How to make a strong and long boat hook for a crab boat.
I lost my dad's boat hook for like the 4th time and my dad will be passed if he finds out. I got not much diy experience but I need a long strong boat hook to grab bouys.
Long metal poles or a long wooden pole should be strong enough and a strong big hook at the end.
How do I make one? My dad will be back from vacation I in a few days.
Get a short paint roller with a thread on handle that goes onto a mop stick or whatever and bend it to suit you. Should be plenty strong enough to snag ropes
Not strong enough and not long enough it would break first use. Crab bouys can be tough to yank.
I work on a commercial crab boat as a deck hand.
Whatever you do make sure it floats this time.
Yeah it must float. So I'm thinking of making the hook out of wood. Wood floats.
You cannot buy a good crab hooker. You must make it.
>So I'm thinking of making the hook out of wood. Wood floats.
Not very well without an attached float. Buy a commercial hook for your father than a different one for you (why did you not tether the hook to the boat with a rope?) as you lose things which means you resent doing tasks properly. Consider not crabbing because losing four is absurd.
>Buy a commercial hook
I need a hooker NOW. not like 2 weeks from now.
>why did you not tether the hook to the boat with a rope?
Good suggestion I think, but none of the other crabs boats do this. And adding a rope to the hooked could be a disaster. It could get tangled and frick shit up like get caught on the crab traps. Or like the rope that is tetherd to the hooked needs to be really long and that is bothersome.
>as you lose things which means you resent doing tasks properly. Consider not crabbing because losing four is absurd.
Go frick urself dude. Unless you been a deckhand or a crab fisherman, don't even try to preach to me. I'm on fricking edge right now.
How often does everyone else lose them, for example your father who should not be mad if losing them is in fact common.
You choose to be on edge, another mental defect besides poor attention to detail. No one else here made you lose anything, your mind included. Harden up and quit losing shit. Perhaps you hate the work and prefer a different career. People self-sabotage when unhappy at work.
Dude just stfu. I'm here to get solutions for my problem.
Your solution is another line of work and to harden the frick up.
>(why did you not tether the hook to the boat with a rope?)
How to die while getting dragged under in one easy step.
Slide a pool noodle over it
How much they cost?
I don't see why you couldn't make one out of parts from the hardware store. A shovel handle and some 3/8 cold roll ben into shape should do the trick.
A shovel isn't long enough dingus. It needs to be at least 6 feet long minimum. Longer the better.
Maybe wheelbarrow handles? Most stores dont stock hardwood dowels longer than 36" but replacement handles for wheelbarrows and rakes can exceed 60". Maybe some high pressure cpvc? I know you can get huge lengths and its not that heavy. I think its more pull than lever so i think it would be fine.
>Wheel barrel handle
Too bulky and most are square shaped. I need something like a cylinder. Like a really long broom handle. Or really long steel aluminum pipe. Although the aluminum pipe would definitely sink if I get butter fingers again.
Im depressed now. Everyone is telling me to quit crabbing.
Cpvc would be too weak.
Could you pick up a can of closed cell spray foam and fill the aluminum pole with it so it floats? You'd probably want to drill holes periodically and pre-spray with water inside so it cures properly. No clue if it would actually work but someone else here might know.
Just use wood it solves the problem completely.
Everyone uses wood handles for reasons, fren.
The pole won't be large enough to float. If the plan is to lose one per fishing sortie best to stock up. If creative some (strong, large) magnets mounted appropriately and slip-fit sections of steel tubing on the handle would hold it in place without needing latching hardware.
The pool noodle idea might work and since it's a tool it doesn't matter how it looks. I use noodles to protect motorcycle frame tubes when R&I'ing engines. Old but very effective trick.
> my dad will be passed if he finds out.
If your dad passes, he’ll be dead and can’t get mad at you. I’m a problem solver OP.
>passes
I meant pissed. Like angry, get it? Like I dunno if you're trying to troll or whatever. This is kinda a serious topic. My dad is fricking insane. And he has anger issues. When he finds out I lost his hooker for the 4th time? He will come back from vacation next Saturday.
> my dad will be mad
Consider what
wrote.
You asked. Sometimes the answers you get are not the answers you want. Freedom of speech, biyatch. Your attitude indicates you have trouble learning. Every bit of 779's advice was solid.
We are the 'old' men who already overcame the immaturity within us and have moved-on. When 779 throws you a lifesaver ring, and you swim away from it, who's stupid now? And why should he continue to provide very valid answers to your questions, when your attitude is what is the problem? Something only you can overcome, since clearly your dad f'd up not taking care of it.
See it as a family multigenerational disease that needs to be stamped out, and everyone before was too lazy or blind to do it.
Based on OP's irrational responses, I'm starting to suspect there is more afoot here than has been revealed. Many unsolved crimes involve crab hooks and relatives being "on vacation".
I don't even know how to respond to you. Go troll somewhere. He is vacation you troll. He freaking left me. Now all sorts of shit is happening to the boat and I don't know or I forgot how to fix it. Now I can't back up the boat because the handle thing is loose and it won't make it back up.
>freedom of speech b*****h
I'm free to say what I want to say too bigot.
Offer a solution to my problem or freak off. Poser. I need a freaking crab hooker.
>clearly your dad f'd up not taking care of it.
Leave my dad out of this. He is freaking old and has anger issues. Seriously. You kids have no respect.
So what you're saying is, you are both moronic: thank you for no more creative a reply than mimiking me. Imitation is flattery. But for you being a moron, flattery won't work to get you anything.
As about as compassionate I feel, when a Karen with sanpaku eyes injects her kid with mRNA: fruit doesn't fall far from the tree.
When you grow a pair, people will care. Until then, you're just another cookie cutter nothing who deserves every bit of the father you have, you collosal frick-up.
Yes I was trolling. If you screwed up the same thing four times then you deserve to be yelled at. Any other employer would have fired your ass the third time.
It wasn't my fault b***h. The tide was running really fast. What the hell am I suppose to do?
A painters pole will likely be strong enough, but it will slip where the pole collapses. I would start by extending it about as long as it goes and then drilling in a couple of bolts to lock it there. Then I would get a tool storage hook and either drill and bolt or weld the crap of it to the end of the pole. I assume these poles don't need to be super strong for leverage but very strong for pulling. I would THEN attach a big orange foam floaty to the back end of it so when it gets dropped again a second hook can be used to grab it.
>a second hook
OH FRICK DAD I DROPPED THE SECOND HOOK
as has been suggested a few times, OP probably should forego the crab career and consider something on dry land.
When did diy become an elietest liberal hellscape?
>Op messed up and is trying to fix it
>HURR DURR LEARN TO CODE
go back to /b/ you underage know it all.
When the person asking for help argues every suggestion he should learn to code. Do need a reminder of what DYI stands for?
Thank you. These freaking trolls are such pests. I just want a good crab hooker. I am not going to lose this one. This time I know for sure i that I can hold on this time. I'm thinking like 3-4 crab hookers. Just in case
You should forego your career as a gay prostitute. homosexual.
You would lost rhe crab hooker too. Do t act so high and mighty. At lease I have my second hooker. It's really short but get s the job done.
Always have a back up hooker guys. Because I'd you lose your hooker, you won't have to go back to get another one.
Great suggestion. A great suggestion among all there FRICKING TROLLS WHO HAVE NO LIFE.
I like attaching a foam floaty to the end of it.
>piece of stainless steel rod, ~ 1/8" diameter
>a jig to bend it
>angle or bench grinder to sharpen it
>6-8' of ash or mahoganey rod, 1 1/4" diameter
>drill for catch-hole
>waxed cord for wrapping
You're welcome.
>t. former deckhand
You are awesome dude. There are a lot of really experienced deckhands out there. I admit, I'm a total noob. Any advice on how to not loose the crab hooker?
>Any advice on how to not loose the crab hooker?
Depends on the boat you're fishing. When we built our lobster boat, which is a little different from most crabbing setups, we put a little riser on the starboard gunwhale so the hook couldn't roll off in normal swell. Just grab it, hook, toss it up ahead on the gunwhale, warp goes in the hauler, trap comes up. Mind, we kept one or two more belowdecks because they do go overboard or break once in a while.
Happy frickin' fishing.
Wow lobster. Tbh dude. I fricking hate crabs. They taste awful. I like lobster more.
Funny, I prefer blue and rock crab over lobster any day. Give me a plate of scallops over any of it, though. Exposure, I guess.
>sharpen
Not sure but everyone does. I think if it was blunt the warp is going to slide off the tip and you need go for another hooking?
Make two, sharpen one and just round the other tip. Also post pics.
Red rock crabs are considered pests where I fish. Most crab fishermen don't like crab lol. I've come to find that they become bored of crab meat. I have an uncle that is also a crab fisherman that hates crab and fish.
Pic related is the first hook I made.
Tried to make it close to
Instead of wax cord, I just used metal hose clamps. Drilled a hole of course and wrapped it with electrical tape.
Looks pretty good, next one make it a double curve like your dad's version.
Please tell me those electrical cables are only for when you're docked.
>Please tell me those electrical cables are only for when you're docked.
Lol of course. We are docked and we plug the electricity.
Double curve would be kinda interesting.
The double curve opens the mouth of the hook up for better snagging, note that almost all gaffs have it.
Do you have any pics? Would love to see a hooker like that.
Commercially available gaff hook by Mustad, $17.99 but I'm glad you made your own.
That looks fancy. I would like to make mine look like that just for the look.
Pic related is my neighborhood's hook.
That works but frick is it primitive. Every design for everything has reasons to exist, including gaff hooks.
What's with the floating tents? Is that a DelMarVa thing?
Yeah crab hooks all look pretty simple. At least the ones I see around our dock.
>What's with the floating tents?
You must mean the boat houses. They aren't floating. It's just a place where boats can stay and be protected.
those are the most fricky boat houses I've ever seen. Anyway, rock out on the rock crabs.
This is the best toturial for making a bouy hook in this thread do far. However, why would you need to sharpen the end of the hooker?
Stop losing your hooks, bich ńga.
It's called a hooker. Get it right. Loser.
Seams like an easy solve to me. Go buy a fiberglass ladder from harbor freight (however long you need it), and take it apart. Jig saw yourself a hook out of the legs, hell you might get four of them.
- strong
- cheap
- long
- easily spotted
- might float?
It won't float. Wood always floats. Wood. Always. Floats.
This is the back up hooker that my dad made. My dad isn't lazy, it's just that i keep losing the hookers so he is tired of making better ones lol.
Imitation crab meat thread? I’ve got a bunch of extra.
No imitation crab meat here. Only real crab meat.
The containers are imitation instead.
Kinda looks like a big gaff hook in my opinion.
It's basically a broom stick handle
I heard that gay men often "hook" each other's "crab pots"
Excuse me?? Kek. The heck are you going on about?
Get an 8" wooden closet rod and a large screw hook with the longest shank you can get. Pre drill the end of the rod 1/8 in smaller than the shank, mix up some 5 minute epoxy and roll the shaft in it spreading along the shaft the screw it in. You can then whip the ends with para cord at the grip points, should work fine.