drounder sets??

[Tim B]

Just wondering how many use wire versus cable.  
I have always used 12ga wire for all my coons.  I cut 12ft sections, coil them si they fit in a milkcrate and have short and long stakes.  

At the set, I attatch the wire to short stake and then stretch it out into deep water and pound in the long stake till the wire is to the mud.

Just wondering if there is a better way??
Tim B

[Bogmaster]

Tim,I make all the drowners I sell,and use myself out of cable.
 I make them out of 3/32 and 1/8 inch cable.The 1/8 lasts a lot longer than the 3/32.Each end is adjustable so they can take any size stake or even be put around a small stump or rock.Each one has a drowner lock ,that the trap is attached to.I use snap clips hooked to the end of my traps,to attach to the drowner lock.
 I use 3 differant sizes: 5 foot,8 foot and 10 foot.A wooden stake is used at the upper end near the trap,like you,I stretch the other end--out tight into deep water.This end is staked with a 2 foot rerod stake.
 Here's a little tip,if your drowner wire is longer than you need,or the water gets deep quick--and you can't wade out far enough to get it tight,run it at an angle,down the shoreline,instead of straight out.
 These can also be used on dry land to get your catch away from the set,and hidden from others sight.
 Tom

[Tim B]

Bog-
how does the deep water end of the cable atatch to the stake??  Or is it permanently attatched?  I need mine to be adjustable--and it needs to be a simple adjustment one can do with cold wet fingers....thought about using some type of snare lock where i could just pull it tight and be gone.

Thats a good tip about running down shore.  I do that more often than not for this reason.  Most of the streams i trap coon have good flow--i angle down stream so the flow helps the bandits find the bottom stake quicker.

Thanks
Tim B

[Bogmaster]

Tim,my stakes have washer tops,all I do is slide the end of the cable loop onto the bottom of the stake,push it towards the top--and pull it tight.
 I use a double ferrule and stop button ,to make the ends adjustable.
 Tom

[Mallard]

I use 14 ga wire for all my mink, rat and coon drowners. I have a reel that I can run from my belt. On the deep end of the drowner I use a 30" "T" stake made from 1/2" re-rod. I attach the wire to the T, get it started into the bottom, then push it the rest of the way down with my foot. I then walk bacvk to the set and feed the wire out as I go. I cut off with an extra foot of length. I anchor the top end to a 24" re-rod with the washer welded on top. Make the set, pull tight, then wrap it on.

[mallarddrake85]

we use 9 gauge wire for our drowndin rigs. and like you  we use bout a 12' section. if it kinks its simple to replace and fairly cheap.

[pintaildrake]

like my bro (mallarddrake85) said we use #9 wire, but i am starting to lean toward 3/32 cable for coons and under and 1/8 for beaver. buy them in 10-12' sections and take a wooden stake drill 3 holes and put he cable in the holes in an "S" pattern this will lock the cable in place making it an adjustible rig. make a loop on the other end big enough for your rerod stake and u can adjust it to any length you need.