High-quality gear for repeated sets and real working conditions.
Buy quality once. Fish it hard.
Heavy-use gear built to outlast bargain equipment.
Practical designs and dependable materials keep crews fishing.
Since 1964, serving working ports and serious West Coast crews.
Choose gear that feels solid, works hard, and earns trust.
More than 62 years ago, a commercial crab fisherman in Ladner started building traps for his own boat. Other fishermen noticed how well they worked. Before long, the traps were being built for local crews, and the name Ladner Trap became known on the water.
That origin still defines the company: practical gear built to fish hard, handle cleanly, and last.
Trusted from California through BC and into Alaska.
The first Ladner traps were built to fish, not to show. The design earned its reputation through saltwater, heavy use, and commercial fishermen who depend on their gear.
As demand grew, the line expanded into prawn, shrimp, zincs, bait, and rigging. The focus stayed the same: durable commercial gear.
In 1984, new ownership expanded Ladner Traps into a broader range of commercial trap products.
Today, Ladner Traps is operated by Sealtech Manufacturing Inc. from Delta, BC, carrying forward the same principle: build quality gear that helps fishermen fish productively.
A Ladner crab fisherman builds traps for his own boat.
Other fishermen see the results and ask for the same trap.
The business expands into more trap styles and fishing equipment.
Ladner Traps supplies premium traps, zincs, bait, and rigging.
Trap fishing can be selective, practical, and less disruptive to the seabed. Undersized or non-target catch can often be returned alive.
From Southern California to Southeast Alaska, Ladner Traps supplies premium traps, zincs, bait, and rigging.
