he can see them. I took 16 rings, he
had
14 box traps. In about 2 1/2 hours we had about 1 1/2
bushels.
How did the rings
compare? Well, we
were catching about 12-13 crabs a run. Only 1-3 per run were
in
the box traps.
The rings did
catch more than the box traps!
I bought some rings from
perfectionist this
Spring and they are better made than any other traps I have ever
purchased.
My
first trip of the year and ended up with 18 crabs, 10 of which where 7
inches or bigger. I had 30 traps, 7 older metal rings, 8 box traps and
15 of the perfectionist's ring traps.
I caught 14
keepers on the
perfectionist rings and 4 on the rest of the traps. Traps were
intermixed so it is not like I had the perfectionist rings all in one
hot spot.
They certainly
outcaught the box traps.
First time I have used his
traps and they
worked better than the other traps I had for this trip.
I
recently purchased 8 of Perfectionist's ring traps, I was impressed
with the quality of construction and the personal touch of instruction
on how to use 'em.
In three trips
we have barley caught anything
in the box traps. The other thing is you just don't have to pull overly
hard with the rings.
The quality of
the ring traps is amazing,
and without a doubt the attention to detail is worth noting. This guy
is a crab trap artist regardless of whether you believe in his design
or not!
11 topless taps
with clams and 9 Perfectionist rings
with CN. Ran the traps and rings in 4'-15' and ran the trot line in
5'-10'.
Used the Perfectionist ring
nets to quickly
locate the crabs. Got 16 big ones on the ring nets and 3 on the box
traps.
My
brother-in-law took
one look at the traps and said count him in! He would like
the
same set up I bought.
The ring traps
are so easy to pull, stack and stow.
As
I posted the rings worked great and I am super pleased with them! I
want to place an order now for next winter for thirty more.
You have
perfected a very nice product
They
also take up LESS room on the boat if you are limited for
space.
My neighbor has an 18' jon boat and they take up NO room at
all.
He
also has a problem with his shoulder and cannot pull traps for an
extended period of time. The rings are easier to pull as well.
The rings caught
the crabs! That being said, I would like to order 20 more traps.
Not sure exactly
why but they surely work and catch better than my foxymate topless.
Your rings are
working great. love them.
I
had a fantastic season with them and I did catch a lot of crabs in them
and I absolutely loved the ease of using them, from storing them to
baiting them,
and they have
less issues when pulling up and setting them.
ran your traps
in between our lines..6 traps...14 mumbos.. 1200' of trotline.. 34 crabs
We
were running a line of 20 traps ( 7 topless, 7 perfection rings, and 6
foxy-mate boxes. As a note on the perfectionist ring traps,
I was
interested in there space saving features, which is paramount when
crabbing from a sneakbox. However after using them, their effectiveness
is stunning.
3 keepers were
average in them and one ring pull had
5. The Big crab of the day was 7-1/8" though we had several more right
at 7" (all in rings)
Next year I hope
to run a full line of them
After seeing
almost nothing on the line I was very pleased to catch some in the rings
Perfectionist
has done all the work, Trials, perfecting the netting,the rings
The Perfectionist ring nets
worked great,
caught the 2 biggest crabs and saved some space on the boat.
I also bought a
set of 30 traps from Perfectionist -- and I can tell you they are great.
He
hand makes each ring.. the nets are woven by hand.. all the little
touches in those rings you will never ever find in any store bought
ring..
6 topless and 24
ring traps. Got 78 crabs. One note,
the ring traps absolutely slayed the crabs compared to the topless
traps this past week. I think we caught 5 total crabs on the topless
traps.
6 topless traps
vs 24 ring traps = 1 to 4 ratio. Seems to
me based strictly on the number, the rings should have caught 20 crabs
instead of 73
I second the opinion on the
"perfectionist"
traps. I'll be purchasing more myself this winter.
I
am as cheap as they come, but I do not mind paying for quality
workmanship. The floats are ingenious and the storage bag hand made
from the same netting material
makes things
really simple & easy when putting out or bringing in.
They were great
Perfectionist.
Your traps are the best
hands down and ive
used them all. Light, compact, efficeint. Just thought youd like to
know.
Took
out my perfectionist ring trap again, main goal was
fish
today, but I chucked out my perfection trap with 2 box traps
I
make.
That trap is all
that, only used it a for a little bit, but it caught the biggest crabs.
I set my 8 rings out and
ran them after 5
min soak 4 out of 8 . waited 5 mins 5 out of 8 . Decided to
put
out the rest of the 22 metal traps ran them again
the first 8
rings had 4 crab The rest of the metals 1.... Ran again with
the same results.
In my opinion, the biggest
advantage to
handmade ring traps is the space savings on the boat. My stack of 30
traps weighs 28 pounds and can be carried easily in one hand.
I also bought some of his
traps, and I can
tell you, considering the time and effort that goes into making a trap
of that lasting quality, $30 is one [Sam Hill] of a good deal.
I'm
a trotliner, have used steel traps to scout with for 5yrs, this yr got
some purrfecto rings to save space and easier pulln for wife,
well, the steel traps have
been givn away
to people i dont like,,,,, and im in line waitn for more,
I like the way they stack
their
portability,and the quality of the materials. Also the construction and
workmanship cant be beat. I plan on getting 10 more when I save the
money up.
My captain, also
my
wife of 43 years, loves the fact that they are easy to handle and don't
take up much space on the deck. Maybe this post will push the thread to
page 4!!
Perfectionist
traps outcrabbed 4 door box traps 5-1 this trip.
The advantage to the ring
traps is that my
kids can pull them with ease compared to the box traps. They
also
take up a fraction of the space in the boat, which is nice.
Went to OC this
week and the traps worked great. I would like to get 10 more traps.
I have 15 of the
perfectionist traps and
they slightly outperformed my mix of other traps. Need to get another
15 as they are amazingly well made as well as
easier to bait
up and pack up afterwards.
Hey Jim the
traps work great!!!
They were so
much easier to use and store.
They worked great! Best day
ever.. Kept 24
of the biggest crabs, caught 35 or so keepers. Thanks!
Wanted
to see if we could get on the list for another 20 traps. Had great
success with these at the wye over the past three weeks.
Hey, I wanted to let you
know the traps are
working well. They are very easy to use. I caught
the
biggest crab of the day last week in your trap! 8 1/4 inch.
I will be
looking to get some more as soon as I can get some money together.
I want you to know your
nets caught 13
crabs off of a dock using 5 traps. I also had 9 metal traps that only
caught 2.
This is my
second
season using P-rings and I have done very well with them! I
also
run a 1200 ft trotline, but some days I just run rings and I often do
very well
using less bait
and
without the need to bait and unbait a trotline. Especially
when
using larger bait like a whole white perch, I sometimes get two keepers
at a time.
When using
both gear types, some of the largest crabs of the day often come from
the net rings.
1200' snood with
chicken, 15 perfectionist traps (Thanks Jim I love them)
This was my first time
using perfectionist
traps and I am a believer. While I couldn't tell a difference on the
numbers in the traps vs line, I did notice I caught better
quality.
The line
averaged 6 crabs over 6" while the 15 traps averaged 11 over 6" each run
The 10 perfectionist rings I got this year have met my expectations.
I used them along side box traps
and/or a trot line and inexplicably, per his constant testimony, I
caught a lot more crabs every time with his rings. I came back to him
and
bought another 20 rings
this season, and I never use anything else anymore. I catch
everything I need, every time.
Your rings out performed our line.
Not that Jim needs defending but I
did a similar experiment with 8 topless and 8 Perfectionist ring nets
about a month ago over at Severn River.
In about 1.5 hours of pulling, I'very caught a total of 14
crabs: ratio was 11 to 3 in Jim's favor. In 2 instances, 2
legal sized males were caught in the rings!
Basically I hv gotten a similar result as his!