September 19, 2024
The skinny on slinky pots
The crew of the 58-foot Lucid Dream, out of Cordova, Alaska, empty black cod from a string of slinky pots. Trademarked as Cod Coils, the pots are easy to handle, and all 50 in a string can be collapsed and safely stacked on deck. Photo by Ezekiel Brown
Ezekiel Brown started working on a Cordova, Alaska salmon seiner when he was 13 and now owns his own boat, the Lucid Dream, a 58-foot seiner. He fishes salmon in season and, in the spring and summer, sets 150 slinky pots for black cod. “They work great,” Brown says. “More guys are using them for Pacific cod, in areas where they are allowed, because they’re easier to work with. A regular Pacific cod pot weighs 500 pounds, a slinky weighs 12 pounds, and the guys fishing 300 pots can get them all…
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Paul Molyneaux is the Boats & Gear editor for National Fisherman.
